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Breastfeeding Found to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Women who breastfeed their babies appear to have a reduced risk of developing heart disease when...
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Harris Teeter Recalls Pistachios over Salmonella Concerns
North Carolina-based grocery food chain Harris Teeter announced over the weekend that it is...
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Sprout Recall in 11 US States over Listeria Concerns
Connecticut-based Amalgamated Produce Inc. announced Wednesday that it is voluntarily recalling...
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Rocket Fuel Found in Infant Formula
Fifteen brands of powdered infant formula were found to contain trace amounts of perchlorate, a...
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FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis
The Us Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved Ixiaro, a vaccine designed to prevent...
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Anesthesia in Infancy Might Lead to Learning Disabilities Later
Mayo Clinic researchers say that if children have anesthesia 2 or more times before the age of 3,...
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House, Senate Ban BPA Use in Food, Drink Containers
House and Senate lawmakers passed a bill yesterday to introduce a federal ban on bisphenol A (BPA)...
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Top Companies Stop Selling BPA-Containing Baby Bottles
Recent studies showing that a substance also used in producing baby bottles is dangerous to the...
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Potato Products Recalled over Listeria Concerns
Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Giant Food LLC said they were voluntarily recalling potato...
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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Court Finds No Link Between Vaccines And Autism
Three families who claimed vaccines caused their children’s autism were denied compensation...
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Doctor Has License Revoked over Abortion Case
The license of a Florida doctor accused of medical malpractice was revoked on Friday by the Board...
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The Teething Medicine in Nigeria Kills 84 Children
Health officials announced on Friday that at least 84 children from Nigeria have been killed by a...
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Most Children Take Vitamins, But They Don’t Really Need Them
According to a newly released study, most children who take vitamins don’t really need them....
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Mushrooms Recalled On The Count Of A Listeria Contamination
The Phillips Mushroom Farm of Kennett Square, Pa. released a statement yesterday announcing that...
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Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake
There has been a long debate on whether bisphenol A, an organic compound used in many food and...
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Infant Suffocation Death Rates Increase Fourth Times In 20 Years
A new study in the journal Pediatrics reveals that infant mortality rates caused by accidental...
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Rise in Hib Cases in Minnesota Makes CDC Officials Urge Vaccination
Five children were infected in Minnesota with a bacterial infection known as Hib: Haemophilus...
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Moms’ C-section Complications On The Rise
C-section has long been thought to have consequences on newborns’ health, especially those...
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Pregnant Women and Newborn Babies Face Higher Risk in Developing World
According to a recent report released by the UNICEF, pregnancy is 300 times deadlier for women in...
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Improve the Mental Development of Premature Baby Girls
According to a new study, preterm infant girls who receive a high amount of omega-3 fatty acid...
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VapoRub, Severe Side Effects In Infants and Toddlers
One of the most popular medical products in the United States is almost-pop-cult Vicks VapoRub....
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Vicks VapoRub Linked to Breathing Problems in Infants
A new study has recently revealed that Vicks VapoRub, a popular cold remedy, could cause airway...
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Vicks VapoRub Poses Risks To Children Under 2
Vicks VapoRub, a common cold remedy, may create respiratory problems in infants and small...
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An Early C-Section Is Definitely Not The Best Choice
According to a new study, early elective cesarean sections pose serious risks to newborns. The...
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Research Panel Calls for EPA Assessment of Phthalates
A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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The FTC Is Trying To Break Ovation's Monopoly
Antitrust enforcers have recently accused Ovation
Pharmaceuticals of cornering the U.S. Market on...
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FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case
The Food and Drug Administration was recently
criticized by its own scientific advisers, and...
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Pertussis Cases More Frequent
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a very contagious disease that is caused by bacteria and it...
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FDA Seeks to Change Consumer Advice on Fish
Since March 2004, the federal government has urged women of childbearing years, pregnant women,...
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Infant Formula Contaminated with Fuel Rocket
When it comes to food, everybody appears to be in danger, from infants to the very old. Nothing is...
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Court Ruling in Autism/Vaccines Cases Reassuring
Following the ruling of a special federal court in favor of childhood vaccines, health experts in...
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Babies’ Gestures Linked to the Development of Infant Speech
Thursday, United States researchers revealed that babies that used many gesture in order to...
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U.S. Court Denies Autism Case
Thursday, a United States special court denied a case that had been brought forth by three...
