http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. As children transition from preschool-age to school-age, they may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and may contribute to childhood obesity. In a study published in the January/February 2009 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers report that parents perceived that their pre-school children (2 to 5 years) had relatively good eating habits and physical activity levels, but that parents of school-aged children (6 to 12 years) felt their children had less healthful diets and leisure-time activities. http://www.physorg.com/news150695788.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:56:28 EST news150695788 Genetic variations that can predispose children to a serious disease that damages the heart have been identified in a genome-wide association study of Kawasaki Disease, published today in PLoS Genetics. http://www.physorg.com/news150695589.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:53:09 EST news150695589 To make children happier, we may need to encourage them to develop a strong sense of personal worth, according to Dr. Mark Holder from the University of British Columbia in Canada and his colleagues Dr. Ben Coleman and Judi Wallace. Their research shows that children who feel that their lives have meaning and value and who develop deep, quality relationships - both measures of spirituality - are happier. It would appear, however, that their religious practices have little effect on their happiness. These findings have been published in the online edition of Springer's Journal of Happiness Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news150643874.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:31:14 EST news150643874 A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990 cannot be explained by either changes in how the condition is diagnosed or counted - and the trend shows no sign of abating. http://www.physorg.com/news150636855.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:34:15 EST news150636855 A spreading pandemic of myopia among the world`s urban children may be avoided if children spend at least two to three hours each day outdoors. http://www.physorg.com/news150487968.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:12:48 EST news150487968 Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight, this research shows mothers who light up during pregnancy can predispose their offspring to an additional risk: violent behaviour. http://www.physorg.com/news150461146.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:45:46 EST news150461146 A new debate in the open access journal PLoS Medicine questions whether all African children with fever should be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs, or if treatment should wait until laboratory tests confirm malarial infection. http://www.physorg.com/news150444543.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:09:03 EST news150444543 (PhysOrg.com) -- Labelling children with learning and behavioural difficulties can be detrimental to the children in question as well as their teachers, research by a QUT graduate has found. http://www.physorg.com/news150385891.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:51:31 EST news150385891 Seven percent of adults and 19 percent of children taking chemotherapy drugs in outpatient clinics or at home were given the wrong dose or experienced other mistakes involving their medications, according to a new study led by Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and published in the January 1, 2009 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://www.physorg.com/news149865502.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:18:22 EST news149865502 Despite recent widespread media attention given to studies that have indicated one-third of American children have a weight problem, a new study shows just one-third of children who are overweight or obese actually receive that diagnosis by a pediatrician. The study, led by researchers at The MetroHealth System and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, also stresses that this failure to diagnose appears to mostly impact children who may most greatly benefit from early intervention. The study is published in the January issue of the journal Pediatrics. http://www.physorg.com/news149774891.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:08:11 EST news149774891 Need another reason to add "Quit Smoking" to your New Year's resolutions list? How about the fact that even if you choose to smoke outside of your home or only smoke in your home when your children are not there - thinking that you're keeping them away from second-hand smoke - you're still exposing them to toxins? In the January issue of Pediatrics, researchers at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and colleagues across the country describe how tobacco smoke contamination lingers even after a cigarette is extinguished - a phenomenon they define as "third-hand" smoke. Their study is the first to examine adult attitudes about the health risks to children of third-hand smoke and how those beliefs may relate to rules about smoking in their homes. http://www.physorg.com/news149774815.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:06:55 EST news149774815 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents should be recognized and treated to prevent educational underachievement and adult substance abuse, anxiety disorders and depression, says a nationally recognized child psychiatrist from UT Southwestern Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news149363265.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:47:45 EST news149363265 Parental education is a strong predictor of socioeconomic status and children's educational environment. Nevertheless, some children continue to experience reading failure in spite of high parental education and support for learning to read. http://www.physorg.com/news149171195.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:26:35 EST news149171195 (PhysOrg.com) -- Children are awaiting the arrival of Santa with anticipation. However, last minute shoppers may find themselves running into hurdles when it comes to choosing toys for children with disabilities. Julie Brinkhoff, associate director of the Great Plains ADA Center at the University of Missouri, says it is easy for shoppers to feel unsure about what to buy for children with disabilities. http://www.physorg.com/news148836386.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:26:26 EST news148836386 Group-based treatment programs may effectively combat childhood obesity in rural communities, according to a new University of Florida study. Children who participated in one of two group programs - family-based or parent-only - were less overweight compared with children in a control group. The findings appear in the December issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news148830529.