Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesThere are growing concerns that environmental toxins may play a larger role in children's developmental disorders than previously thought. This outcome came from a recent conference focused on the prevention of "childhood diseases of...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesResearchers report that children in daycare do not seem to suffer significant detrimental effects, provided they are placed in a high quality daycare and they have a supportive home life. Children who received quality care were able to...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesOffspring of parents who suffered from depression face an increased risk themselves for depression, anxiety and drug dependence that extends well into adulthood, a new study shows. They report in the American Journal of Psychiatry on a...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesTreating women for depression with serotonin-reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, does not appear to increase the overall risk of birth defects. This is the conclusion reported in The New England Journal of Medicine based on findings from two...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesParents may be doing more harm than good by putting their overweight children on a diet. According to findings published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, dieting can backfire for some obese children. The dieting sets off...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesThere are growing concerns that environmental toxins may play a larger role in children's developmental disorders than previously thought. This outcome came from a recent conference focused on the prevention of "childhood diseases of...
Heart Health | ArticlesThere are growing concerns that environmental toxins may play a larger role in children's developmental disorders than previously thought. This outcome came from a recent conference focused on the prevention of "childhood diseases of...
There is no clearly safe level of exposure to four of the most common environmental toxins in the world, and more should be done to protect the public, researchers argue in a new report. The toxins in question -- lead, radon, tobacco smoke and byproducts of...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesA recent study finds overweight children and adolescents lose the most weight when engaged in lifestyle intervention with parental support. Intervention programs are designed to control diet, increase physical activity and encourage...
Mother/Infant/Child | Articles Depression is an all too frequent problem for mothers of children with autism. These feelings are often brought on by a sense of responsibility for the cause or the outcome of their child’s condition. Coming to terms with raising a child...
Women's Health | ArticlesDepression is an all too frequent problem for mothers of children with autism. These feelings are often brought on by a sense of responsibility for the cause or the outcome of their child’s condition. Coming to terms with raising a child that...
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesAdding a daily multi-vitamin may significantly reduce the risk of a potentially serious complication in pregnant women. A condition called preeclampsia which includes high blood pressure and fluid retention affects at least 10% of...
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