Pediatrics / Children's Health News From Medical News Today
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:15 +0100
Preventing Obesity Through Positive Parenting During Early Childhood
Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely than their peers of normal weight to be obese by adolescence...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
A Child's Long-Term Development May Be Harmed By Physical Punishment
An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
New Analysis Finds No Antidepressant-Suicide Link In Youths
In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine did not increase - or decrease - suicidality in children compared to placebo treatment...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Clues To Common Birth Defect Found In Gene Expression Data
Researchers at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), The Jackson Laboratory and other institutes have uncovered 27 new candidate genes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a common and often deadly birth defect...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Non-Invasive DNA Test That Identifies Down Syndrome In Pregnancy Can Also Detect Trisomy 18 And Trisomy 13
A newly available DNA-based prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome can also identify two additional chromosome abnormalities: trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome).The test for all three defects can be offered as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy to women who have been identified as being at high risk for these abnormalities...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Breastfeeding And Lung Function At School Age: Does Maternal Asthma Modify The Effect?
Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the UK...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Finger Foods During Weaning Help Maintain Healthy Body Weight Later On
A study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to the researchers, findings from the study indicate that baby led weaning may help prevent childhood obesity...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST
Not Completing Teen Education Raises Risk Of Being On Benefits Later On
A study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reveals that adolescents are nearly three times more likely to be on benefits in the future if they drop out of school than those who complete their education...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST
Children Who Move House A Lot Have Higher Risk Of Illnesses Later
A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that, moving house frequently during childhood appears to raise the risk of poor health in later life...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 PST
Child Abuse - 4,569 Hospitalizations And 300 Deaths In One Year, USA
Child abuse injuries resulted in 4,500 hospitalizations and 300 fatalities in just one year in the USA, researchers from Yale School of Medicine reported in the journal Pediatrics. This is the first study that has quantified abuse severity and how many children ended up in hospital, the authors added. Child Protective Services had only tracked occurrence of child abuse at a national level. Dr...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST
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