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World Health Assembly endorses new plan to increase global access to vaccines

Ministers of Health from 194 countries at the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly today endorsed a landmark Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), a roadmap to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood cancer scars survivors later in life

Scars left behind by childhood cancer treatments are more than skin-deep. The increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss caused by childhood cancer and treatment are associated with emotional distress and reduced ...

Cancer created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caesarean section delivery may double risk of childhood obesity

Caesarean section delivery may double the risk of subsequent childhood obesity, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Pediatrics created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss improves SBD and metabolic dysregulation in obese children

Weight loss improved both metabolic parameters and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in obese children in a new study from researchers in Belgium, confirming links between metabolic dysregulation, SDB and obesity.

Sleep apnea created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Baseline characteristics of children with mild persistent asthma predict response to inhaled corticosteroid

A further analysis of a previously published National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded study of children with mild persistent asthma reports the relative benefits of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment varies ...

Immunology created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A systems approach to preventing obesity in early life

Currently more than 10% of preschoolers in the U.S. are obese and effective strategies that target pregnancy, infancy, and toddlers are urgently needed to stop the progression of the childhood obesity epidemic, ...

Overweight and Obesity created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Folic acid may reduce some childhood cancers

Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, finds a new study by Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School ...

Pediatrics created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gut bugs might influence child's odds for obesity

(HealthDay) -- Levels of certain gut bacteria and low protein intake may raise children's risk of being obese, new research suggests.

Health created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Migraines, strokes may be linked to childhood adversity

(Medical Xpress) -- Migraines, strokes and other inflammatory diseases suffered by some adult women may be linked to adverse experiences that occurred during childhood, says a new study co-authored by a Ball State University ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find link between number of friends and physical activity in children

Children with more friends are more physically active than those with less, scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered. Research funded by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the National ...

Health created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Equal access to care helps close survival gap for young African-American cancer patients

A new analysis from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital adds to evidence that equal access to comprehensive treatment and supportive care typically translates into equally good outcomes for most young African-American and ...

Cancer created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Switching on the mommy gene

Although a doting mom cuddling and caressing her infant may not seem to have much in common with a rat mother, she does. Not only are there striking similarities between the brain and hormonal systems of rats and humans that ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

New health legislation will have 'severe implications' for population data, warn experts

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 will have "severe implications" for collecting and monitoring data about the health needs of the population in England, warn experts today.

Health created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physical abuse may raise risk of suicidal thoughts

The study, published online this month in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, found that approximately one-third of adults who were physically abused in childhood had seriously considered taking their own li ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood

Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood (learning to walk), early childhood (play age), middle childhood (school age), and adolescence (puberty through post-puberty).

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