|
|
|
 |
Last Updated: Nov 1, 2009 - 11:48:48 PM |
Health
:
Parenting
Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Robs Kids of Antioxidants
Exposure to tobacco smoke robs children of antioxidants, which shield the body against many biological stresses.
May 12, 2009 - 1:28:09 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Good parenting may steer teens away from drinking problems
London, April 24 - Teenagers who share a good relationship with their parents may start drinking at a later age, helping them avoid alcohol related problems, according to a new study.
Apr 26, 2009 - 11:04:31 AM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Kids safe and secure with grandparents around
Washington, Nov 3 - Kids are safe, secure and protected from injuries when grandparents are around, a boon for working parents, according to a new study.
Nov 12, 2008 - 2:19:14 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Vaccinating family members protects newborns from flu
Washington, Oct 27 - Vaccinating mothers and family members against flu before the newborns leave hospitals, creates a 'cocooning effect' to protect babies from the life-threatening virus, a research has found.
Oct 27, 2008 - 1:01:50 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Hands off the medicine cabinet when treating sick children
Munich, Sep 5 - It's no secret that children suffer more coughs, sniffles and fevers than adults. However, the course of action for parents when they find themselves forced into the role of nurse is not always clear.
Sep 5, 2007 - 8:44:00 AM
|
Health
:
Mental Health
:
Depression
High-quality child care for low-income children offset the risk of later depression
Young adults from low-income families who were in full-time early educational child care from infancy to age 5 reported fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who were not in this type of care, according to a new report. The early educational intervention also appears to have protected the children to some extent against the negative effects of their home environments.
May 20, 2007 - 3:59:37 AM
|
Health
:
Parenting
A mother's attentiveness to baby's distress is important
A mother's attentiveness to her baby's distress, especially in the first year, is more important to his secure attachment than lots of positive feedback when he's happy and content, concludes a University of Illinois study published in the June issue of the Journal of Family Psychology.
Jul 30, 2006 - 2:37:37 AM
|
Health
:
Parenting
DDT in moms harmful to kids, study
Since the 1970s, scientists have known that when DDT accumulates in a woman's tissues it can be transmitted to her developing fetus across the placenta. Now, a new study led by a team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that such in utero exposure is associated with developmental delays in the young child.
Jul 10, 2006 - 8:23:37 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Internet could induce self-destructive behaviour
Spending a lot of time in Internet chat rooms can induce self-destructive behaviour among young people, says a study.
May 2, 2006 - 10:36:37 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Study finds parents rarely use baby gates, bath thermometers
A recent study by researchers in emergency medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center found parents use baby gates and bath thermometers less than 25 percent of the time and pediatricians are partially to blame.
Apr 30, 2006 - 11:22:37 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Children could inherit coronary disease
Children could inherit coronary diseases if their parents have a past history of heart conditions, with mothers having a greater influence, says a study. Researchers led by Kristina Sundquist of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, used a national registry of more than 11 million people stretching back to 1932 to assess how parents' history of heart problems might be linked to their children.
Apr 30, 2006 - 7:03:37 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Sleeping less could make kids overweight
Sleeping less could make your child overweight, says a study.
Apr 18, 2006 - 2:05:37 PM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Renovation may harm pregnant women and newborns
Pregnant women and newborns should avoid exposure to the fumes of solvents used in house renovations.
Apr 11, 2006 - 7:44:37 AM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Swimming can enhance children's health
Swimming helps tremendously in enhancing the health and social well-being of children, says a study.
Feb 25, 2006 - 9:56:37 AM
|
Health
:
Parenting
Herbs and dietary supplements that can help children
Kathi J. Kemper, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrics professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and the author of "The Holistic Pediatrician," has written the cover article for Contemporary Pediatrics magazine on which herbs and dietary supplements can help children with nausea, constipation and similar gastrointestinal (GI) problems.
Aug 30, 2005 - 8:10:38 PM
|
<< prev
next >>
|
|
|
|
| Health |
Best way to boost adult immunizations is through office-based action, study finds
|
'Pep talk' can revive immune cells exhausted by chronic viral infection
|
Burning more sugar drives super athleticism
|
Research aims to prevent obesity by reaching parents, young children through child care
|
AMD-like lesions delayed in mice fed lower glycemic index diet
|
Low vitamin C levels may raise heart failure patients' risk
|
Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women
|
Study finds shifting disease burden following universal Hib vaccination
|
UT study: Climate change affects ants and biodiversity
|
Dirt prevents allergy
|
| | Healthcare |
Fitness club memberships help insurance plans to enrol healthier patients
|
Anxiety disorders mount since credit crunch
|
Doctors diagnose patients within moments of meeting
|
Physician-defined patient complexity differs from current diagnosis-based measures
|
Free health screening for school children Nov 14
|
Systematic bias in the assessment of UK doctors
|
White children far more likely to receive CT scans than Hispanic, African-American children
|
Suspected brain disease kills 51 kids in Bihar
|
New rules for bio-medical waste management in India
|
Delhi hospitals lacking in emergency protocols
|
| | Latest Research |
New device performs better than old for removing blood clots
|
Gene related to fat preferences in humans found
|
Cardiovascular Nursing Spring Meeting
|
The effect of occasional binge drinking on heart disease and mortality among moderate drinkers
|
ORNL, partners earn FLC honor for cookstove technology
|
Clot-busting drugs appear safe for treating 'wake-up' stroke patients
|
Infections in childhood linked to high risk of ischemic stroke
|
Penn State scientists elected to American Geophysical Union
|
Wayne State University project aims to reduce HIV, AIDS among African-Americans
|
Scientists help define structure of exoplanets
|
| | Medical News |
Women delivers baby near lift in Noida hospital
|
Obesity on rise in school children: Study
|
Over 10,000 dengue cases in India this year
|
NRI doctors demands removal of 'tainted' medical council members
|
Watch out for sexually transmitted 'superbug': Expert
|
Panel stresses on infection control in hospitals
|
Healthcare cost up 22 times in rural areas, shows study
|
Superbug exists, but nothing alarming: Walia
|
No power problem at AIIMS: Official
|
40 percent Indians embarrassed to ask for contraceptives
|
| | Special Topics |
Behold India's unfolding democratic revolution
|
Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
|
Improved Sense of Smell Produced Smarter Mammals
|
Two-year-old world's first to have extra DNA strand
|
172,155 kidney stones removed from one patient!
|
'Primodial Soup' theory for origin of life rejected in paper
|
Human species could have killed Neanderthal man
|
History, geography also seem to shape our genome
|
3,000 Kerala medical students to attend inter-college meet
|
Tamil Nadu seeks to control deemed universities
|
|
|