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Vicks VapoRup May Hurt Kids
The popular cold remedy Vicks VapoRub may cause respiratory problems in infants and toddlers, a...
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Vicks VapoRub Might Harm Your Child!
No kid under the age of four should be given the controversial cough and cold medicines, the...
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Quit Smoking Today!
What did your New Year’s resolutions include except losing weight and reducing debts? If you...
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Immunity – Stronger at Night
New study highlights once again, if necessary, the benefits of a good night’s sleep suggesting that...
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Experimental Malaria Vaccine May Protect Infants, Children
Results from a malaria vaccine trial have so far shown promise that it may open new pathways for...
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Fall Babies Have 30 Percent Higher Risk of Developing Asthma
Children born four months before peak flu season are more
likely to develop childhood asthma...
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Update: Report Seriously Questions FDA Ruling On BPA Safety
An expert panel asked by the Food and Drug Administration to
review its way of handling of the...
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CDC: Merck’s Rotateq Lowered Cases of Rotavirus by 80 Percent since Approval
Rotateq, the vaccine against rotavirus, has reduced the number of illnesses by at least two-thirds...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sets New Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its new standards for airborne lead particles....
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U.S.A Ranking Low In Infant Mortality Rate
Recent data from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention shows that infant deaths declined...
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Three States Urge Companies to Stop Using BPA in Baby Bottles
On Friday, attorneys
general from Connecticut, New
Jersey and Delaware
sent letters to a...
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More Vitamin D Is Needed To Keep Kids Healthy
Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood can lead to an
increased risk for osteoporosis later in...
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Pediatricians Recommend The Increase Of Vitamin D Dosage
Recently the American Academy of Pediatricians has concluded that babies, children and teens are...
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Use Bedroom Fans to Protect Your Baby from SIDS!
As long as you use a bedroom fan, your baby’s risk of SIDS
decreases considerably, according to a...
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Update: Fan In Baby’s Room Found To Reduce SIDS Risk
New research found fans were associated
with a 94% reduction in SIDS risks for infants who slept...
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Genetic Test Could ID Down Syndrome, Safer than Current Tests
Pregnant women may find out whether their baby is likely to
be born with Down syndrome or other...
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Nebraska Safe Haven Law Incurs Unexpected Number of Dropoffs
This year
in July, Nebraska lawmakers have managed, after much debate, to pass a safe
haven law...
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Neb. Lawmakers: “Safe-Haven” Law Needs Immediate Rectification
Trying to protect children from being hurt, Nebraska lawmakers made
the “safe-haven” law, which...
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Too Many Children Abandoned Under The “Safe-Haven” Law
Since July, when Nebraska lawmakers passed a unique “safe-haven” law allowing parents to abandon...
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China’s Space Mission Is A Success, Shenzhou VII Lands Safely
The Shenzhou VII space mission went as planned and China recorded a big success as it carried out...
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Nebraska “Safe-Haven” Law Might Be Revised
This year,
in July, Nebraska lawmakers passed a “safe-haven” law allowing the
abandonment of...
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The Nebraska Dad Who Dropped His Kids Off Explained His Reasons
Nine children were left at an Omaha hospital late Wednesday by their father as a result of a...
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FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Claim It Poses Health Risks
A preliminary report by the FDA declared
the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other...
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Flu Shots while Pregnant Cut Risk of Infections for You and Your Baby
Mothers-to-be should consider getting a flu shot while
pregnant in order to protect their newborns...
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Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes
Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic hormone used in baby
bottles, toddler cups, water bottle and...
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Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire
The Department of Health and Human Services’ National
Toxicology Program on Wednesday released a...
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World
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China tries former managers of milk-scandal company
Tian Wenhua, the former general manager of Sanlu, pleaded guilty to charges of...
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Protests Made on Banned Breastfeeding Photos from Facebook
Breastfeeding or nursing represents a way to feed infants and it’s also a natural part of...
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Malaria Vaccine – A ‘Hopeful Beginning’ in Fighting the Deadly Disease
Two studies appearing this week in the New England Journal of Medicine note that an experimental...
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Melamine Found in Chinese Eggs, Authorities Make First Arrest
Beijing - Authorities made a fist arrest in the evolving scandal over melamine-contaminated eggs, a...
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China's Health Minitry: 47,000 Infants Hospitalized over Tainted Milk
Beijing - The number of infants hospitalized for problems linked to
the consumption of tainted...