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:48:49 EST news148830529 Chocolate, excitement and the stress of Christmas: these are not just a headache for parents. They are also responsible for triggering migraines in many young people. Learning how to manage stress and avoid triggers are just as important as getting the right medication. However the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) today stressed that parents and young people need to be warned about the risks of using migraine medications that have only been approved for adults. The Institute has analysed the latest research on migraines and published information for children and young people on informedhealthonline.org. http://www.physorg.com/news148734366.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:06:06 EST news148734366 New knowledge: Girls have a better sense of taste than boys. Every third child of school age prefers soft drinks which are not sweet. Children and young people love fish and do not think of themselves as being fussy eaters. Boys have a sweeter tooth than girls. And teenagers taste differently. http://www.physorg.com/news148653888.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:44:48 EST news148653888 Parents of children with intellectual disabilities have long been frustrated by intelligence quotient (IQ) testing that tells them little to nothing about the long-term learning potential of their children. http://www.physorg.com/news148642082.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:28:02 EST news148642082 A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma. Sara Rosenkranz, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan, conducted research that found that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise. http://www.physorg.com/news148316700.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:05:00 EST news148316700 (PhysOrg.com) -- With the economic pinch hitting the North Pole as much as anywhere else this holiday season, would-be Santas should look to be more creative about the toys they buy their young children. http://www.physorg.com/news148239273.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:34:33 EST news148239273 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Newcastle University study involving thousands of families is helping prospective parents work out whether they are likely to have sons or daughters. http://www.physorg.com/news148226702.html Biology Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:05:02 EST news148226702 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new Penn State study shows that family lifestyle has a significant impact on teenagers` weight. Children are heavier if their families skip or miss some meals, such as breakfast, or if their families watch TV or play video games for several hours a day. This is true regardless of the teenager`s genetic risk of being overweight. http://www.physorg.com/news148151108.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:05:08 EST news148151108 While the danger of magnets for children is increasingly recognized, they don't receive treatment for swallowing them as quickly as needed, and parents don't receive sufficient warning on toys, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news148131439.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:37:19 EST news148131439 The vast majority of children who die while hospitalized are newborns, according to a new nationwide study. Additionally, death rates are higher for hospitalized children without insurance compared to those with insurance, the researchers found. http://www.physorg.com/news148131376.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:36:16 EST news148131376 Children who are overweight or obese are over two and a half times more likely to suffer injuries to their upper and lower extremities following a motor vehicle crash compared with normal weight children, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy. Overweight and obese children were overall more likely to experience injury to any body part following a crash; however this difference was not statistically significant. The results are available online at the website of the journal Injury Prevention and published in the December print edition of the journal. http://www.physorg.com/news148105294.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:21:34 EST news148105294 More than 2000 children die every day as a result of an unintentional, or accidental injury, and every year tens of millions more worldwide are taken to hospitals with injuries that often leave them with lifelong disabilities, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. http://www.physorg.com/news148105235.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:20:35 EST news148105235 There are no clear benefits to using long-acting beta2-agonists (LABAs) for treatment of asthma in children, a new study concludes. In an overview of recent Cochrane reviews, Child Health Field researchers report that there is currently insufficient evidence to suggest the drugs, which are recommended to relieve the symptoms of asthma, offer any additional benefit to conventional preventative medications. http://www.physorg.com/news148103953.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:59:13 EST news148103953 Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes are four times more likely to have abnormal glucose levels compared to other overweight children. Because abnormal glucose levels may indicate risk for diabetes or diabetes itself, these children could benefit from screening tests and diabetes prevention education. http://www.physorg.com/news148067860.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:57:40 EST news148067860 Use of the steroid medication dexamethasone is effective in reducing nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomies for children, but also is associated with an increased risk of postoperative bleeding, according to a study in the December 10 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news148067457.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:50:57 EST news148067457 Annie knocks Melissa to the floor to get her doll. Alexis screams at the kid who grabbed his toy truck. Every day, in daycares across Quebec, similar scenes are witnessed by early childhood educators who try to foster calm by encouraging kids to express their anger and frustration in more contructive ways. http://www.physorg.com/news147975401.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:16:41 EST news147975401