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Combo Vaccine May Raise Babies’ Risk for Fever-Caused Seizures
Feb. 21, 2012 -- Babies and toddlers can sometimes spike fevers that lead to seizures, which can be terrifying for parents. Those seizures, called febrile seizures, have sometimes been linked to childhood vaccines. Now a large new study from Denmark shows that babies have an increased risk of gettin
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Kids With Gender Noncomformity at Increased Risk for Abuse
Feb. 20, 2012 -- Boys won’t always “act” like boys, and girls won’t always “act” like girls. Some boys may choose dolls over tools, and some girls prefer cars, trucks, and football to Barbie dolls and princesses. Unfortunately, kids who tend to make choices that are not considered typical for their
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Study: Even Some Vigorous Activity Boosts Kids’ Heart Health
Feb. 14, 2012 -- Kids who exercise vigorously for more than 30 minutes a day may be at lower risk of heart disease than their peers who don’t break a sweat quite as often. This is true regardless of how much time the kids spent sitting on the couch. Kids who exercised at a moderate or vigorous pace
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Kids' Lack of Sleep: Nothing New About Blaming It on Modern Life
Feb. 13, 2012 -- It is a common complaint of our modern age that kids and teens don’t get enough sleep. Video games, TV, social media, and other trappings of our increasingly tech-centric lives are often blamed, but a new study shows that long before Facebook or PlayStation 3, kids were sleeping les
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Brain Development Harmed in Mistreated Kids
Feb. 13, 2012 -- A new study shows that the stress of child abuse appears to shrink a key region of the brain that regulates emotion, memory, and learning. The finding may help explain why mistreated kids often experience lasting mental problems like depression and other psychiatric disorders. The s
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Rotavirus Vaccine Not Linked to Risk of Intestinal Disorder
Feb. 7, 2012 -- Despite studies showing that the rotavirus vaccine can reduce the number of children hospitalized for severe diarrhea, some U.S. doctors are slow to embrace it for fear that this vaccine may increase an infant’s risk of a life-threatening bowel blockage (intussusception). It’s a case
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FDA Approves No-Comb Treatment for Head Lice
Feb. 7, 2012 -- The FDA today approved Sklice, a no-comb, 10-minute treatment for head lice. The announcement comes from Sanofi Pasteur U.S., which last year acquired the developer of the treatment, Topaz Pharmaceuticals. Sklice is a prescription topical (on-the-skin) lotion containing a 0.5% soluti
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Kids Who Feel Left Out Are Less Active
Feb. 6, 2012 -- Children who feel left out, even for a little while, may be less active. A new study shows that kids who are ostracized by other children are more likely to choose non-active pastimes over physical ones. The results showed that children who were excluded during an online computer gam
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Teens Exposed to Less Secondhand Smoke in Cars
Feb. 6, 2012 -- Secondhand smoke exposure in cars declined among U.S. middle and high school students between 2000 and 2009. The number of young people who reported riding in a car with someone who was smoking cigarettes "within the past seven days" during the study period fell from about 48% to nea
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First Drug to Target Cause of Cystic Fibrosis Approved
Jan. 31, 2012 -- Kalydeco, the first drug that treats the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), today gained FDA approval. Only 4% of CF patients -- about 1,200 people in the U.S. -- have the specific genetic defect that Kalydeco treats. However, early results from ongoing clinical studies sugge
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