Articles in Children’s Health
The ever-popular Consumer Reports magazine will publish the results of a recent nutritional study of cereals children have for breakfast on a regular basis. The nutritional evaluations, available in the magazine’s November issue, rank …
Most parents would not willingly feed their children a breakfast made almost entirely of sugar but it happens more often than one would imagine, according to the people at Consumer Reports. A nutritional comparison …
Children in the United States take psychotropic medications at a rate three or more times higher than their counterparts in Europe, according to a multi-national study recently conducted on children in the US, Germany, and …
When expectant mothers enjoy a diet rich in fish, their babies are more likely to develop better, physically and cognitively, than babies born to mothers who eat less fish. When babies are breastfed for …
In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine, Gardasil, for girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26 as a means of preventing cervical cancer caused by the human …
Hundreds of infants in China have developed painful kidney stones after ingesting infant formulas, manufactured in China, that may contain melamine. Melamine is the substance behind last year’s widespread pet-food recall that left untold numbers …
The current issue of The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) carries the story that says infant abductions from non-healthcare locations is on the rise and the level of violence during these abductions is rising, too. …
One thing that 83% of all children aged 8 to 18 in the United States have in common is a video game player in the bedroom. Video and computer gaming is becoming the preferred …
Measles, mumps, and whooping cough outbreaks have been reported in the United States in recent months. In other countries, children have become ill with the measles and polio. All these diseases, once common to childhood, …
Between January and July of this year, 131 cases of measles have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One single outbreak in Illinois affected 30 individuals but people …
