Child Health

A new study has shown that women are having children later in life mainly because they are spending longer in education. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910082258.htm

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A national study shows increased use of powerful antipsychotic drugs to treat publicly insured children over the last decade. The study found a 62 percent increase in the number of Medicaid-enrolled children ages 3 to 18 taking antipsychotics, reaching a total of 354,000 children by 2007. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910111700.htm

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Although people often say they have "strep" throat, most sore throats actually are caused by a virus, not streptococcus bacteria, and shouldn't be treated with antibiotics, suggest new guidelines. Antibiotics are ineffective against viruses. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910122608.htm

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A study of Canadian youth suggests that vigorous physical activity was associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk factors, such as body mass index z score, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure and increased cardiorespiratory fitness. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910161550.htm

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The structure of a federal program that provides monthly subsidies to promote the adoptions of special needs children in foster care may actually be delaying some adoptions, according to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey Buckles... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/250023.php

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Progestogens may be given to pregnant women whose children were previously born premature, in order to avoid a subsequent early birth, according to a Vanderbilt study in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Researchers found that when these women are given progestogens while expecting a single child, they receive benefits from the additional hormone... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250056.php

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Melanoma, newly diagnosed in more than 76,000 Americans in 2011, is the most common and dangerous form of skin cancer. Melanoma is rare in children, accounting for 1 to 4 percent of all melanoma cases and just 3 percent of pediatric cancers. Just as adult cases of melanoma are increasing, pediatric melanoma is rising at the rate of 1 to 4 percent p ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/250043.php

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Babies whose mothers have maternal depression have a higher risk of growing more slowly than normal during their first two years of life, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, reported in the journal Pediatrics... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250055.php

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Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, are set to take a brief reprieve from politics on Tuesday as the nation marks the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-marks-9-11-america-never-forget-124511777--election.html

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