New research claims that giving babies solid foods at just three months old will help them sleep. Though this may sound appealing to exhausted new parents, unfortunately there is a large gulf between the headlines and the ...
Jul 10, 2018
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It's not only women who should be concerned about the impact of their weight on their children's health. A*STAR researchers have identified a set of factors, including the father's weight, that combine to increase a child's ...
Nov 16, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Getting hospital patients with mild pancreatitis to start eating sooner may speed their recovery, a new study says.
May 17, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Ads for baby and toddler foods often go against the nutritional advice of health experts, a new study shows.
Nov 1, 2016
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The timing and approach by which infants are introduced to solid food varies according to their cultural background, a Singaporean study suggests. A*STAR Researcher Toh Jia Ying says health practitioners should be aware of ...
Oct 21, 2016
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An estimated 15 million Americans suffer from food allergies, many of them children. These are non-trivial concerns, as food allergy or intolerance can cause symptoms ranging from a harmless skin rash to a potentially lethal ...
Feb 4, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Giving babies solid food while still breast-feeding, and waiting until 17 weeks to do so, might protect the infants from food allergies, British researchers say.
Nov 18, 2013
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Eating more fruits and vegetables is the foundation stone of any healthy diet, with the national dietary guidelines recommending adults eat two pieces of fruit and five to six serves of veggies and legumes a day.
Sep 25, 2013
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Young children living in remote Indigenous communities have long been known to suffer from iron deficiency and anaemia at many times the rates found among other Australian children. Now a new report shows rates of anaemia ...
Sep 4, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Adherence to lifestyle recommendations intended to reduce the risk of cancer generally is associated with a lower risk of highly aggressive prostate cancer in men newly diagnosed with the disease, according ...
Jul 22, 2013
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