Children's health
09 Oct 2007
Yoga During Pregnancy
Yoga is quickly becoming a popular activity amongst expectant mothers. The gentle movements and breathing exercises help to develop ways to cope with and reduce…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Preventing Head Lice
Six to 12 million American children are bothered by head lice each year. As kids head back to school in a matter of weeks, it’s important to know how head lice spread and the best ways to prevent them. Head lice are more commonly found on children than adults because…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Brain’s Control Network Splits in Two as Children Approach Adulthood
Two recently discovered control networks that govern voluntary brain activity in adults start life as a single network in children, report neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers previously showed the networks supervise most goal-oriented brain activity, enlisting the specialized talents of multiple brain regions for…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Does This Child have Appendicitis? Watch Out for Key Signs
A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child’s doctor decide whether to schedule an emergency appendectomy to surgically remove a presumably inflamed appendix – a procedure that carries its own risks like any surgery…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Youngest Girls Spirited to Brothels show Highest HIV Rates
Girls forced into the Indian sex trade at age 14 or younger show significantly higher rates of HIV infection than older girls and women similarly forced into prostitution, according to a new study that highlights for the first time the increased HIV risks faced by sex trafficked Nepalese girls and…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Expansion of Paediatric AIDS Programs Set for Lesotho
The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative will increase the number of physicians it has assigned to Lesotho and build satellite clinics in scaling up its commitment to assist the country, one of the hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic. Dr. Mark Kline, president of BIPAI, announced the expansion of services…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Back-to-school Checklist Should Include more than Notebooks, Bluejeans
Parents readying their children for the school year tend to focus on buying required school supplies and new clothes. But the back-to-school to-do list should include other important tasks as well, according to physicians at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Such things as establishing a sleep routine and shopping…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Researchers Discover Gene Responsible for Restless Legs Syndrome
An international team of researchers has identified the first gene associated with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. The findings are published July 18 in the online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The work was led by scientists…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Research Finds Faster Grammar Skills in Children with Tourette’s
Children with Tourette’s syndrome may have to put up with some unwanted movement and verbal tics, but neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Kennedy Krieger Institute have found that they are much quicker at processing certain mental grammar skills than are children without the disorder. They say the…
