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Accelerating Efforts To Advance The Rights Of Adolescent Girls

Categorie : Pediatrics
As leaders gather for the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, we, the members of the United Nations Adolescent Girls Task Force, jointly pledge to intensify our efforts to fulfil the human rights of adolescent girls... ...

read more As leaders gather for the fifteen-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, we, the members of the United Nations Adolescent Girls Task Force, jointly pledge to intensify our efforts to fulfil the human rights of adolescent girls... read more Sat Mar 2010

Future Heart Disease May Be in Store for Obese Kids (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children as young as 3 could harbor a warning sign that they're at risk of heart disease in the future, new research suggests. ...

read more HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children as young as 3
could harbor a warning sign that they're at risk of heart disease in the
future, new research suggests. read more Fri Mar 2010

Some Parents Consider Hastening a Sick Child's Death (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Watching a child die of cancer is unimaginably heartbreaking for parents, and now a new survey shows that the urge to protect terminally ill children from any further pain led one in eight parents to consider hastening their child's death. ...

read more HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Watching a child die of
cancer is unimaginably heartbreaking for parents, and now a new survey
shows that the urge to protect terminally ill children from any further
pain led one in eight parents to consider hastening their child's
death. read more Fri Mar 2010

Health Tip: Introduce Your Child to Music (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Listening to music offers many benefits to children, research indicates. Musically inclined kids appear better at math and reading, have shown better focus, improved self-esteem and seem to play better with other children. ...

read more HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Listening to music offers many benefits to
children, research indicates. Musically inclined kids appear better at
math and reading, have shown better focus, improved self-esteem and seem
to play better with other children. read more Fri Mar 2010

Parents Still Worried About Vaccine Safety (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Although most American parents vaccinate their children, many are concerned about the safety of vaccines and some choose not to have their children protected from potentially deadly diseases, a new study found. ...

read more HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Although most American
parents vaccinate their children, many are concerned about the safety of
vaccines and some choose not to have their children protected from
potentially deadly diseases, a new study found. read more Fri Mar 2010

Risk of Childhood Obesity Higher Among Minorities (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Risk factors for childhood obesity begin before birth and affect blacks and Hispanics more than whites, U.S. researchers report. ...

read more HealthDay - MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Risk factors for childhood obesity
begin before birth and affect blacks and Hispanics more than whites, U.S.
researchers report. read more Fri Mar 2010

Child Obesity Rates Going Up (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the prevalence of obesity has grown in recent years among children aged 10 to 17, and certain kids are being especially hard hit. ...

read more HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds that the
prevalence of obesity has grown in recent years among children aged 10 to
17, and certain kids are being especially hard hit. read more Fri Mar 2010

Snacks mean U.S. kids moving toward "constant eating" (Reuters)

Categorie : Pediatrics
Reuters - U.S. children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent, researchers said on Tuesday. ...

read more Reuters - U.S. children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent, researchers said on Tuesday. read more Fri Mar 2010

Oldest Epilepsy Drug Best for Children (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- A landmark comparison of three drugs widely used against the most common form of childhood epilepsy finds the oldest to be the most effective. ...

read more HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- A landmark comparison of
three drugs widely used against the most common form of childhood epilepsy
finds the oldest to be the most effective. read more Fri Mar 2010

Typical CPR best in kids, but hands-only works too (Reuters)

Categorie : Pediatrics
Reuters - Bystanders who start CPR on children before paramedics arrive can save lives and limit brain damage, regardless of whether they do the old-fashioned type of CPR with chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth or the newer "hands-only" CPR, a study from Japan confirms. ...

read more Reuters - Bystanders who start CPR on children before paramedics arrive can save lives and limit brain damage, regardless of whether they do the old-fashioned type of CPR with chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth or the newer read more Fri Mar 2010

Drop In Calif. Teen Births Shows Effectiveness Of State's 'Enlightened Approach' To Pregnancy Prevention, Editorial Says

Categorie : Pediatrics
California governors of the past two decades "deserve praise for funding a wide array of programs aimed at combating teen births," a Sacramento Bee editorial states. The editorial notes that California is "bucking a national trend" of rising teen births. The number of births to California teens ages ...

read more California governors of the past two decades read more Fri Mar 2010

U.N. Secretary-General, CSW Mark International Women's Day

Categorie : Pediatrics
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked International Women's Day Wednesday calling for gender equality and the empowerment of women, saying that until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice; peace, security and sustainable development stand in jeopardy," VOA News reports. ...

Too Few Adults Get Recommended Vaccinations (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - 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. ...

read more HealthDay - 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. read more Wed Feb 2010

3 Home Habits Help Youngsters Stay Slim (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Something as simple as sitting down to dinner together as a family can go a long way in helping a child fend off obesity. ...

read more HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Something as simple as sitting
down to dinner together as a family can go a long way in helping a child
fend off obesity. read more Wed Feb 2010

Older Moms More Apt to Have Autistic Child (HealthDay)

Categorie : Pediatrics
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Older moms are more likely to have a child with autism than women who give birth at a younger age, new research shows. ...

read more HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Older moms are more likely to
have a child with autism than women who give birth at a younger age, new
research shows. read more Wed Feb 2010

Early language problems may hinder adult literacy (Reuters)

Categorie : Pediatrics
Reuters - Children with a limited vocabulary at the age of 5 may be at increased risk of poor literacy as adults, a study published Monday suggests. ...

read more Reuters - Children with a limited vocabulary at the age of 5 may be at increased risk of poor literacy as adults, a study published Monday suggests. read more Wed Feb 2010

Michelle Obama rallies US to push back child obesity (AFP)

Categorie : Pediatrics
AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors, the food industry and media to take on the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters. ...

read more AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors, the food industry and media to take on the childhood obesity read more Wed Feb 2010

Michelle Obama spearheads US push against childhood obesity (AFP)

Categorie : Pediatrics
AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents. ...

read more AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents. read more Wed Feb 2010

US First Lady leads push against childhood obesity (AFP)

Categorie : Pediatrics
AFP - US First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents. ...

read more AFP - US First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents. read more Wed Feb 2010

Childhood obesity linked to early death: US study (AFP)

Categorie : Pediatrics
AFP - Being obese as a child increases the risk of dying before you reach 55, says a study published Wednesday, a day after US First Lady Michelle Obama launched a program to fight childhood obesity amid warnings it is shortening lives. ...

read more AFP - Being obese as a child increases the risk of dying before you reach 55, says a study published Wednesday, a day after US First Lady Michelle Obama launched a program to fight childhood obesity amid warnings it is shortening lives. read more Wed Feb 2010

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