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Pediatrics

Pediatrician explains why co-viewing is important

Most parents I meet these days worry about what their kids do online. After all, it can be hard to know what they're absorbing from their media interactions.

Mar 18, 2024

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Health

European countries that allow assisted dying

France could become the next European country to legalize assisted dying for the terminally ill under a proposal set out by President Emmanuel Macron.

Mar 11, 2024

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Overweight & Obesity

Individuals are more likely to have obesity in middle age if their parents had obesity, research finds

Individuals have six times the odds of living with obesity in middle age if both their parents lived with obesity at that age, new research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024, Venice, 12-15 May), ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Health

Infant health suffered during baby formula shortage, study finds

The nationwide baby formula shortage two years ago forced many parents to involuntarily switch brands or types. A recent survey from researchers at the University of California, Davis, highlights how these substitutions led ...

Mar 7, 2024

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Eight common questions new parents ask about vitamin K

Vitamin K is a nutrient that helps blood clot or stop bleeding. Most adults get vitamin K from their food. Bacteria in the large intestines also make some vitamin K that the body can absorb.

Mar 6, 2024

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Overweight & Obesity

Waist-to-height ratio detects obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, finds study

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished ...

Mar 5, 2024

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Addiction

Proceed with caution: The meteoric rise of 0% alcohol drinks

New research from Flinders University has revealed that parents are feeling conflicted, confused and concerned when it comes to zero-alcohol beer, wine and spirts and adolescents.

Mar 4, 2024

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Health

The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.

Mar 2, 2024

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Health

Can they hear you now? Kids increasingly exposed to noise health risks via earbuds and headphones

While it's not surprising to spot teens wearing headphones and earbuds, it's also becoming a widespread trend among younger children, a national poll suggests.

Feb 26, 2024

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