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Background TV May Harm Young Kids' Development
April 19, 2012 -- We all do it at least occasionally. We leave the TV on as background noise when no one is really watching. No problem, right? Wrong, according to a new study, if there are young children in the house. U.S. kids are exposed to close to four hours of background TV each day. This is t
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U.S. Measles Cases, Outbreaks Quadruple in 2011
April 19, 2012 -- Measles cases are spiking sharply in the U.S., the CDC reported today. The 222 cases and 17 outbreaks seen in 2011 are nearly four times the median of 60 cases and four outbreaks per year seen over the last decade. A third of patients were hospitalized. The surge in cases is largel
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CDC: Child, Teen Injury Deaths Dropping
April 16, 2012 -- The death rate from unintentional injury among children and teens has dropped by about a third in a decade. But troubling increases occurred in prescription drug deaths among older teens and suffocation deaths among infants, the CDC says. More than 9,000 children and teens in the U
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Genes Pinpointed for Common Childhood Obesity
April 8, 2012 -- An international team of researchers says they've found at least two new gene markers that appear to increase the risk for common childhood obesity. Little is known about the gene markers, which sit on chromosomes 13 and 17. But they are positioned close to and within genes that are
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Make Weight Loss a Family Affair
April 6, 2012 -- Want to get your overweight child to lose weight, but don't know how? Do the same thing yourself. This is the main finding from a new study of 80 overweight or obese children and their parents. When parents lost weight, their kids did, too. For each one unit decrease in the parent's
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No Rise in Seizure Risk With MMRV Booster Shot
April 2, 2012 -- There is little to no risk that the four-in-one measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine (MMRV) causes fever-related seizures in children 4 to 6 years old, a new CDC-funded study confirms. In the U.S. parents can decide to give their child the four-in-one combination MMRV vaccine (m
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Medication Leading Cause of Child Poisoning in U.S.
March 20, 2012 -- When children have access to a parent, sibling, or grandparent's medicines, it can be an accident waiting to happen, a new report shows. A young child's instinct to put things in their mouth (including colorful-looking pills) or a kid's natural curiosity may kick in. Both of these
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Schools Can Say No to 'Pink Slime' Ground Beef
March 16, 2012 -- “Pink slime” may soon be off the menu at many schools. The USDA says it will offer school lunch program participants a choice between purchasing ground beef with or without the controversial product known as “lean finely textured beef” by the meat industry and “pink slime” by its o
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Bullied Over Food Allergies
March 9, 2012 (Orlando, Fla.) -- Parents of kids with food allergies should be aware that their children may be teased or harassed because of their condition, experts say. Some bullies even chase kids with the allergy-producing food or throw it in their faces, says A. Erika Morris, MD, of the Univer
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Kids' Snoring Linked to Behavioral Problems
March 5, 2012 -- The more young children snore, breathe through their mouths, or stop breathing while asleep for a few seconds at a time, the more likely they are to develop behavioral problems, a new study shows. Previous research had suggested a link between these “sleep-disordered breathing” symp
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