Parents and practitioners should know more about garlic before using it to treat children, according to a review of data conducted in part by the University of Alberta. While using garlic to treat children for various ailments appears to be generally safe, more research needs to be done on its specific effects, and garlic is not recommended in at least one treatment, researchers found after reviewing several studies that used the plant to treat ...Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
A World Health Organization (WHO) and Republic of Korea project to improve the health of women and children in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continues into its second year. The US$ 20 million project, funded by the Republic of Korea, will benefit five million people in the DPR Korea.This project aims to improve the standards for health care and public health in DPR Korea, with a particular focus on the needs of women and children....Tuesday, 13-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
According to new research, by the age of 8 as many as one in every 150 children in the United States develops autism or a related disorder such as Asperger's syndrome.The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examined cases of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in 14 states between 2000 and 2002 in order to establish the prevalence of the disorder in the U.S. The rigorous and comprehensive analysis has served to confirm r...Monday, 12-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Children with parents in the military have higher blood pressure, heart rates and general stress levels than their peers during wartime, researchers say.Researchers looked at 121 adolescents - including 48 with civilian parents, 20 with a parent deployed to Iraq and 53 with a parent in the military but not deployed - days after Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched in March 2003 and nearly three months later when President Bush announced major hostilities had ceased.At both points, adolesc...Sunday, 11-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
According to the latest research not getting enough sleep can increase a child's risk of being overweight.Other studies have suggested that inadequate sleep has a negative effect on a child's social and emotional well-being as well as school performance.This latest research by a team at Northwestern University, Illinois, has found that a lack of sleep is also a factor in a child being overweight.The longitudinal study used de...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
A comprehensive Danish study has found that over a 10-year period there has been in Denmark a substantial rise in cases in children of autism, hyperactivity and Tourette's syndrome.The study carried out by researchers at Denmark's University of Aarhus did not examine the possible causes of the increased numbers.Apparently a number of earlier studies had also reported notable increases in recent years in the number of children being treated f...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
All babies in England are to be screened for an inherited metabolic disease called Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD), within two weeks of birth, announced Health Minister, Ivan Lewis today. The check will be carried out as part of the standard "heel-prick" test for babies that screens for other diseases such as sickle cell disorders and congenital hypothyroidism.MCADD is a rare inherited metabolic disease that reduces the ability to maintain a normal blood sugar durin...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
It is obvious that young children who have difficulties sleeping are likely to have problems in school. A new study shows that African-American children and children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds fare worse than their counterparts when their sleep is disrupted. The study offers one of the first demonstrations that the relationship between children's performance and sleep may differ among children of different backgrounds. Conducted by researchers at ...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Children's conduct problems--skipping school, sneaking out of the house, lying to parents, shoplifting, or bullying other children--are a major source of concern for parents and teachers. As a potential cause of these problems, parents' marital conflict has received a lot of research attention. Now a new study finds that parents' fighting may not be to blame but rather that parents who argue a lot may pass on genes for disruptive behavior to their children. The findings are publish...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Children who sleep more tend to weigh less than children who sleep less, and they are less likely than their counterparts to be overweight five years later. That's one of the major findings of a new study published in the January/February 2007 issue of the journal Child Development. Conducted by researchers at Northwestern University, the study looked at 2,281 children from a nationally repre...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]