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Tooth Talk: Children’s dental health — not quite a myth
8/20/2008 5:57:52 AM by adeal
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This week instead of answering just one question I’m going to answer a few different ones about children’s dental health. One of the most common questions is when should a child have their first dental visit. As a general rule, once your child is between 24-36 months is a good time to begin.(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Kids with chronic ear infections likely to be obese in adulthood
8/20/2008 5:47:27 AM by adeal
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A new study has suggested that kids with a history of severe ear infections are at an increased risk of becoming overweight later in life. The study found that the damage caused by chronic ear infections could be linked to people's preference for fatty foods, which increases their risk of being over ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Healthy children of Alzheimer patients show early brain changes
7/30/2008 5:03:51 AM by adeal
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Healthy children of Alzheimer patients display neurological changes much before clinical symptoms may appear, says Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee. These kids are already known to be carriers of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.By using functional MRI brain imaging ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Health Tip: Bathing Your Newborn
7/28/2008 3:20:27 AM by adeal
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Giving your newborn a tub bath for the first time can be daunting. Ease your anxiety by preparing properly for the event. The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital offers these guidelines: Select a bath site. Good places include the bathtub, kitchen sink, or bathroom sink. If you’re using a portable baby b ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Children could inherit obesity
7/28/2008 3:19:06 AM by adeal
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Children of obese parents and grandparents suffer the risk of developing obesity, says a new study. Philippe Froguel from Institut Pasteur in Lille, France, and colleagues from Imperial College, London, Britain, looked at the genes of 1,225 children aged 5 to 11 who were clinically obese, and 1,205 ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Breast-Fed Babies Have Fewer GI Infections
7/22/2008 3:46:22 AM by adeal
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Infants who are predominantly breast-fed for the first six months of life are less likely to have gastrointestinal problems. But, they're more likely to be deficient in iron, and therefore at risk of anemia, according to a study that looked at 154 mothers and their babies in Guadalajara, Mexico. "We ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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Women exposed to PCBs have fewer male babies
7/18/2008 5:21:39 AM by adeal
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Exposure of women to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) raises the odds that they will not give birth to male children, according to a study published Thursday in Environmental Health. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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Cancer bacteria protects children from asthma
7/17/2008 2:16:54 AM by adeal
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A bacteria that is a major cause of stomach cancer and ulcers may help shield children from asthma, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday. Children infected with the bacteria, called Helicobacter pylori, were much less likely to have asthma than uninfected children, they reported. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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Cholesterol drugs for kids as young as 8
7/9/2008 4:59:29 AM by adeal
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Kids as young as eight should take cholesterol drugs to prevent them from getting heart disease, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended as quoted by media reports on Monday. (MyHealthInsight.com)
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Doctors 'reluctant' to taper off medicines in kids with stable asthma
7/8/2008 2:08:46 AM by adeal
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A new study has shown that doctors are reluctant to reduce drug use among kids with asthma even if lower dose is best. In the study involving 310 pediatricians, 40 percent said they would not step down high-dose treatment even if a child's symptoms were well controlled and infrequent. "Asthma medica ....(MyHealthInsight.com)
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