Search Results for 'Heart'

Rudd's heartfelt appeal for children's health

Kevin Rudd may have lost hearts among political supporters but he is still a favourite with those campaigning to help children with congenital and acquired heart disease. In a sign that the former prime minister has not yet given up his p [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Heartburn drugs don’t help children’s hard-to-control asthma...

CHICAGO — An acid reflux drug often used for hard-to-treat asthma doesn’t help children with the breathing disease and may cause side effects, a study in 300 children found. The results echo recent research showing that a simi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

On the health beat: Early gifts hearten child care advocates

Efforts to reform early-childhood education in Minnesota appeared to be fizzling earlier this year. The business group leading the charge to improve child care -- and boost the number of kids ready for kindergarten -- was preparing to shu [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Louisville kids get healthy dose of heart training

Randi Calbert worries that kids today are becoming too sedentary for their own good. That’s why she brought her 7-year-old son to the American Heart Association’s Healthy Family Training Camp at the KFC YUM! Center. &ldqu [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' Heart Health Is Faulted

A new analysis of federal data provides a dismal picture of children's cardiovascular health that suggests the current generation of teenagers could be at risk of increased heart disease. The study, which examined children between [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

ADHD Drugs Do Not Increase Heart Problems in Kids

Stimulants used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder do not increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes or sudden death, U.S. researchers said on Monday, in a finding that should reassure millions of parents whose children ta [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids’ Lifestyle Changes Bring Later Heart Health

Encouraging children to make healthy lifestyle changes before they reach adulthood, including regular exercise and not smoking, can help lower the children’s blood cholesterol levels and potentially reverse their risk of developing [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Johns Hopkins Screens Teens For Heart Disease

Catching it early. Hundreds of Maryland children could be facing serious health problems and not even know it. Kai Jackson explains why local children are being urged to get tested for heart disease. Doctors are sounding the alarm o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids learn to monitor heart's health

From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times. Like a pumping machine, the heart provides the power needed for [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Kids' health needs tender, loving heart

Asmita Walve never realised that a delay in her daughter's heart treatment would have such serious consequences. An operation to fix her 18-month-old daughter's malfunctioning heart was delayed due to several external reasons and when it [...]