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Recent News
Poor Sleep Plagues Many Kids With Autism
Published 02/11/2019
MONDAY, Feb. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Young children with autism are more than twice as likely to have sleep problems than typical kids or those with other developmental delays, a new study reports.
Several factors profoundly affect the sleep of 2- to 5-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder...
Climate Change Could Bring More Infant Heart Defects: Study
Published 01/30/2019
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Climate change could lead to more U.S. babies born with congenital heart defects, researchers say.
Specifically, they concluded that hotter temperatures may lead to as many as 7,000 additional cases between 2025 and 2035 in eight representative states:...
Look Before Locking: Protect Your Child From a Hot Car Tragedy
Published 06/27/2018
WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Before the summer of 2018 was even one day old, 16 American kids had died after being left in hot cars, according to a group called KidsAndCars.org.
Last year's toll was 43, and, on average, 37 children die in hot cars each year in the United States.
(HealthDay News) -- Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) most often affects infants and children younger than age 5, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Children that young lack immunity to the viruses that cause HFMD. the agency says.
FRIDAY, April 13, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Breathe easy, Mom and Dad. Sending your young children to preschool or day care probably won't increase their risk of developing asthma.
In fact, researchers report, it may help protect your kids against the respiratory disease.
Even Toddlers Endangered by Opioids, Other Addictive Drugs
Published 04/10/2018
TUESDAY, April, 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The youngest victims of America's addiction crisis are not the teenagers tempted by tobacco, pot and pills.
Rather, they are tens of thousands of toddlers and preschoolers who are accidentally poisoned when they get into the drug stash of a parent or o...
Rear-Facing Car Seats Protect Tots in Crashes From Behind: Study
Published 04/03/2018
TUESDAY, April 3, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Rear-facing car seats provide effective protection for children in rear-end crashes, researchers say.
Previous studies have shown that rear-facing car seats significantly reduce infant and toddler injuries and deaths in front- and side-impact crashes. Bu...
Reading With Your Toddler Boosts More Than Just Language Skills
Published 03/27/2018
TUESDAY, March 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- All those hours spent reading bedtime stories may pay off for you and your little ones beyond language and brain development: New research suggests it's also good for social and behavioral skills.
Evaluating prior studies on parent-child reading in chil...
For Kids With Earwax, Skip Cotton Swabs, Expert Urges
Published 03/09/2018
FRIDAY, March 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Cotton swabs might seem like handy tools for clearing wax from children's ears, but they just might do more harm than good.
In fact, each year roughly 12,540 injuries to children's ears stem from the use of cotton swabs, according to a study cited by Dr....
(HealthDay News) -- Vaccination is the best way to prevent whooping cough, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a very contagious disease that causes about half its victims aged 1 or younger to end up in the hospital, the agency says.
(HealthDay News) --Pinkeye, medically called conjunctivitis,is an inflammation of the thin tissue covering the white part of theeyeand the inside of the eyelid.
It's easily spread as hands become contaminated with discharge from an infected eye or by direct contact with surfaces such as contamina...
(HealthDay News) -- Window blind cords are potential choking and safety hazards for young children.
Nearly 17,000 children under age 6 were treated in U.S. emergency rooms for window blind-related injuries from 1990 through 2015, data published recently in the journal Pediatrics found.
Brain networks that help babies learn to walk ID’d
Autism risk, walking linked via brain connections
byJim Dryden•December 7, 2017
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Decline in Kids' Ear Infections Linked to Pneumococcal Vaccine The shots are effective in killing the main bacterial cause, but other germs are growing, researchers find
ByMaureen SalamonHealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- American kids' ear infections dropped threefold ov...
32nd Annual Trouble in Toyland Survey Finds Dangerous Toys on Store Shelves
Published 11/21/2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 CONTACT: Dev Gowda, Toxics Advocate, 630-915-6025, Kara Cook-Schultz, Toxics Director, 405-613-0970, Chicago, IL – Stores nationwide are still offering dangerous and toxic toys this holiday season and, in some cases, ignoring explicit government safety regulations in t...
Most U.S. Parents Can't Find Good Childcare: Survey
Published 11/20/2017
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Two-thirds of U.S. parents with young children say it's difficult to find a childcare or preschool facility that meets their health and safety standards, new survey results show.
Researchers questioned more than 300 parents nationwide who had at least one...
Childhood Spanking Could Heighten Adult Mental Health Woes
Published 11/09/2017
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Adults who were spanked as kids may face heightened risk of certain mental health problems, a new study suggests.
The study found that those who were spanked were more likely to have abused drugs or attempted suicide.
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Sibling rivalry -- the jealousy and competition between your children -- can start even before baby number two is born, according to experts at the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital of Michigan Medicine.
How siblings relate to each other and to parents can c...