Children's Health

Self-hypnosis helps kids with frequent headaches

Self-hypnosis training is an effective treatment for chronic recurrent headaches in children and adolescents, new research suggests.

Dr. Daniel P. Kohen, from…    

Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke in Pediatrics

Thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for patients with acute stroke began in the eighties. After several small series and some pilot trials, the…    

Is It Time for a Large, Collaborative Study of Pediatric Stroke?

Childhood stroke, although rare, results in significant mortality and long-term morbidity. The lack of information about risk factors for childhood stroke recently led an…    

Children of Smokers Have Five Times Higher Levels of a Nicotine Toxin

Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according…    

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Affects Attention in Early School Years

Adding to the evidence that maternal drug use can have lasting effects, a new study finds that young schoolchildren of cocaine-using moms scored more…    

Recurrence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Has Been Overestimated

Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is rare and has been overestimated by studies which have tried to quantify it, says a review…    

Premature infants, toddlers more likely to have a sleep-related breathing disorder

A sleep-related breathing disorder among infants and toddlers born prematurely occurs earlier than expected in this population, and at higher rates than among full-term…    

7 Ways for Kids to Have a Slimmer Summer

This might be the first generation of children who do not outlive their parents, says Amy Bohn, M.D., a family physician for the University…    

Rotterdam bans cannabis-selling cafes near schools

Almost half of Rotterdam’s coffee shops will be forced to stop selling cannabis because they are too close to secondary schools, Dutch news agency…    

Cigarette Use May Explain Asthma Epidemic in Children

The rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century may explain the asthma epidemic in children according to a study published this…    

Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies

Scientists have found evidence that the cox-2 inhibitor celecoxib, a common pain reliever used to treat arthritis, may offer a new way to reduce…    

Teens with migraine at greater risk of suicide

Teens who have chronic daily headache, especially those with migraine headaches, are at greater risk for suicide than teens who don’t have migraines, according…    

Children with asthma have more emotional problems

Children with asthma may be at increased risk of certain behavioral, emotional and developmental problems, particularly if the asthma is severe, the results of…    

Primary Urinary Tract Infection in Infants

Wan, et al evaluated 95 infants who presented with a urinary tract infection. They reviewed the clinical and laboratory findings as well as the…    

Heavy cannabis use by teens is more dangerous than alcohol

People who start using cannabis as teenagers are more likely than drinkers to suffer from mental illness, have relationship problems, and fail to…    

The school that took on mobile phone companies

Two giant mobile phone companies are to move a mast at a primary school, after parents claimed their children fell sick.

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Wi-Fi: Children at risk from ‘electronic smog’

Britain’s top health protection watchdog is pressing for a formal investigation into the hazards of using wireless communication networks in schools amid mounting…    

Breastfeeding’s weight benefit occurs in infancy

Children who were breastfed may be less likely to be overweight than their bottle-fed peers, and most of that benefit can be attributed to…    

Poor diet puts teenagers’ health at risk

A quarter of Australian teenagers eat fast food everyday and more than a third hardly ever eat fruit, a Deakin University study has found.…    

Education may help parents use antibiotics wisely

Simple education measures can improve low-income parents’ knowledge of proper antibiotic use, a new study shows.

Experts hope that a better-informed public…    

Passive smoking linked with TB risk in children

A study conducted in South Africa suggests there is an association between passive smoking and increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children living…    

Vaccine can help reduce frequent ear infections in children, research shows

A vaccine has been shown to help reduce the number of infants and toddlers developing frequent ear infections, according to new research from Katherine…    

Rise in UK’s child mortality rate is linked to inequality

Britain has the second highest child death rate among the 24 richest countries in the world, with infants in the UK twice as…    

Hall reveals her children have dyslexia

The Texan model Jerry Hall has revealed that all her children with the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, have dyslexia.…    

Glaucoma diagnosis may be mistaken in some younger Chinese people

Many young and middle-aged people of Chinese ancestry told they are at risk of going blind from glaucoma may be getting incorrect information, say…