News and Features Related to Children's Health

1. Safest Spot for Baby's Car Seat?
   

   May 7, 2008 -- The safest spot for a baby's car seat is in the center of the back seat rather than on the sides, according to a new study. Although older passengers using seat belts can decide where they sit in a car, researchers point out that a child's seat is determined by where the child-restrai

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2. Speed Bumps in Teen Driver Knowledge?
   

   May 7, 2008 -- Teen drivers may have a blind spot when it comes to recognizing common road safety risks. A new survey of more than 5,000 high school students suggests that although teen drivers generally understand common road safety risks -- like driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol -- f

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3. 1.3 Million Infants Injured Each Year
   

   May 6, 2008 -- Every 90 seconds, an injured infant enters a U.S. emergency room, the CDC calculates. Each year an estimated 1.3 million babies sustain nonfatal, accidental injuries serious enough to send them to emergency departments, according to data collected from 2001 through 2004 through a nati

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4. Does Breastfeeding Boost IQ?
   

   May 5, 2008 -- Breastfeeding may make your kid more intelligent, according to the latest study on the subject. Exclusive, long-term breastfeeding improves a child's verbal intelligence and other intelligence measures, says researcher Michael S. Kramer, MD, professor of pediatrics, epidemiology and b

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5. New Clue to Milk and Diabetes Link?
   

   May 1, 2008 -- The reaction of an infant's immature immune system to a protein found in cow's milk infant formula may explain the suspected link between early consumption of cow's milk and an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes later, according to a new study. But experts who reviewed the s

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6. Delusions Haunt Kids After Pediatric ICU
   

   May 1, 2008 -- Nearly one in three children admitted to a hospital's pediatric intensive care unit will have delusional memories, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Such haunting memories may make a child more likely to

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7. More Teen Girls Faint After Vaccination
   

   May 1, 2008 -- The CDC and FDA are getting more reports of people age 5 and older -- mostly teenage girls -- who faint soon after vaccination. The CDC's advice: Health care providers should observe patients for 15 minutes after vaccination. The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), a data

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8. CDC: Breastfeeding Rates Up
   

   April 30, 2008 -- The CDC reports that 77% of U.S. babies born in 2005-2006 were ever breastfed, up from 60% for babies born in 1993-1994. The 2005-2006 figures beat the U.S. government's goal for 75% of babies to ever be breastfed in 2010. Babies were more likely to have ever been breastfed if they

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9. Day Care, Play Groups Cut Leukemia Risk?
   

   April 29, 2008 -- Children who attend day care or play groups may be less likely to develop leukemia. So says Patricia Buffler, PhD, of the University of California at Berkeley. She and her colleagues reviewed 14 studies on leukemia and kids' social contacts with other children, including at day car

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10. 1 in 4 Toddlers Improperly Vaccinated
    

    April 29, 2008 -- Many young children in the United States have been under- or improperly vaccinated, and vaccine coverage rates are lower than previously reported as a result, the CDC says. Using a modified method for calculating vaccine coverage, CDC researchers concluded that more than one in fou

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