HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Children who attend day care are at
increased risk of getting sick or acquiring an infection. [More]
LiveScience.com - Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don't pressure them. [More]
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Older moms are more likely to
have a child with autism than women who give birth at a younger age, new
research shows. [More]
AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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Reuters - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday. [More]
Reuters - Children with a limited vocabulary at the age of 5 may be at increased risk of poor literacy as adults, a study published Monday suggests. [More]
LiveScience.com - Children raised by lesbian parents fare as well as they would in heterosexual households, new research suggests. [More]
weekday TV time. [More]
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that young
children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes could benefit by using an
artificial pancreas device to lower the risk of dangerously low blood
sugar levels during sleep and help them control their disease. [More]
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- It's not cost-effective to
screen couples genetically to determine if they're at risk of having
children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), says a U.S. study. [More]
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Teens whose mothers were depressed
during pregnancy are at increased risk for antisocial behavior, including
violence, a new study suggests. [More]
HealthDay - FRIDAY. Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Your birthday may affect your
odds of becoming a professional athlete, a new study suggests. [More]
AFP - Experts and workers on the ground said Friday that men had a key role to play in the fight against female circumcision in Africa, a day before the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation.
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a new study finds. [More]
AFP - Australian researchers said on Friday they had debunked the myth that a women's ability to think was impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn -- a condition commonly referred to as "baby brain".
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Most parents make sure their
children get all their vaccinations, but when it comes to adults these
protective shots often fall by the wayside, a new report shows. [More]
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid breathing, poor blood
circulation and, possibly, parental concern and a doctor's instinct are
potential warning signs of serious infection among children in developed
countries, according to a review of published research. [More]
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — States require that children have all their immunizations before they can enroll in school. Veterinarians send reminder cards to pet owners when Fido or Tabby is due for a shot. No such safety net exists for adults, however, and especially for the elderly, who are particularly susceptible to many diseases that vaccines can prevent, according to a new report about the low rate of adult immunization. [More]
Reuters - The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu raised the death rate among children across Europe late last year but not adults, researchers reported on Thursday. [More]
Reuters - In a large study conducted in Washington, D.C., a short intervention reduced repeat episodes of domestic violence among a group of pregnant African-American women. The intervention also made it less likely for the pregnancy to end in very premature births. [More]
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