Kids can’t escape second-hand smoke
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Children living in apartments are exposed to second-hand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. Continue…
Monday, December 13, 2010 16:22 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Nov 8, 2010 12:19 - 0 Comments
Hypertension in kids linked to learning
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Children who have hypertension are four times more likely to have learning disabilities than children with normal blood pressure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 1, 2010 11:35 - 1 Comment
Skinny on soda: It makes kids fat
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Empty calories, like those in soda and fruit juice with little to no nutritional value, now make up about 40 percent of the energy consumed by children in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 20, 2010 12:03 - 3 Comments
Autism not alleviated by restricted diet
U. ROCHESTER (US)—A gluten-free, casein-free diet appears to have no impact on the behavior, sleep habits, or bowel patterns of children with autism, according to the most controlled diet study in autism to date. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 4, 2010 12:48 - 3 Comments
Teens have trouble with Tylenol dosage
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The majority of teens say they have never heard of acetaminophen—or what the appropriate dosing of it is even with access to the label instructions—despite having taken the medication recently. (more…)
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