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Twelve Percent of Milk Products Tainted, Tests Show
Beijing - Chinese authorities found an industrial chemical contaminating 12 per cent of dairy...
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Philippines tests 54 milk products for contamination
Manila
- Philippine food safety authorities are testing at least 54 milk and milk
products amid...
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United Nations Plan to Eliminate Malaria by 2015
United
Nations officials stated Thursday that a plan backed by approximately $3 billion
in...
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WHO: China's Milk Scandal Worsened by Ignorance, Secrecy
The World Health Organization said Friday the scandal over
milk products contaminated with the...
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Chinese Milk Products Banned in South Korea
South Korea
on Thursday banned the import of Chinese milk and milk powder products, blamed
for...
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More Countries Ban Imports of “Made in China” Diary Products
China’s melamine-tainted milk products, which intoxicated as much as 53,000 infants in the Asian...
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China Struggles to Control Toxic Milk Crisis
Chinese authorities withdrew more than 7,000 metric tons of dairy products from the market in an...
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53,000 Babies Sickened by Powdered Milk
Chinese doctors examined some 53,000 infants and hospitalized nearly 13,000 for problems related to...
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China's melamine scandal spreads to fresh milk
Beijing - Chinese health inspectors have found the chemical melamine in fresh and long-life milk...
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China Sacks City Mayor amid Contaminated Milk Scandal
China on Thursday fired the mayor of the northern city of Shijiazhuang, the base of the company...
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Number of Sick Babies from Sanlu’s Formula Soars
Wednesday, China's
health minister announced that the number of infants sickened by Sanlu...
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Number of Babies in China Ill from Contaminated Milk Rises to 1,253
As many as 1,253 babies had become ill with contaminated baby formula milk produced by the Chinese...
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Cyanuramide Traces in Milk Powder Kill One Baby in China
Thursday,
Chinese authorities announced that due to traces of cyanuramide found in milk
formula,...
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16 States Struggle with Salmonella Situation
On Saturday, federal health officials
announced that Salmonella food poisoning cases have been...
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Mother Who Caged Teen Son Gets 20 Years in Prison
A Florida mother kept her 17-year-old adopted son in a cage in her home and starved him. She was...
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German Mother Suspected Of Killing Her Three Babies
German police came across a horrible scene Sunday night as
they discovered the bodies of three...
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Woman Walks Children on I-495, Murder-Suicide
A woman with a brief history of mental illness walked with her niece and nephew on Interstate 495...
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2nd Corpse of 4 Children Thrown Off Bridge Found
The numerous search crews, that were deployed to find the dead bodies of the children recently...
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Cadaver of 1 of 4 Children Thrown From Bridge Found
The corpse of one of the four children which were thrown from a coastal bridge by their father was...
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Science
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map Of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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A Vaccine Against Malaria That Promises To Drastically Cut Infection Rates
Researchers reported on Monday that a revolutionary vaccine against
malaria protected up to 65...
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Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives
A United Nations report has shown that
early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
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Study: Autumn Babies Are More Prone To Childhood Asthma
Are you afraid of having a child with
asthma? A new study suggests that the time of the year in...
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King Herod Family Tombs Found
Israeli Archaeologist Ehud Netzer digging at Beit Sahour on
the West Bank said Wednesday that he...
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Fan Use May Save Your Baby’s Life, Reduces SIDS Risk
A study in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine may offer a...
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Shenzhou VII, China’s First Spacewalk Mission, Enters Orbit
China’s Shenzhou VII spacecraft made it through the oval orbit and is now (Friday) in a more stable...
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Seeing Their Babies Smile Has Natural High Effect on Mothers
A study carried out at the Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Children’s Hospital and the...
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Serotonin Imbalance May Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
A study by Italian researchers may offer the answer to sudden infant death syndrome, the third...
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Babies Develop Social Judging Skills Before Speech
They may be unable to feed themselves, walk and talk, but
babies’ powers should not be...
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New Study Says Monkeys Use “Baby Talk”
A new research at
the University of
Chicago said that the Rhesus
monkeys use their own type of...
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By 2015, 75% of Americans Could Be Fat
A new study from John Hopkins University reveals that if Americans continue with their bad habits...
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A New Study discovers Babies Are Able To Recognize Languages
According to a new study published by University of British
Columbia, four-month old babies are...
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