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News: May 28, 2012
Timing of Preemie Birth May Be Key to Kids' Health Later
FRIDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Preemies face a relatively unhealthy childhood when compared with full-term babies, and new British research suggests that the degree to which a child's health is compromised seems to depend on exactly how prema...
Quality Day Care Predicts Later Parental Involvement in School
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers whose kids went to high-quality day care were more involved in their children's schools later on than the moms of kids in poorer quality day care or no day care, new research finds. In conducting the s...
Healthy Children, Safe Homes a Winning Combination
SATURDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- From the air you breathe to the foods you eat, hidden dangers may be lurking in your home, experts warn. Researchers at the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York ...
Kids of All Weights Benefit From Car Seats
FRIDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Child safety and booster seats protect children of all weights, including those on the heavy side. That's the finding of a new study that looked at nearly 1,000 children, aged 1 to 8 years, who were involved in c...
Low-Income Dads Are Involved With Their Kids, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that low-income, urban fathers in the United States take an active role in their children's health and encourage them to eat healthy foods and exercise. But the study also found that when the...
Some U.S. Parents Ignoring Vaccination Guidelines
MONDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- More than one in 10 parents don't follow recommended vaccination guidelines for their children, opting instead for an "alternative" schedule that could involve skipping doses or delaying shots. And parents who do...
More Families Turning to Public Plans for Children's Health Care
MONDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of American families are using public health insurance to provide coverage for their children, a new study finds. The trend, which is being driven by job losses, changes in coverage within privat...
Kids Fare Better in Crashes When Grandparents Driving: Study
MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Some parents may hesitate to let their children ride in a car driven by grandparents because they believe the grandparent's driving skills may not be what they once were. But, new research suggests that children...
Child Care Can Help Kids With Depressed Moms
MONDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Young children whose moms suffer from depression are at heightened risk for behavioral troubles, but a new study shows that day care may help ease the risk. The effect was seen even when kids were placed in day ...
Most U.S. Kids Get Recommended Vaccines: CDC
THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Although nearly all American children get the recommended vaccinations to prevent serious diseases, many parents express concerns about the shots, and a small number refuse to have their kids inoculated, accord...
Few Babies in Child-Care Centers Receive Breast Milk: Study
THURSDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- While new mothers are strongly encouraged to breast-feed their babies for at least a year, a small study of child-care centers suggests that relatively few are set up to help moms to do so. The research, led by ...
With Safety Devices in Place, Kids' Injuries Decline: Study
THURSDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Home safety devices greatly reduce the number of injuries sustained by small children, according to a new study. Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center looked at two groups of families w...
Doctors Most Trusted Source of Vaccine Information, Study Finds
THURSDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- For American parents, doctors are the most trusted source of information about the safety of children's vaccines, a new study indicates. Researchers conducted a national survey of 1,552 parents of children age...
Keep Safety in Mind When Cleaning House, Experts Advise
SATURDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- With spring-cleaning season here, the American Cleaning Institute reminds adults to protect family members and pets from accidental poisoning. In conjunction with National Poison Prevention Week (March 20-26)...
Keep Kids in Rear-Facing Car Seats Until 2, Experts Say
MONDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children are best kept in rear-facing car seats until age two or until they have reached the height and weight maximums set by the car seat manufacturer, according to new recommendations from a pediatricians' g...
Good Child Care May Help Make Up for Troubled Homes
FRIDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- High-quality child care can help reduce the risk of emotional and behavioral problems in children from difficult home environments, say researchers. Using data from a large U.S. study that followed children from ...
Pediatricians Issue New Vaccination Recommendations
TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers need a booster shot to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, a potentially deadly infection of the tissue around the brain, while all kids should have up-to-date whooping cough vaccines in light ...
Changing Parental Behavior May Help Obese Kids Lose Weight
TUESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- It's hard to help overweight children lose weight, and keeping it off over the long-term is even tougher. But obese children whose parents took classes on the importance of healthy eating and exercise lost weig...
U.S. Aims to Make School Lunches Healthier
THURSDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Trying to fight the growing child obesity epidemic, new federal guidelines proposed Thursday focus on making school lunches healthier. The new guidelines, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), would ...
Many Higher-Income Parents Forgoing Kids' Vaccinations: Report
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccination rates for children insured by commercial plans dropped almost four percentage points between 2008 and 2009, even though the rate of children on Medicaid getting vaccinated is rising. "Rates had bee...
U.S. Preschoolers Getting Too Much Screen Time: Study
THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Two-thirds of preschoolers in the United States are exposed to more than the maximum two hours per day of screen time from television, computers, video games and DVDs recommended by the American Academy of Ped...
Childhood Vaccination Rates Remain High in U.S.
THURSDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. childhood immunization rates remain high, with coverage for most routine vaccines at or over 90 percent, a new federal report shows. Among children aged 19 to 35 months, less than 1 percent had not recei...
Parents Can Take Steps to Boost Kids' Health, Well-Being
SATURDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As children head back to school, parents can help make sure their little ones stay healthy and happy all year, an expert suggests. Adequate sleep and rest are essential, Dr. Peter Richel, a pediatrician at Nor...
