AP - Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Although there is a stigma
associated with having head lice, infestations with these small insects
are common and nothing to be ashamed of, according to Dr. Hannah
Chow-Johnson, a pediatrician at Loyola University Health System.
ContributorNetwork - A study published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reverses some earlier thinking that breastfeeding by mothers with asthma might increase the child's risk for the disease. The study found breastfeeding strengthens children's lungs, even if the mother has asthma. Here are details about breastfeeding and lung health in children.
The Christian Science Monitor - Whenever abortion becomes a heated political issue, you can be sure that religion is involved. The reverse also is true. Such is the case with the 2012 election season.
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Toddler tantrums can challenge even the most
patient parent, but being firm and consistent can help you discipline your
toddler in an effective, loving way.
HealthDay - FRIDAY. Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- The babies of women who
develop an epidural-related fever while in labor are at greater risk of
having problems right at birth, including poor muscle tone, breathing
difficulties, low Apgar scores and seizures, a new study suggests.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) --
Breast-feeding is associated with improved lung function in school-age
children, particularly those with asthmatic mothers, a new study says.
Reuters - The Roman Catholic Church has sometimes been in denial over the sexual abuse of children by clergy but must now move forward to face up to the scandal, the Vatican's top official for the issue said on Friday.
ContributorNetwork - A new study released on Thursday by the Mayo Clinic has drawn a connection between the use of anesthesia in children under the age of three and an increased risk of developing ADHD. The study found that children who had to be put under anesthesia more than once as very young children had an "elevated risk" of developing the disorder.
ContributorNetwork - "A coming epidemic" is how pediatric cardiologists are describing the impending problems from high rates of juvenile obesity, reports The Missourian. Here are details for parents about overweight kids, heart disease and other concomitant health issues.
LiveScience.com - The average age of women becoming mothers has risen in the United States, and in the last 20 years, a few women have even entered motherhood in their 60s.
AP - The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.
Reuters - Kids who were breastfed as babies may have better lung function, and a lower risk of asthma, than those who were formula-fed, two new reports suggest.
Time.com - The potentially lethal Choking Game, which involves cutting off the blood supply to the brain, appears to be popular with some college students who think it's not as dangerous as using illicit drugs
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) --
Greater use of certain types of treatments for kids with sickle cell
anemia may explain why black children's risk of ischemic stroke dropped
significantly between 1999 and 2007, new research finds.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children who have more than
one surgery with general anesthesia by their second birthday might be at
higher risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new
study suggests.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The sale of pet turtles was
banned three decades ago in the United States, but the small reptiles are
still available and continue to infect young children with salmonella, a
new report warns.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Lower IQs and problems with
visual-motor and language skills are common among children who survive an
arterial ischemic stroke, according to a new study.
