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Couples With Children Live Longer, Study Finds

(CBS) -- Children can bring more than joy -- and stress -- into your lives. A new study out of the Dec. 5 Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health shows that couples who choose to have their own children or adopt live longer than coup [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Some Kids May Overcome or Outgrow Egg Allergy, Study Suggest...

Early new research offers some hopeful findings for parents of children with food allergies. One new study suggests that some children with hen egg allergies could safely consume such eggs if they are baked at a high enough temperature fo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Study: Post-Partum Depression May Impact Kids’ Height

New research shows that postpartum depression can have a lasting physical–not just psychological–impact on children. Using data that followed over 6,500 children, researchers found that moms who reported mild, moderate, or [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Obese kids likely to perform poorly in academics: Study

London: Overweight children are more likely to struggle with academics because being obese can affect their brain power, a new study has found. Researchers from the New York University found that children showing physical changes due to b [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Study links breastmilk to nut allergies

Kids who are given only breastmilk in their first six months have an increased risk of developing an allergy to nuts, research has found. A joint research project between the Australian National University's medical school and the ACT [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Physical Education Is Good for Kids' Grades, Study Finds?

Boosting students' levels of physical education improves their grades, a new, small study says. Swedish researchers followed more than 200 schoolchildren, starting from first through third grade, for nine years. Some children were ass [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Could autism be linked with mothers’ obesity during pregnanc...

CHICAGO — Obesity during pregnancy may increase chances for having a child with autism, provocative new research suggests. It’s among the first studies linking the two, and though it doesn’t prove obesity causes autism, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Whooping cough vaccine fades in pre-teens: study

"We have a real belief that the durability (of the vaccine) is not what was imagined," said Dr. David Witt, an infectious disease specialist at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, California, and senior author of the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Not enough kids are playing: study

he study, hailed as the first of its kind in Australia, carried out a total of 1397 interviews, including 344 with children aged between eight to 12. About 40 per cent of them said they don't have anyone to play with while 55 per cent [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Cochlear implant problems rare in children: Study

Problems with cochlear implants for deaf children are rare, with only some three percent of children who got the implants at one hospital needing new ones because of technical problems, Canadian researchers said. Their report, in the A [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents Unaware of Children' Weight, Study Says

Childhood obesity is definitely a problem that should be addressed as early as possible, in order to stop it from growing out of control. Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds — but a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Study: Fewer children in U.S. lack health insurance

MIAMI – Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Get kids into school at age 2; study says children and the e...

An early childhood education study is recommending publicly funded preschool education for all Canadian kids beginning at age two. The report — authored by Margaret McCain, Dr. Fraser Mustard, who died last week, and Kerry McCuaig & [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents strong watchdogs for kids' hospital care: Study

Perhaps no one is more worried than a parent with a sick child in the hospital. But families are doing more than just venting their fears and frustrations when they complain about the care their child is receiving, a new Canadian study su [...]