Public health officials are urging people
to get the flu shot needed for protection against...
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Millions of children will need to take their
vitamin D supplements each day to meet the new...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently recommended that children should be given more...
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The deficiency of vitamin D during
childhood and adolescence has outcomes later in life like the...
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Infants, children and adolescents should get double the
recommended amount of vitamin D because of...
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In response to fears that over-the counter cough and cold
medicines could harm children rather...
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New research found fans were associated
with a 94% reduction in SIDS risks for infants who slept...
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A study in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine may offer a...
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A report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) comes
to warn parents about exposing...
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Exotic pets such as monkeys, hedgehogs, rodents and reptiles should be avoided by children, a new...
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The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reiterated its recommendation that all kids aged 6...
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As the flu season approaches, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday...
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A study of chemical fire retardants in parents and their
children conducted by the Environmental...
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Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
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Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
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It’s World Breastfeeding week and mothers should know what are the advantages and the joys of...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its guidelines, recommending testing of overweight...
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The American
Academy of Pediatrics is seeking
to change some of its recommendations regarding...
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Although many health experts encourage women to breast-feed
their newborns, many U.S.
hospitals...
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Despite concern that fruit juice leads to gaining weight in
children, a new study shows there is...
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Many infants appear to lack vitamin D, which doesn’t necessarily show immediate symptoms but can...
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The
parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe that a mercury-based preservative,
thimesoral,...
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Besides decreasing women’s risk of developing breast cancer,
breast-feeding was also found to make...
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A review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded
that insulin pumps can be risky and...
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More than three quarters of U.S. mothers breast-feed their babies, the highest rate in at least two...
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New research reveals what doctors have long known: infants born
prematurely are more likely to die...
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A new study by researchers from the University at Buffalo, the State
University of New York...
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An estimated 7,000 children end up in hospital emergency
rooms year because of cough and cold...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is updating earlier suggestions for the prevention of allergies...
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Parents worrying about possible negative effects of the flu shots are trying to block New Jersey...
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