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Overweight Teens Face Heart Risks as Adults
April 6, 2011 -- Researchers have long known that overweight or obese kids are more likely to grow up to be heavy adults, and as overweight adults, to be more likely to develop significant health problems associated with excess body weight, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Now a new st
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As Kids' CT Scans Rise, So Do Radiation Worries
April 6, 2011 -- Emergency CT scans for kids are on the rise -- and so are worries that too many children are getting too much radiation too early in life. "We found that abdominal CT imaging went from almost never being used in 1995 to being used in 15% to 21% of visits in the last four years of [o
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FDA Panel Opposes Warning Labels for Food Dyes
March 31, 2011 -- In an 8-6 vote, an FDA advisory panel rejected recommending new warning labels for the huge number of food products that use artificial food colors. The FDA convened the panel to review a petition from a consumer group that wants the FDA to ban eight of the nine federally approved
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FDA Mulls Safety of Artificial Food Coloring
March 30, 2011 -- Food dyes used in everything from candy to lunch meat may contribute to worsening hyperactivity in some kids, researchers told an FDA advisory panel on Wednesday. The data are far from conclusive and scientists point out they don’t know how the possible effects might work. But the
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WebMD Survey: Safety Biggest Vaccine Worry for Parents
March 31, 2011 -- Parents worry a lot about vaccine risks and side effects, and most of them are questioning doctors about those concerns. A recent WebMD survey of parents found that: About two-thirds search online for information about the vaccines recommended for their children. Nearly 70% say the
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New Guidelines for Children’s Car Seats
March 21, 2011 -- Toddlers and even older children may have to get used to some new seating arrangements in the car, according to new child passenger safety recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The group is revising its advice and recommending that parents keep infants and
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Active Video Games Help Kids Burn Calories
March 7, 2011 -- Video games that mix entertainment with exercise can help kids burn calories and have fun at the same time, a new study shows. The study had 39 middle-school aged kids play six different kinds of “exergames” -- video games that require a player to move around. The games included g
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Shaken Baby Syndrome: Men Inflict More Harm
March 4, 2011 -- Children with shaken baby syndrome, a form of child abuse, tend to suffer worse injuries from male perpetrators than from females, a new study suggests. Men are also far more likely than women to be convicted of shaking or slamming a baby, finds Debra Esernio-Jenssen, MD, medical di
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New Advice for Fighting Fever in Children
Feb. 28, 2011 -- Fever may be beneficial when it comes to fighting infection, according to new advice from pediatricians. New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics urge parents to recognize fever as a sign that the body is working to fight infection and not something to be feared. Inste
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Did CDC Conspire to Hide Vaccine Risk?
Did the CDC conspire with vaccine advocates to hide evidence that children get autism from mercury in vaccines? The claim was made most forcefully by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a 2005 article published in print by Rolling Stone and online by Salon, and in what Kennedy called an "original research pape
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