 | | | | Children's Health Headlines | | | SEATTLE (AP) -- Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next.
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Federal health experts say an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine is safe and effective for infants and toddlers, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school's vegetable garden.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey.
GENEVA (AP) -- Countries can choose from stronger measures like school closures that may slow the spread of swine flu in the beginning, but the disease will continue to spread anyway, a World Health Organization spokesman said Wednesday.
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says doctors shouldn't wait for lab confirmation before giving anti-viral drugs to pregnant women and other at-risk groups with suspected swine flu.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday.
ROME (AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- In a Louisville, Ky., Holiday Inn, Brown and Williamson researchers brainstormed novel ways to sell tobacco.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some of New York City's largest employers -- including Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and big universities -- have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their at-risk employees.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Advice about soft drinks and health from one of the nation's largest doctors groups will soon be brought to you by Coke.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy - penicillins - appear to be the safest.
OAKLAND (USA Today) -- Tiffany Lee, 16, is the worst-case swine flu scenario every doctor fears. On July 7, she started to cough and feel dizzy. "I thought it was allergies," she says from her hospital bed.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed down all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down.
GENEVA (AP) -- A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths -- the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.
LONDON (AP) -- Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year -- a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Newborns whose mothers got seasonal flu shots during pregnancy were less likely to be born premature, underweight, and in need of hospital care for respiratory illnesses, three new studies found.
(Associated Press) -- With Dad a world leader and Nobel Prize winner, Malia and Sasha Obama surely could have been first in line when vaccinations began for swine flu. They weren't, the White House says. But that hasn't stopped complaints that President Barack Obama's daughters got preferential treatment.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Halloween can be a scary night for children.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vaccinating more children might help slow the evolution of the constantly changing flu virus, government scientists reported Thursday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Children on widely used psychiatric drugs can quickly gain an alarming amount of weight; many pack on nearly 20 pounds and become obese within just 11 weeks, a study found.
TAMPA (The New York Times News Service) -- The University of South Florida is participating in two national studies to find out whether the H1N1 vaccine can protect children and pregnant women who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from also contracting swine flu.
(USA TODAY) -- When they want to tone up, Marisa Tomei, Liv Tyler and Beyonce Knowles go for a spin.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hoping to schedule your baby's birth while your mother's in town, or before the doctor goes on vacation? Labor is becoming less of a late-night surprise, but some hospitals are starting to tighten the rules for elective deliveries - because some babies are being delivered too early.
CHICAGO (AP) -- At least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don't get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests.
ATLANTA (AP) -- About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month -- and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The government's latest figures show swine flu is widespread across the country and increasing in almost every state. It's now caused at least 95 children's deaths since April.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Thousands of American kids are getting sick from the swine flu epidemic, which has hit months before the traditional flu season.
(USA TODAY) -- As health care workers around the country work frantically to accommodate the millions seeking protection against the H1N1 strain of influenza, they have to contend with a countertrend: significant numbers of Americans who don't plan to vaccinate themselves or their children.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A second kind of vaccine against cervical cancer may be added to the recommended list for girls and young women after a federal advisory panel voted Wednesday to support it.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A record 106 million infants were vaccinated last year against life-threatening diseases, but nearly 1 in 5 babies still aren't fully protected, global health authorities reported Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES (USA TODAY) -- Jennifer O'Brien wasn't in her theater seat 20 minutes when she realized she'd made a mistake bringing her daughter.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The latest government information shows swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in the largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles nationwide, researchers report.
(The New York Times News Service) -- The sequencing of the human genome has revolutionized scientists' ability to better understand hereditary diseases and created more opportunities for people to get tested. But as genetic information further increases understanding of health, researchers are starting to ask: Do people want to know if they are predisposed to a disease, even if there is no cure?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The swine flu is causing an unprecedented amount of illness for so early in the fall -- and federal health officials said Friday that 11 more children have died in the past week.
(Associated Press) -- Test results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 may need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold. Three days later, the Antioch, Tenn., boy was dead, apparently from swine flu. At least 76 American children have died from the new virus, and doctors are urging parents to watch for warning signs that the flu has become life-threatening.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice -- water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials said Friday that 76 children have died of swine flu, including 16 new reports in the past week -- more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous in kids.
