HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Hormonal fluctuations make it
harder for women to sing during pregnancy, a new study finds.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Uninsured children in the
United States are three times more likely to die from trauma injuries than
children with private insurance, according to a new study.
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Reuters - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infecting too -- their pets.
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Reuters - Parents may be setting their daughters up for weight problems simply by allowing them to drink two or more sweetened drinks daily while young, study findings hint.
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 AP - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The reported success of gene
therapy in treating two children with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) brings
hope to patients with the potentially crippling and fatal brain disorder
and their families, says a nonprofit group that supports ALD research.
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Reuters - Exclusive breast feeding for up to 6 months, though beneficial for an infants' immunity and mothers' weight, may not alter children's health risks over the long term, study findings hint.
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Reuters - Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new study suggests.
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Reuters - Last May, an influx of children with flu symptoms and their worried families flooded the emergency department of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, swelling the normal patient load from 150 a day to 400 and leaving a net loss for the month of $325,000.
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 AFP - Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.
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Reuters - Three quarters of people in South Sudan have no access to medical care, and 10 percent of children there and in Darfur die before their first birthday, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Want to be a happy married
couple? Consider having kids.
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Reuters - Women who smoke while pregnant risk having hyperactive preschoolers who can't pay attention, a large study from the UK hints.
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 AFP - Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to a newly released Australian study.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antibiotics during pregnancy
does not raise the risk for most birth defects, though there are some
exceptions, new research has found.
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Low folate levels during
pregnancy are associated with higher odds for
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring aged 7 to 9, new
research has found.
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 AFP - A single dose of swine flu vaccine produces a robust immune response in pregnant women, one of the groups at high risk of dying from (A)H1N1 influenza, but young children need two shots, US clinical trials have shown.
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 Reuters - Some of the antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections during pregnancy may increase the risk of several birth defects if a woman uses them early in pregnancy, a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine shows.
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 AP - A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby's head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-old who already has malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills a million African children every year.
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood brain cancer survivors
have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education,
employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of
cancer, a U.S. study has found.
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