Parents Urged to Enforce Proper Use of Child Safety Seats
SATURDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Incorrect use of child safety seats is a major reason why car accidents remain the leading cause of disability and death among children in the United States, an expert warns. Research has shown that seven out ...
U.S. Report on Kids' Health Brings Mixed Results
FRIDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- In an annual report gauging the health and well-being of America's children, a group of 22 federal agencies reports progress in some areas, preterm births and teen pregnancies in particular, but bad news in other...
PCBs May Weaken Kids' Vaccination Response
SUNDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Children exposed early in life to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may have a reduced immune response to tetanus and diphtheria vaccines, a new study indicates. The findings suggest that exposure to the environm...
Military Deployment May Affect Kids' Health Care
MONDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- The young children of a single parent deployed for military service are less likely to get medical care than the children of married service men and women, a new study has found. "The bottom line is that military...
Benefits of Good Child Care Extend Into Teen Years
FRIDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Choosing good child care for your little one makes a difference not only in the preschool years but also when your child reaches adolescence, new research suggests. At age 15, kids who had been in higher-quality ...
Day Care Centers Too Quick to Send Mildly Ill Kids Home
MONDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Almost six out of 10 child-care centers in Wisconsin send home children who have minor illnesses -- even though professional guidelines suggest otherwise, a new study finds. Guidelines developed jointly by the ...
Too Few Adults Get Recommended Vaccinations
THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Most parents make sure their children get all their vaccinations, but when it comes to adults these protective shots often fall by the wayside, a new report shows. In fact, 40,000 to 50,000 American adults die ...
Family Financial Status Affects Child-Care Injury Rates
TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Although children from poorer families who have child care may suffer from a higher rate of accidental injuries, child care could actually protect kids from affluent families, new research suggests. In the repo...
Parents Worry About Their Kids' Safety on the Internet
TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- More than four in five parents say their children use the Internet without adult supervision, but at the same time almost two-thirds are worried about online predators, a new survey has found. The findings, rel...
Firm Parents Keep Teen Drivers Safe
MONDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Your parenting style can make a huge difference in your teen's safety once he or she gets behind the wheel of a car. Parents who set firm rules, but do so in a helpful, supportive way, can reduce the likelihood...
More Teens Getting Needed Vaccines
THURSDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- While vaccination rates for adolescents in the United States are gaining ground, there is still a long way to go to meet Healthy People 2010 goals of 90 percent coverage, a new government report shows. For th...
Better Day Care, Smarter Kids?
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have long known that poverty can inhibit a child's intellectual development. But now researchers have found a possible equalizer -- a good day care environment. High-quality day care for the young...
Many Parents, Caregivers Lack Basic Child-Safety Information
TUESDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of young children identified fewer than half of the potential safety hazards for kids in a home, but did far better than either health-care professionals or day-care workers, a new study finds. The Univ...
Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings
TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The leading cause of accidental poisonings among American children can be found in the family medicine cabinet, a new government report shows. Each year in the United States, more than 71,000 children aged 18 an...
Recession Takes Toll on Children's Health
FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- The recession is taking a toll on many U.S. children, especially the poor and uninsured, according to a survey of 1,471 parents and their children. The poll, conducted in the United States last May, found that 4...
Too Much Media May Be Tough on Kids' Health
TUESDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Easy access to a wide variety of media increases a child's risk for numerous health issues, such as obesity, eating disorders, drug use and early sexual activity, according to a U.S. expert. On average, American...
Parents Often Puzzled by Medicine Labels
TUESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- The labeling on children's over-the-counter cold medicines can be confusing to parents, a new study has found. Simpler language and clearer graphics are needed to guide the selection and safe use of the medicati...
More Low-Income Kids Are Getting Vaccinated
MONDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- The good news from a new study is that more American children from low-income families are getting the vaccines they need. The bad news is that there's still a wide disparity between low- and high-income children ...
Car Seats Save Young Lives
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Placing infants and small children in age-appropriate car safety seats significantly reduces the odds that they will die if they are in a motor vehicle accident, new research shows. Babies reaped the most ben...
Preschool Lunch Doesn't Always Pack Nutritious Punch
MONDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- When parents pack their preschoolers' lunches, they may be sacrificing nutrition by giving the children food they like. That's one of the conclusions of a new study in the January issue of the Journal of the Ame...
Nationwide Cell Phone Ban for Drivers Urged
SUNDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A leading consumer safety organization is calling for a nationwide ban on drivers using all cell phones and other messaging devices. While there are a few state and local laws banning drivers from using hand-hel...
Consider Kids' Health on Tropical Trips
THURSDAY, Dec. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Jetting off to sunnier climes this winter, kids in tow? If so, take steps to guard the little ones' health, advises an expert.
Independent Audit of Global Child Immunizations Urged
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- About 7 million fewer children are immunized against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis) than individual nations and World Health Organization/UNICEF estimates report, a new study shows. Since ...
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