ATLANTA (AP) -- As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don't want their kids vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- And we're off: Swine flu vaccinations begin this week, after months of preparations and promises. But don't start bugging your doctor about an appointment just yet.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A new government report finds that fewer U.S. high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two new government studies indicate about 1 in 100 children have autism disorders -- higher than a previous U.S. estimate of 1 in 150.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They call it kangaroo care: A premature baby nestles skin-to-skin against mom's bare, warm chest. In Malawi, mothers' bodies take the place of too-pricey incubators to keep these fragile newborns alive.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Jennifer Bomgaars felt it like just another annoying shot in the arm. But her flu vaccine at the Take Care retail clinic in suburban Denver hit some vital nerves in the much-debated American health system.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Beginning today, participants in the Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program will be able to use food vouchers to buy fruits, veggies, whole grains and breads, and proteins such as canned beans.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Closing schools and day care centers because of swine flu could cost between $10 billion and $47 billion, a report by the Brookings Institution think tank found.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- When the first shipments of swine flu vaccine begin arriving in coming weeks, federal officials want only people on priority lists to line up for the first 45 million doses, but there won't be "vaccine police" enforcing it.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Less than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treatment and sometimes hospitalization, new research shows.
(The New York Times News Service) -- WASHINGTON -- The Senate Finance Committee may represent President Obama's last and best chance of enacting the historic remaking of the U.S. health care system, but senators on the panel found out Tuesday just how hard it will be to get legislation approved.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Parents beware: Giving in to teens' demands for their own cars can have dangerous consequences, new research suggests.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The maker of Tamiflu on Wednesday said there's a shortage of the children's version of the drug -- the first-line treatment for swine flu and seasonal flu.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Some pharmacists are seeing a shortage of the children's version of the flu drug Tamiflu.
ATLANTA (AP) -- It's lurking in that awesome party just off the quad, hiding in the shot glasses passed from person to person and in the make-out sessions in the hallway.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection -- but younger kids almost certainly will need two.
ATLANTA (AP) -- One in three teenage girls have rolled up their sleeves for a vaccine against cervical cancer, but vaccination rates vary dramatically between states, according to a federal report released Thursday.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Cell phones may be hazardous to your health.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to start mass vaccinations next month. Limited supplies should start trickling out the first week of October -- about a week earlier than expected, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Congress. Then about 45 million doses should arrive around Oct. 15, followed by more shipments each week.
(Associated Press) -- Who needs vaccine against regular winter flu, and who should be first in line for the swine flu shot? There's lots of overlap.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker Merck likely will face U.S. competition for its vaccine Gardasil, after federal experts recommended rival GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix also be approved to prevent the virus that causes most cervical cancers.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials are reporting what may be the first instance of a Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus spreading from one person to another.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Swine flu. Regular flu. Even before flu season kicks into high gear, it's hard to keep track of what's out there, and who needs which vaccines. We talked to experts about some common questions:
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The doctor praised for re-energizing South Africa's Health Ministry launched a major campaign Monday to get vaccinations and immunity-boosting vitamins to 3 million children across the country over the next two weeks.
(USA TODAY) -- The first analysis of children who have died of the new H1N1 flu virus shows that two-thirds had severe existing medical conditions, nearly half also got bacterial infections, and a dozen were never treated with Tamiflu, the government reported Thursday.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The first detailed study of U.S. children killed by swine flu found the outbreak differs from ordinary flu in at least one puzzling respect: It appears to be taking a higher toll on school-age youngsters than on babies and toddlers.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast -- one of the few infections in the U.S. where someone can feel fine in the morning and be dead by night. And prime targets are tweens, teens and college freshmen.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Where you live matters when it comes to children's waistlines, says a report that finds lots of options localities could and should use to fight child obesity -- from easy bike paths, to luring healthier stores, to taxes on junk food.
TAMPA -- (The New York Times News Service) -- A team of University of South Florida researchers has been working the sidelines at high school sports events, documenting every sprain, strain and tear.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors don't know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu. Add that to vaccine for the regular winter flu, and it could be a multishot season for a lot of people -- or a multisquirt season, for those who choose the FluMist nasal-spray version.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday denied an advocacy group's bid to prevent the government from giving pregnant women flu vaccines with a preservative that contains mercury.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a massive school closing wouldn't stop the spread of the swine flu virus, saying vaccinations must be the defense against a menace that one report said could infect up to half of the population.
DALLAS (AP) -- A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.
LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people - a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source -- lead dust tracked into the family car.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is urging colleges to prepare for swine flu this fall and has issued new guidance for keeping students living in dorms from making each other sick.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New research says the best way to protect society's most vulnerable from the flu: Vaccinate school-age children and their parents.
(Associated Press) -- Two studies by federal and academic researchers have found low rates of side effects with the blockbuster cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, but a total of 32 deaths -- and questionable promotion tactics by maker Merck & Co.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Kids with a broken arm do better on a simple over-the-counter painkiller than on a more powerful prescription combination that includes a narcotic, a surprising study finds.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- It appeared to be a clear-cut case of child abuse: An infant hospitalized with bleeding in his brain, his father behind bars suspected of shaking the baby.
WASHINGTON (The New York Times News Service) -- Obesity is the elephant in the room of health care reform, a public health catastrophe that kills well over 100,000 Americans a year.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is urging parents to have a backup plan for caring for their kids in case they are hit by swine flu once the new school year begins.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Giving injections to thousands of children -- even something as easy and safe as influenza vaccine -- is complicated. But there are resources to help schools plan flu-vaccine clinics.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio.
NEW YORK (AP) -- At St. Francis Preparatory School this fall, the auditorium will double as a sick room. New York City might make students wash their hands several times a day. There will be a unit on swine flu in health class.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Want your children to eat less?
(USA TODAY) -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of a president and U.S. senators, was lauded after her death Tuesday for a towering achievement of her own: ending the stigma associated with mental disabilities.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Worries about widespread outbreaks of H1N1 flu -- commonly referred to as swine flu -- have Virginia education and health officials considering school-wide immunization programs once the vaccine is available in mid- to late fall.
ATLANTA (The New York Times News Service) -- Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That's right, three times. This year's flu season is shaping up to be a very different one. Most people will need one shot for the regular seasonal flu and probably two others to protect against the new swine flu.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Federal officials released new guidelines for schools today that reduced the time recommended for students to stay home after showing symptoms of the swine flu and other flu-like illnesses.
(NewsRx.com) -- Young people with asthma have nearly twice the incidence of depression compared to their peers without asthma, and studies have shown that depression is associated with increased asthma symptoms and, in some cases, death (see also University at Buffalo).
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators on Tuesday added stronger warnings to a group of best-selling drugs used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, saying they can increase the risk of cancer in children and adolescents.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don't know it -- even though almost every newborn today is tested for what's called "sickle cell trait," and starting this summer more college athletes are getting tested, too.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Depression in children as young as 3 is real and not just a passing grumpy mood, according to provocative new research.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds, a possible drawback to a movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools.
LONDON (AP) -- The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Philip Morris USA has started test-marketing roll-your-own cigarette tobacco, its first venture into that market.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Michael Gross placed a bunch of ripe bananas in 10-year-old Amani Bass's left hand.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Iowa children are better off than those in Nebraska, according to a new national report.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri researchers have launched a new effort in their fight against worldwide hunger: bringing together a doctor who has long treated the malnourished with plant scientists working to improve the nutritional content of food.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Increases in parental unemployment and teen pregnancy are making life more difficult for children in Pennsylvania, which is ranked 23rd in a national report on child well-being released Tuesday.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Perfect attendance may no longer be the badge of honor it once was. Snow days may give way to "flu" days. Lines seen wrapped around school buildings after classes in November might not be to cast a ballot, but to get a flu vaccine.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most parents like the idea of vaccinating children against swine flu at school, but they're not so eager to roll up their own sleeves.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A chemical used in many plastic products and already under scrutiny for potential health risks is suspected of raising the risk of liver problems in premature babies, according to a new study.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The best time to learn a foreign language: Between birth and age 7. Missed that window?
(USA TODAY) -- Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, her attorney says. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark by age 14.
GENEVA (AP) -- The worldwide death toll from swine flu has doubled in the past month, reaching over 700 since the start of the outbreak last spring, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain.
