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The Greatest Health Risk to Children? No, It’s Not Drugs

People polled cited unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle as greatest threat to children's health. (Ian Britton: Flickr) Nearly half of people surveyed in a poll released today say an unhealthy diet combined with lack of phy [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids` leukemia risk tied to dads` smoking

Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds. "Paternal smoking seems to be real" as a risk factor, said Patricia Buffl [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetic mums-to-be put kids’ health at risk

Women who develop diabetes while they are pregnant, or become pregnant while being overweight, put the long-term health of their children at risk, experts have warned. Babies are being born addicted to sugar because their mothers eat too [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Risk kids now or later? Ethical dilemma: Should feds test an...

Children would be largely unprotected in the event of an anthrax bioterrorism attack because no studies have been done on vaccine risk, benefits and effectiveness in a young population. On the other hand, subjecting children to vaccine in [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' urinary infections usually not a kidney risk

"If there is no structural abnormalities in the kidney ultrasound after the first UTI, the parents should not be worried at all" about the risk of chronic kidney disease, said lead researcher Dr. Jarmo Salo of the University of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Charity warns of risk to children

Hundreds of millions of children around the world are at risk of dying from preventable diseases because they are never seen by a health worker, a report has said. According to research by charity Save the Children, more than 350 million [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Study casts wider net for risky blood pressure in kids

More kids than previously thought could be at risk for dangerously high blood pressure, with as many as a quarter having blood vessels that look like those of much older people, according to a new study. Because there is a theoretical pos [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Mobile use doesn't alter kids' cancer risk: study

Children’s nervous systems are still developing, and there are fears that their smaller head circumferences could allow radiation to penetrate deeper into their brains. But the study — the first to look specifically at childre [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Danger! Our Kids' Health is at Risk

The American nation on the whole faces a very serious problem at present. It is obesity.Now matter how much time adults spend in the gym, it will not change the situation much till we do not pay attention to the need of physical activity [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Children’s Acetaminophen Health Risks Require Label Changes:...

A federal advisory panel is calling for sweeping changes on labeling instructions for Children’s Tylenol and other child and infant medications. An advisory panel for the FDA said earlier this week that it wants acetaminophen-bas [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

McDonald's risking kids' health, say opponents

For nearly 50 years no one has been better at hooking kids on unhealthy food, spurring an epidemic of diet-related diseases than McDonalds, especially their Happy Meals, say more than 550 health professionals and organizations. " [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Guest column: Ohio budget bill puts children's health at ris...

Ohio has the best statewide network of children's hospitals in the country. Thanks to the high quality, cost effective care at six freestanding children's hospitals across the state - in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Akron, Toledo [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Health Department: Dodgeball No Longer a Risk To Kids’ Healt...

The state Health Department abruptly dumped new regulations this afternoon on what it deemed a day camp after it was heavily criticized for including games like tag, Wiffleball and kickball as posing a “significant risk of injury&r [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Nurse shortage a 'child health risk'

WA children are missing out on vital health checks because of a shortage of child health nurses. The State still needs more than 100 child health nurses despite a damning Auditor-General's report on the problem in November and three [...]