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Eyes are kids' biggest problem

19 Nov 2008 - Hot Childs Health Topics
Eye disorders are the most common long-term health problem experienced by children, along with allergies and asthma, according to a report released 7 November by the Australian Institute of Health ... - more

Does your child keep sneezing, have blocked nose one day and runny nose the next? Not always allergy!

18 Nov 2008 - Hot Childs Health Topics
So advise researchers from several European countries following a huge international study. A major international study shows that the frequency of non-infectious rhinitis in children varies ... - more

New food guide pyramid for preschoolers

18 Nov 2008 - General Childs Health News
If you're parenting a 2- to 5-year-old, chances are you're all too familiar with the picky palates of preschoolers. Whether your tot is just occasionally persnickety or every meal is met with a ... - more

Umbilical cord blood may help build new heart valves

17 Nov 2008 - New and Emerging Childs Health Therapies
Children with heart defects may someday receive perfectly-matched new heart valves built using stem cells from their umbilical cord blood, according to research presented at the American Heart ... - more

Absent-minded teens exposed and burnt, reveals new Cancer Council research

17 Nov 2008 - Hot Childs Health Topics
Main reason for getting sunburnt – "I forgot to protect myself."Teens continue to put themselves at unnecessary risk of skin cancer by spending excessive time in the sun ... - more

Type-1 diabetes not so much bad genes as good genes behaving badly

16 Nov 2008 - General Childs Health News
Investigators combing the genome in the hope of finding genetic variants responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes may be looking in the wrong place, new research at the Stanford University ... - more

Researchers aim to over-stress already taxed mantle cell lymphoma cells

16 Nov 2008 - New and Emerging Childs Health Therapies
Cancer cells are already stressed by the fast pace they require to grow and spread and scientists believe a little more stress just may kill them. - more

Study identifies three effective treatments for childhood anxiety disorders

14 Nov 2008 - Effective Childs Health Treatments
Treatment that combines a certain type of psychotherapy with an antidepressant medication is most likely to help children with anxiety disorders, but each of the treatments alone are also effective, ... - more

Genetic basis for some birth defects uncovered

14 Nov 2008 - Breaking Childs Health News
A multidisciplinary research team at Case Western Reserve University led by Gary Landreth, PhD, a professor in the School of Medicine's Department of Neurosciences, has uncovered a common genetic ... - more

New insight into how insulin works

13 Nov 2008 - New and Emerging Childs Health Therapies
A PhD student at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research has uncovered an important piece in the puzzle of how insulin works, a problem that has plagued researchers for more than 50 years. ... - more