News tagged with childhood illness

Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness (Update)

(AP) — A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that sparked alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jul 09, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Hand, foot, mouth disease kills 156 in Vietnam

(AP) -- Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 156 people, mostly children, and sickened more than 96,000 through late November.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Dec 16, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

New devices could hold key to predicting premature births

Scientists and doctors from the University of Sheffield are developing two novel devices that could lead to the improved prediction of premature births.

Health Feb 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Study says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems

For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children whose parents smoke. Now a new study conducted by ...

Health May 20, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Can going hungry as a child slow down cognitive decline in later years?

People who sometimes went hungry as children had slower cognitive decline once they were elderly than people who always had enough food to eat, according to a new study published in the December 11, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the me ...

Neuroscience Dec 10, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1 |