Parenting/Kids News

FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Using chemotherapy alone, and delaying or avoiding radiation altogether, may be effective in treating children with inoperable or progressive low-grade glioma brain tumors, according to a multi-institutional study.

FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Kogenate FS to help reduce bleeding episodes and prevent joint damage in children with hemophilia A, the most severe form of the disease.

FRIDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Brain oxygen levels and blood pressure may play a role in the complex relationship between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognitive problems in children, a U.S. study finds.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who undergo liver transplantation, particularly children, are at increased risk for developing cancer, Finnish researchers report in the journal Liver Transplantation.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity appears to increase the risk of miscarriage, according to a review study appearing in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

WASHINGTON - When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea.

A new study suggests they don't, but experts say that on balance flu shots are still worth getting

A new study finds no signficant reduction in H.I.V. transmission rates among circumcised men who have sex with men, but the authors say the issue deserves future study

SYDNEY (AFP) - Pregnancy has long been blamed for addling women's minds but new work by Australian researchers finds this idea may be nothing more than an old wives' tale.

(HealthDay News) -- Your youngster's reaction to the introduction of a new brother or sister could include a range of emotions, from joy to resentment.

THURSDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new study strongly suggests that many children with bipolar disorder continue to have bouts with the condition as young adults.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A novel stroke education program that uses hip-hop music to teach 9- to 11-year-olds living in a high-risk community to recognize when a person is having a stroke and summon help quickly can work, researchers have found.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who tend to keep a tight rein on their eating gain more weight during pregnancy than their peers who are more relaxed about eating, new research confirms.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma control in over one in three children with asthma is not as good as it could be, and in many cases the suboptimal control relates to potentially modifiable beliefs of the parents, new research suggests.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 10,700 Chinese infants and children were still in hospital after drinking toxic milk and milk formula, China said on Thursday, but urged foreign customers to take a "scientific" approach to the safety of its products.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- For American children, the state they live in and their family's income and education may help determine how healthy they are, a new survey shows.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as 4 can develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a new study says.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Manufacturers of non-prescription pediatric cough and cold medicines are advising parents not to give them to children under age four, a consumer group announced.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral cough and cold medicines sold over the counter should not be used in children younger than 4 years old because of the risk of rare complications linked to inappropriate use, manufacturers said on Tuesday.

MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Exposing your children to the joys of pet ownership may, in some cases, also mean exposing them to infections and injuries.

TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Every year, young children suffer burns when they remove hot liquids from microwave ovens, a new study finds.

TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Saying they were acting "out of an abundance of caution," the makers of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines said Tuesday that the medicines should not be given to children younger than 4 years old.

TUESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis of existing research finds little evidence that circumcision protects gay men from infection with the AIDS virus, but the issue is still far from settled.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Circumcision, which has been found to reduce by about one-half the transmission of HIV between heterosexuals, appears to offer far less protection for men engaging in homosexual intercourse, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adults should aim to get in 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week and children should run and play for at least an hour a day, according to new exercise guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - An international effort to eliminate elephantiasis is on track and has protected millions of children against the disfiguring disease, proving to be one of the "best buys" in public health, researchers said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is not enough evidence to say circumcision protects men from getting the AIDS virus during sex with other men even as studies show it protects them when having sex with women, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

BUDUDA, Uganda (AFP) - Like many cultural events, a male circumcision ceremony in eastern Uganda has its share of governing rules: the "candidate" is not supposed to see the surgeon until seconds before the cutting and his mother cannot be present.

MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Free prescription drug samples distributed to pediatric patients may be unsafe, research suggests.