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Toddlers’ Diet May Affect IQ at Age 8
Feb. 7, 2011 -- Three-year-olds who eat diets rich in fat- and sugar-laden processed foods may have slightly lower IQ scores at age 8 than their peers with healthier eating habits, a new study shows. The small, but measurable, difference in IQ scores detected in the study between kids who ate the mo
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The More Moms Work, the More Kids Gain Weight?
Feb. 4, 2011 -- The more years a mother works during her children's growing-up years, the more likely the children's weight is to rise, according to a new study. The findings echo some previous findings but also extend them, according to researcher Taryn Morrissey, PhD, assistant professor in public
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Working Long Hours May Hurt High School Students
Feb. 4, 2011 -- Working long hours while in high school may have a negative effect on students’ performance as well as behavior, according to a new study. Researchers say the results contradict several recent studies that suggested no negative effects of working more than 20 hours a week on high sch
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Iowa, Mass. Lead U.S. in Children's Health Care
Feb. 2, 2011 -- Children who grow up in New England and the Upper Midwest get better health care than children in other states, especially those who live in the South and Southwest. That’s according to a new report card that ranks all the states based on their children’s health care policies. The ne
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Tonsil Removal May Lead to Weight Gain
Feb. 1, 2011 -- Children who have their tonsils removed tend to gain weight after the surgery, according to an analysis of studies conducted over the past four decades. Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in kids, with more than half a million children in the U.S. having ei
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Updated Vaccine Schedule for Children, Teens
Feb. 1, 2011 -- An updated vaccine schedule for children and teens is out from the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Parents should be aware that the vaccine schedule is updated every year," Cody Meissner, MD, a consultant to the AAP's Committee on Infectious Disease who helped update the new schedul
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Secondhand Smoke Raises Kids’ Ear Infection Risk
Jan. 28, 2011 -- Children who live in homes where parents or others smoke have a higher risk of developing middle ear infections than kids whose houses are smoke-free, a new study shows. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society in the R
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Should Your Child Get the HPV Vaccine?
If you have a child who is at least 9 years old, you may be weighing whether he or she should get vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer. Men and women can carry it. HPV sometimes plays a role in
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Self-Control in Childhood Brings Adult Success
Jan. 24, 2011 -- Children who have good self-control early in life are more likely to grow into healthy, financially secure, and trouble-free adults than those with poor self-discipline, a new study shows. The authors of the 32-year study, which has followed a group of almost 1,000 New Zealanders si
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Weekend 'Catch-Up' Sleep May Help Kids' Weight
Jan. 24, 2011 -- Children who get too little sleep and have irregular school-day sleep schedules are more likely to be obese, especially if they don’t make up for lost sleep on the weekends, a new study finds. When researchers monitored the sleep patterns of about 300 children between the ages of 4
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