By Aditi Biswas/ANI
Toronto, July 27 : Highly-caffeinated energy drinks pose serious health risk to children, according to an editorial.
It argues that the growing availability of energy drinks is a potential danger to the health of young people who are vulnerable to the effects of caffeine.
“It is time for the federal minister of health to be [...]
London, June 3 : Children who eat a diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish have a lower risk of asthma and wheezing, scientists have found.
However, eating three or more burgers a week can increase the risk.
Researchers examined data from 50,000 children aged eight to 12, from 20 different countries, collected between 1995 and 2005. [...]
Washington, May 3 : Usually children are asked to fast overnight before a cholesterol test. Now, a new study has suggested that this may not always be necessary.
“Cholesterol testing can be very difficult for families. When having to fast, this almost always means the child has to return on another morning for the test, which [...]
Washington, Apr 1 : Fathers give toddlers more breathing space and that allows them to actively explore their environments, according to a new study.
The Universite de Montreal study has been published in Early Child Development and Care.
Daniel Paquette, a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Psychoeducation, says the ”activation theory” is just as [...]
Melbourne, Mar 14 (ANI): Mothers shouldn’t lose their sleep when their baby cries, instead they should let children cry themselves to sleep, as it is apparently good, a new study claims.
A six-year Australian study recommends doctors and health workers to advise families to adopt the controversial method of controlled crying –letting children cry itself to [...]
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): A new study has discovered an association between eczema in early childhood and psychological problems in children at ten years of age.
Eczema is a non-infectious skin disease characterized by scaling itchy skin rashes. It is the most common skin disease in children and adolescents. Children who suffer from eczema are known [...]
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Statins, generally used for lowering cholesterol levels, have also been found effective in protecting children with sickle disease, say researchers.
Children with sickle cell disease have a much greater risk of developing a potentially fatal infection with pneumococcal bacteria.
According to Elaine Tuomanen, at St. Jude Children’’s Research Hospital, Memphis, statins may reduce [...]
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A new Johns Hopkins Children’’s Center study has shown that even small amounts of lead in the bodies of healthy children and teens could worsen kidney function.
In 1991, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reduced the lead level “of concern” for children from 30 micrograms to 10 micrograms per [...]
Washington, January 11 (ANI): A new study has shed light on the role of stem cells in medulloblastomas, the most common type of children’’s brain tumor.
Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, studied equivalent cells taken from mouse brains.
Principal investigator Silvia Marino, Professor of Neuropathology at Queen Mary, University of London, and her team showed [...]
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Johns Hopkins Children’’s Center analysed the H1N1 cases of the first 13 children at their facility to be infected with the deadly flu and found that serious complications developed rapidly and unpredictably, with great variations from patient to patient.
Even though none of these children died all of them needed attentive monitoring [...]