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…
Children's health
08 Oct 2007
Don’t Lose Sleep over Nighttime Bed Wetting
Giving children control over bed wetting helps them overcome not only the nighttime nuisance but also the attendant stigma, say doctors at Baylor College of Medicine. “Bed wetting sometimes creates a sense of embarrassment or failure in children,” said Dr. Edmond T. Gonzales, Jr., professor of urology at BCM. “With…
Bone
08 Oct 2007
Low Vitamin D Levels May Be Common in Otherwise Healthy Children
Many otherwise healthy children and adolescents have low vitamin D levels, which may put them at risk for bone diseases such as rickets. African American children, children above age nine and with low dietary vitamin D intake were the most likely to have low levels of vitamin D in their…
Bone
28 Sep 2007
Body-conscious girls wrong to ditch dairy: study
Fat-phobic girls are mistakenly shunning calcium-rich dairy foods, just at the time when their young bodies most need it. A recent Canadian study found no difference in changes in per cent body fat over two years between girls eating varying amounts of calcium from food. The study, published in…
Children's health
25 Sep 2007
Research Shows how Genetic Mutation causes Epilepsy in Infants
New research from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne has shown why mutation in a single gene can cause epilepsy in infants. Infants are more susceptible to seizures because their brains are developing at a rapid rate, making their brain cells ‘excitable’. Their neurons are growing and making new connections…
Children's health
25 Sep 2007
Dairy Foods and Type 2 Diabetes
Adjusting to a new diagnosis of diabetes can be a shock – and wondering ‘what can I eat?’ is only normal. Some people with diabetes cut out or limit their intake of dairy foods (like milk, cheese and yogurt) due to concern about the fat content. However, Diabetes Australia actually…
Children's health
21 Sep 2007
Steroids Not Effective in Treating Childhood Lower Respiratory Infections
The use of steroid medication to treat bronchiolitis – a common viral lower respiratory infection in infants – does not prevent hospitalization or improve their respiratory symptoms, according to a study published in the July 26 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The findings by the Pediatric Emergency…
