Divorsed U.S. Parents Receive Less Help From Children
British adult children help their elderly parents according to current need (i.e. health) rather than past behaviour. This contrasts with other countries such as the US, where parents with a history of divorce see less of their children and receive less help from them.
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Talking With Your Teen Is Key To Preventing Teen Pregnancy
State health and workforce development officials are encouraging parents and teens across Wisconsin to talk about making responsible and healthy decisions to build on progress already made in reducing teen pregnancies.
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Parents Should Keep Teens From Abusing Cough Medicine
Studies show that parents who talk to their kids about the dangers of drug abuse have children who are half as likely to abuse drugs.
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Mothers, Babies Can Share Cells Throughout Life
Cutting the umbilical cord doesn't necessarily sever the physical link between mother and child.
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Doctor Matter In Reducing High-Risk Infants' Hospitalization Rate
MedImmune presented results from a retrospective chart review that evaluated the use of Synagis as a preventive measure against respiratory syncytial virus disease in high-risk infants.
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Identifying Barriers To Outdoor Activity For Kids
A new study of outdoor physical activity at child care centers has identified some surprising reasons why the kids may be staying inside.
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Children Are Vulnerable To Harmful Effects Of Lead
Contrary to prevailing assumptions, children are more vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead exposure at the age of 6 than they are in early childhood.
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Mothers Less Likely To Pursue HPV Vaccination For Youngest Daughters
US mothers report they are less likely to vaccinate daughters under age 13 against human papillomavirus virus (HPV), even though the vaccine is recommended for girls at age 11 and 12.
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Children Suffer From Hallucinations After Intensive Care
About 1/3 of children undergoing treatment at pediatric intensive care units suffer from delusional memories, hallucinations, and post traumatic stress disorder.
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Flooding Creates Home Safety Concerns
DPH has issued home safety guidelines to aid Kentuckians left with water damage in their homes due to large amounts of water run-off and flooding throughout the state.
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Quarter Of Children Don't Meet Vaccine Recommendations
More than a quarter of US children do not meet vaccine recommendations.
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Language Skills Develop At Six
Children as young as six are as adept at recognising possible verbs and their past tenses as adults.
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Why Teens Get Hooked On Cocaine More Easily Than Adults
New drug research suggests that teens may get addicted and relapse more easily than adults because developing brains are more powerfully motivated by drug-related cues.
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The Deadly Intersection of the Flu and MRSA
ABC News and the Boston Globe have run reports highlighting the potential threat of co-infection of influenza and MRSA.
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High self-esteem is not always what it’s said to be
Psychologists are looking at such behavior and saying out loud what may go against the grain of how many people act: high self-esteem is not the same thing as healthy self-esteem.
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Daycare attendance early in life cuts childhood leukemia risk by 30%
Children who attend day care or play groups have about a 30% lower risk of developing the most common type of childhood leukaemia than those who do not.
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ESA LeadCare Identifies Salvadoran Children With Lead Poisoning
ESA Biosciences donated LeadCare system test kits to the University of Washington for use in its Children's Health International Medicine Project of Seattle (CHIMPS).
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Parents Encouraged To Immunize Their Children
Vaccines have eliminated or reduced many of the most devastating childhood illnesses and are a critical component of the nation's public health efforts.
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Are Your Children's Rx Meds FDA Approved?
Many parents are under the assumption that any medicine prescribed by a health care provider for their child is safe and approved by FDA for use in children. But are they right?
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Teens Warned Of GHB After Pasha Grishuk Incidence
Many young women fall victims of sexual victimization with GHB, the recent case being Pasha Grishuk, a former Olympic skcater.
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Majority Of US Parents Unaware Of DHA Benefits To Children's Health
A majority of US parents aren't aware of the critical benefits of DHA in the development of their children's heart, brain and eyes.
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Foot Notes - The Highs and Lows of Prom Shoes
If teens are not used to wearing heels, consider going flat (or almost flat) for the prom.
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Children With Migraine At Increased Risk Of Sleep Disturbances
Children with migraine are more likely to have sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea and lack of sleep, than children without migraine.
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Growth Hormone Is Used To Treat Twice As Many Short Boys Than Girls In US, Asia
Boys are twice as likely as girls in US and Asia to receive recombinant human growth hormone for growth hormone deficiency, illnesses that affect height, and short stature of a non-medical nature.
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This Year's Flu Vaccine Predictions Failed
A report by CDC showed that this year’s flu vaccine was not effective enough, because vaccine predictions failed.
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Understanding Forces Behind Seasonal Flu Virus Evolution
Do influenza viruses persist in low levels year-round in the northern and southern hemispheres, or does a new crop of the virus emerge afresh in tropical zones such as Southeast Asia before spreading into temperate regions around the globe?
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Novavax's Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Candidate Is Successful In Study
Novavax has received positive results from an immunogenicity study in ferrets inoculated with the company's trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine candidate.
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Perrigo Approved For Children's Cetirizine Oral Solution
Perrigo Company has received final approval from FDA to manufacture and market over-the-counter Children's Cetirizine Hydrochloride Oral Solution and Children's Cetirizine Hydrochloride Oral Solution.
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Authorities Concerned About Toxic Infant Formula Contaminant
The toxic plastics chemical known as Bisphenol A (BPA) may be linked to a number of serious reproductive and developmental problems that are common in the US population. The smallest and hungriest babies are the most vulnerable from exposures to BPA at levels that pose risks.
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Joint Commission Alerts Of Pediatric Medication Errors
Medications specifically made for adults and administered to children in health care facilities are putting young patients at greater risk for drug errors, according to a Joint Commission alert issued today to improve pediatric safety.
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Preventing Pediatric Medication Errors
Medications specifically made for adults and administered to children in health care facilities are putting young patients at greater risk for drug errors.
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Many Parents Neglect Their Children's Feet
Many health-conscious parents don't have high standards of foot health when it comes to their children's feet.
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It's Easier To Talk About Drugs, Sex Than End-Of-Life Planning
A new national survey indicates that Americans are more likely to talk with their children about drug use or sex than with a seriously ill parent about their end-of-life wishes.
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Incidence and Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome
Unlike many types of child abuse, the action that causes Shaken Baby Syndrome is known, occurs quickly, and is, theoretically, largely preventable.
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For Children With Heart Disease, A Risk Of Attention, Behavior Problems
Schoolchildren who required surgery as infants for congenital heart disease run a significant risk of having problems with inattention and hyperactivity, and often require remedial services in school.
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Make A Call, Protect A Child
Asking the public to report any suspected cases of child abuse or neglect is paying off.
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Heavy Drinking Damages Teenage Brains
Teenagers having binge drinking suffer from brain damage and absent-mindedness.
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New Treatment Is Tough On Lice, But Gentle On Kids
Head lice is one of the most contagious conditions among children, only second to the common cold.
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Sinovac Receives SFDA Approval For Pandemic Influenza H5N1 Vaccine
Sinovac Biotech's pandemic influenza H5N1 whole viron inactivated vaccine has been granted a production license by the China SFDA.
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Renovators Required To Work Safely With Lead-Paint
The Alliance for Healthy Homes and the National Center for Healthy Housing praise the new EPA regulation as a step in the right direction in saving children, workers and occupants from exposure to unhealthy levels of lead during renovation, repair, and painting activities in homes and child-occupied buildings built before 1978.
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