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Kids have been sleep-deprived for more than 100 years: study
Worried that your children aren’t getting enough sleep? You’re not alone. As one prominent educational psychologist put it, “physicians and writers on school hygiene agree that children are likely to receive less sleep than is needful to...Tags: Insomnia, Medical Research, Health, Medical Specialization, Sleep Deprivation
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In carpools, child booster seat use is 'inconsistent'
Carpool-driving parents are "inconsistent" about using booster seats -- child safety restraints designed for kids who are too big for forward-facing car seats but too small for a regular seat belt to fit them properly -- researchers said Monday.
A team...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Family
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Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness
Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother,...Tags: Culture, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Stress, Family
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Halloween's dilemma: Candy vs. healthful treats
Dollars to doughnuts, the ghosts and goblins and Angry Birds who show up at your door Monday night will not have their little hearts set on baby carrots or celery sticks.
And statistics show — surprise! — that most won't have to settle for...Tags: Halloween, James Hill, Family, Fluoride, Tooth Decay
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Parents to pediatricians: Don't tell me my kid's 'fat'
What's the best way to be told that your child is overweight or obese?
Not at all, of course. But if that bad news must be delivered, a national survey published in the journal Pediatrics this week finds that parents will feel blamed and respond badly to...Tags: Human Interest, Body Mass Index, Judges, Weight Loss, Parenting
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Boxing KO'd by doctors as too risky for kids' and teens' brains
Youth boxing is getting pummeled by pediatricians in a new policy statement opposing such pugilism as too dangerous of an athletic activity for children.
The position statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Paediatric Society...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, High School Sports, Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Specialization
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Gripe water is safe for babies with colic, but no studies show that it works
Baby wrangling is a tough job in the best of circumstances. Add colic to the mix and … well, that borders on the cruel and unusual.
Unfortunately, it's not unusual at all. According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly 1 out of 5 babies...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fennel, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Pediatrics: Discovering more about how watching TV hurts preschoolers' sleep
Three-to-5-year-old kids who watch violent or scary media content, or who watch more TV during evening hours, are increasingly likely to have sleep problems, according to research published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
Though previous studies had...Tags: Entertainment, Science and Technology, Health, Medical Specialization, Television
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Profile of ADHD sharpens in each school year
In many households, the start of a new school year is a cause for excitement. There are new books to read, friends to be made, pencils to sharpen. But in the Gigliotti household in Benicia, Calif., the anticipation is mixed with apprehension. The family'...Tags: Medical Research, Human Body, School Examinations, Elementary Schools, Dyslexia
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ADHD meds OK for kids' hearts, study says
Children taking stimulant medications to quell symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a very low risk of suffering heart attack, stroke or sudden, unexplained death, and the probability that they will suffer such a crisis ...Tags: Medical Research, Human Interest, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association, Stroke
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Don't market junk food to kids, doctors say
Money & CompanyThe American Academy of Pediatrics has come out in favor of a ban on advertising junk food to children. In a statement Monday, the organization said ads for junk food are pervasive on children's television and online. Children already are...... -
Watch and wait strategy reduces number of CT scans for kids
Children who are brought to a hospital's emergency department after a blow to the head are often rushed into a CT scanner so physicians can rule out dangerous bleeding in the brain. But when emergency doctors wait to see if a child's dizziness, nausea,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Internal Medicine, Medical Research, Disasters and Accidents, Dizziness
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