(USA TODAY) -- Children burn about three times more calories playing some exercise-oriented video games than they do just sitting around watching TV, a study shows.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- The largest-ever trial for a cervical cancer vaccine shows that the drug Cervarix protects women from five of the most common cancercausing viruses, a University of New Mexico researcher said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Irregular heartbeat. Prostate cancer. Back pain. Hearing loss. The government is about to spend millions to try to uncover the best treatments for scores of ailments -- and how to handle these four biggies leads a list of top 100 questions that doctors need answered.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton's abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old's immune system -- part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- They used to say that teenagers think they're immortal, and that's why they do such dangerous things.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) - A new study suggests children and adolescents who are physically abused have a greater chance of developing cancer later in life than those who are not abused.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The government declared an end to a shortage of a childhood vaccine that protects against bacterial meningitis, pneumonia and other serious infections.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- As the numbers of swine flu cases increase nationally, scientists say underlying medical conditions such as heart or lung problems, asthma and obesity have been linked to serious infections.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Each day, skeleton crews of doctors, nurses and pharmacists field almost 900 calls a day around California from people such as a mother whose child swallowed flea repellant and an elderly man who accidentally doubled up on his medication.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old cancer patient from Sleepy Eye, Minn., is making "better than satisfactory progress" in his medical treatment but still needs to remain under court supervision, a Brown County judge said Tuesday.
(USA TODAY) -- The government's latest snapshot of air pollution across the nation shows residents of New York, Oregon and California faced the highest risk of developing cancer from breathing toxic chemicals.
CHICAGO (AP) -- When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part of a growing quest for ways to reverse the damage.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Matthew Davis was a healthy Buffalo teenager who participated in sports before complaining of headaches June 13.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Scrapes and bruises aren't all that kids are getting at summer camp this year.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Increasingly powerful antipsychotic drugs available on the market, and growing evidence that starting these medications early can help children with conditions like bipolar disorder, is putting doctors under more pressure than ever to diagnose and treat young people with mental illnesses.
WASHINGTON (Content Works) -- President Barack Obama signed a memorandum yesterday opening up benefits to same-sex couples and forbidding discrimination in the federal workplace.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- Free Tamiflu will soon be available to some uninsured Utahns, in an effort to stop the spread of H1N1 swine flu.
(The New York Times News Service) -- Ten-month-old Hannah Ostrea's life hinges on an expensive drug made by just one company, Genzyme Corp., based in Cambridge.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- This fall, getting vaccinated against H1N1 flu might be as simple as going back to school.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk of sudden death.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The gym at Eberhart Elementary School is bright and spacious -- with high ceilings, several basketball hoops, even a large, colorful climbing wall.
SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota (Canadian Press) -- X-rays show the tumour in the chest of a 13-year-old boy who resisted treatment has shrunk significantly after two courses of court-ordered chemotherapy, a family spokesman said Monday.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- The antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza are relatively safe for use in pregnant and breastfeeding women, say the authors of review of data that includes previously unpublished evidence.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.
CHICAGO (AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to take an active role in preventing bullying in schools and violence among dating teenagers.
(AAP) -- Young people with a sibling who has cancer are more prone to depression and psychological distress, a new Australian study has found.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Tourette syndrome occurs in 3 out of every 1,000 school-aged children, and is more than twice as common in white kids as in blacks or Hispanics, according to the largest U.S. study to estimate how many have the disorder.
(USA TODAY) -- Children of parents with anxiety disorders are up to seven times more likely than others to develop anxiety problems themselves, research shows, and children of depressed parents also are at high risk for becoming depressed.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A persistent decline in the rate of Americans, especially children, newly diagnosed with depression followed the first federal warning on risks connected with antidepressant drugs, a study suggests.
LOS ANGELES (The New York Times News Service) -- Potentially joining a growing group of cities and counties in California that have banned smoking in public areas, Los Angeles County supervisors are set to vote Tuesday whether to ban or limit smoking at county parks and golf courses.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Adult survivors of childhood cancer who most need mammograms and other tests to watch for second cancers are less likely to follow screening recommendations than the general public or even their healthy siblings, a new study finds.
(McClatchy-Tribune Information Services) -- After a week on the run, 13-year-old Daniel Hauser was facing his first court-ordered chemotherapy in relatively good spirits after meeting with cancer specialists Wednesday at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis, said his family's lawyer, Calvin Johnson.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- The World Health Organization, which has helped spearhead efforts to contain swine flu, won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias prize on Wednesday for its work fighting global killers such as AIDS, polio and tuberculosis.
NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) -- A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who spent nearly a week on the run to avoid chemotherapy must again place the boy's medical fate in the hands of a judge. And this time, an attorney said she believes they'll do what the court orders.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- Children whose parents refuse to have them immunized are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough, according to a study that is perhaps the most definitive yet linking vaccine refusal to disease.
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