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Poor Sleep Plagues Many Kids With Autism
Published 02/11/2019MONDAY, 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 01/30/2019WEDNESDAY, 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 06/27/2018WEDNESDAY, 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.
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Health Tip: Prevent Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Published 04/30/2018(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.
Typical symptoms of the highly contagiou...
Preschool, Day Care Not Asthma Triggers: Study
Published 04/13/2018FRIDAY, 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.
Investigators at the Univ...
Even Toddlers Endangered by Opioids, Other Addictive Drugs
Published 04/10/2018TUESDAY, 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...