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| CHILDREN WITH HEALTHIER DIETS DO BETTER IN SCHOOL. A NEW STUDY REVEALS THAT CHILDREN WITH HEALTHY DIETS PERFORM BETTER IN SCHOOL. |
| A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets. |
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| MILK NOT ALWAYS BEST FOR KIDS' BONES |
| Children who drink more milk do not necessarily develop healthier bones, researchers say in a report that stresses exercise and modest consumption of calcium-rich foods like tofu. |
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| NEW DEVICE TO HELP PREMATURE BABIES |
| Australian scientists have invented a simple device that is ready to help thousands of premature babies in third-world countries who suffer from respiratory difficulties - problems that can cause brain damage and blindness. |
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| HUNT FOR SPINA BIFIDA GENE PICKS UP SPEED |
| A gene in mice has been linked to the congenital birth defect spina bifida and the hunt is now on to see if the equivalent human gene is altered in sufferers, say Australian researchers. |
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| INFANTS MORE VULNERABLE TO SERIOUS BRAIN INJURY FROM FALLING THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT |
| Babies are more vulnerable to serious head injury during a fall than had been previously thought, according to new research that may also begin to help child abuse investigators distinguish between accidental and intentional injury. |
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| MUTANT SPERM MORE SELFISH WITH AGE |
| Sperm mutate more often as men get older - not because it helps their resulting offspring, but because it appears to help sperm survive in the testes, researchers have found. |
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| SMALL BABIES RISK KIDNEY DISEASE LATER IN LIFE |
| Low birthweight babies are born with less efficient kidneys which is bad news for them later in life, according to new research by Australian and U.S researchers. |
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| NEW STUDY: PERCENTAGE OF BABIES BORN WITH INTESTINAL BIRTH DEFECT GROWING IN U.S., N.C. |
| Gastroschisis, an uncommon but life-threatening birth defect in which babies are born with their intestines outside their abdomens, increased markedly in North Carolina and the rest of the United States in the late 1990s, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. |
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| WHEN PATTING THE DOG CAN SEND YOU BLIND |
| People can become infected from a worm that causes blindness simply by stroking a dog that carries the parasite, according to new research. |
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| TOO MUCH GRAPE JUICE COULD CAUSE IRON DEFICIENCY |
| The same antioxidant compounds in dark grape juice that are noted for their health benefits in fighting heart disease may have a downside, according to new research in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. In cell studies, scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cornell University found that polyphenols in purple (also called red) grape juice can inhibit the uptake of iron, which could increase the risk of iron-deficiency anemia. |
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| RESEARCH REVEALS A CELLULAR BASIS FOR A MALE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK |
| Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a cellular basis for what many have long suspected: Men, as well as women, have a reproductive clock that ticks down with age. |
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| MULTIPLE PETS MAY DECREASE CHILDREN’S ALLERGY RISK |
| Children raised in a house with two or more dogs or cats during the first year of life may be less likely to develop allergic diseases as compared with children raised without pets, according to a study in the August 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). |
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| BRAIN DAMAGE IN INFANTS NOT ALWAYS TIED TO DELIVERY |
| Neurological problems in newborns, including seizures, do not necessarily stem from delivery, a Johns Hopkins study demonstrates. |
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| CHEMICALS AFFECT HAIRDRESSERS' BABIES |
| Hairdressers are slightly more likely to have babies born small or with major defects, according to a Swedish study. |
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| MORE WARNINGS AGAINST 'EXCESSIVE CLEANLINESS' |
| An over-hygienic environment during childhood can increase a child's risk of developing asthma and eczema, say UK researchers. |
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| COULD THE WESTERN DIET CAUSE SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS? |
| The modern western diet may be causing more myopia in children, according to an Australian researcher.
Dr Jennie Brand-Miller, a nutrition scientist at the University of Sydney working in a team led by Dr Loren Cordain, an evolutionary biologist at Colorado State University suggests that more processed food in the diet is increasing insulin production and distorting the normal growth of the eyeball. |
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| INFANT IMMUNE SYSTEM IS STRONGER THAN MANY PARENTS THINK |
| From the moment of birth, infants are capable of responding to numerous challenges to the immune system, including multiple vaccines, according to a new report published in the January issue of Pediatrics. |
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| BEST TO BE BORN LAST |
| Hormonal changes in women over successive pregnancies could partly explain why firstborns are more likely to develop allergies than their younger brothers and sisters. |
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| UNIQUE UNC STUDY CONFIRMS SUSPECTED WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY |
| Twenty-five of every 100 U.S. children are either overweight or obese, but children from other major nations are beginning to weigh too much as well, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study concludes. Sixteen percent of Russian youths are overweight or downright fat, and the figure for Chinese children is 7 percent. |
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| BREASTFEEDING FOR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS MAY AFFECT A CHILD'S INTELLIGENCE |
| Breastfeeding for less than 3 months may affect a child's intellectual development, finds research in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. |
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