Documents tagged 'Children'
Schoolchildren show heart risk
Author: Katte 
Published: 15/11/2008
Many schoolchildren in a US survey are showing physical changes which could mean they are more likely to develop diabetes or heart disease. The study, in North Carolina, further adds to fears that modern lifestyles could lead to an explosion in ill health later in life. Many children were...Children and elderly at risk as killer flu strain reaches Britain
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
A potentially deadly strain of the flu virus has entered Britain and may lead to a serious outbreak this winter, experts warned yesterday. Already this year, five children have died from flu in the Britain, at least two of whom were infected with the Fujian-like strain of influenza, which has...Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Risk factors found in kids can predict problems in adulthood The risk factors for heart attack and stroke in adults often show up in childhood, and doctors and parents can take action now to provide protection decades later, new research says. ’Like the real estate people say, ’location,...Newborn screening is cost-effective in detecting rare but treatable genetic disease
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
CONTACT:John Ascenzi Ascenzi@email.chop.edu 267-426-6055 Joey Marie McCool mccool@email.chop.edu 267-426-6070 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (USA) Philadelphia, Pa (USA) - Screening newborns for a rare but treatable genetic disease benefits families and society, according to a team of...Childhood obesity and behavior problems linked
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Kara Gavin kegavin@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Overweight kids more likely to have behavior problems, national data show ANN ARBOR, MI (USA) - In a study that points to the importance of considering both mind and body in children’s health, researchers...The truth about MMR
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
From ’The Independent’ (UK Newspaper http://news.independent.co.uk) So is the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella safe? Yes, says the Government, now backed by one of the scientists who first raised fears. No, say campaigners who link MMR with autism. Meanwhile, parents are more...Asthma drugs failing the very young
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Doctors have expressed doubts over the way they treat very young children who suffer wheezing attacks. A study by British doctors has found the drugs commonly prescribed to pre-school children may have little effect. The study of 200 children found those who received dummy pills fared just...Dietary fads blamed as childhood rickets returns to UK
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Vegan and macrobiotic diets have led to the return of rickets in Britain, according to experts. They say cases among children are rising, more than 50 years after the disease was virtually eradicated by better health and nutrition. Doctors have blamed a variety of factors, including the fact...Doctors ’can predict asthma risk’
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Doctors have devised a way to predict which children who wheeze will go on to develop asthma. Around one in three small children suffers from wheezing but researchers estimate just four out of 10 are at risk of developing asthma. Writing in the European Respiratory Journal, they describe how...Childhood blindness in UK more common than people think
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Childhood blindness is more common in the UK than previously thought, experts have found. They say this is due to more low-birthweight babies and those with severe neurological conditions, who are more prone to blindness, surviving. Deprivation and being from an ethnic minority also increase...
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