News Related to Children’s Health

New Rankings for Children's Hospitals

June 18, 2009 -- U.S. News & World Report has once again ranked the nation's children's hospitals. Of the 98 hospitals that participated in the survey, the following hospitals ranked in all 10 specialties evaluated. The specialties included cancer, diabetes/endocrine disorders, digestive disorders,
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Toxic Shock Syndrome From Sinus Infection?

June 15, 2009 -- Sinus infections in children can sometimes lead to toxic shock syndrome, according to a new study. Toxic shock syndrome, a potentially fatal condition typically known for its association with tampon use, is also known to be linked with numerous infections. The link between sinus inf
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How Common Is Tourette's Syndrome?

June 4, 2009 -- Tourette's syndrome afflicts three out of every 1,000 children between ages 6 and 17 in the United States, the CDC says in its first-ever estimate of the prevalence of the neurological disorder. The findings are revealed in the June 5 edition of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Week
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Who Influences Kids' Eating Habits?

June 4, 2009 -- The widely held belief that kids learn eating habits from their parents may not be true, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health. A study, published in Social Science and Medicine, examined the dietary intake and patterns of U.S. families and found
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Unvaccinated Kids Getting Whooping Cough

May 26, 2009 -- Children of parents who refuse to give them vaccines are more likely than fully immunized kids to get whooping cough, according to a new study. Researchers say the number of parents refusing to vaccinate their children is on the rise, and this study demonstrates the risk of the bacte
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Drug Counters Scorpion Venom

May 13, 2009 -- A drug called Anascorp, which is available in Mexico but not approved in the U.S., may help children recover from severe scorpion stings. That news appears in The New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers including the University of Arizona's Leslie Boyer, MD, studied 15 Arizona c
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Skin Reactions Lead to Face Paint Recall

May 12, 2009 -- The FDA today advised consumers to stop using certain cosmetic face paints that are being recalled because of reports of skin reactions in children. The FDA has learned of a cluster of adverse events in children exposed to various colors of the face paint. All exposures occurred on t
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Bullied Children Develop Psychotic Symptoms

May 4, 2009 -- Children who are constantly bullied may be more likely to develop psychotic symptoms like hallucinations or delusions years later as adolescents. A new study shows that children who were consistently victimized by their peers at ages 8 or 10 were twice as likely to have psychotic symp
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Easy Way to Ease Infant Immunization Pain

May 4, 2009 -- Changing the order in which a standard set of infant immunizations are given may be a simple way to minimize the pain and crying they cause. A new study shows that infants who received the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) following the combination vaccine for diphtheria, polio, te
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Math + Chewing Gum = Better Grades?

April 23, 2009 -- Chewing sugarless gum during class and while doing homework may improve academic performance of adolescents, a new study says. The research was underwritten by the William Wrigley Jr. Co., the Chicago-based chewing gum giant, but scientists from the Baylor College of Medicine say t
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