News tagged with archives of diseases in childhood
Complementary medicines can be dangerous for children
Complementary medicines (CAM) can be dangerous for children and can even prove fatal, if substituted for conventional medicine, indicates an audit of kids' CAM treatment published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Unlawful killing of newborns soon after birth 5 times higher than thought
Although rare, the true incidence of neonaticides - the unlawful killing of a baby within the first 24 hours of its life - is more than five times as common as official estimates suggest, suggests research published online ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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International formula milk marketing code mired in 3 decades of dispute
An international marketing code for formula milk, intended to foster global cooperation among governments, industry, and aid agencies, has instead been mired in three decades of often bitter dispute, claims a child nutrition ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Informal childcare curbs chances of infants being breastfed
Babies who are looked after by relatives, friends, and neighbours while their mothers are at work, are less likely to be breastfed, suggests research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Death from childhood stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Dangers of lead pollution have not gone away -- particularly for children
(PhysOrg.com) -- The campaign for car drivers to make the switch from leaded to unleaded petrol has been hailed as a major environmental success story in recent years. But despite the dramatic change in our ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Understanding the implications of prenatal testing for Down syndrome
With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical community must come together and engage in dialogue about the impact ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Music played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits
Music played to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 27, 2009 |
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Specialist nurses boost parental willingness to consent to post-mortem research on children
Parents are mostly willing to consent to post mortem research on their children, providing they are approached by specialist nurses, experienced in bereavement and family counselling, suggests a small study published ahead ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Extremely premature children at high risk of learning difficulties by age 11
Children born extremely prematurely are at high risk of developing learning difficulties by the time they reach the age of 11.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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