Chronic asthma study offers hope
Scientists believe they have discovered a key component in the development of chronic asthma, pointing the way to new treatments.
Obese cancer ‘explosion’ warning
The current generation of children faces a far higher risk of cancer later in life due to their unhealthy habits, a specialist has warned.
Serious infections rising in U.S. children: study
Children in the United States increasingly are developing serious head and neck infections with a drug-resistant type of “superbug” bacteria called MRSA, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Living with a smoker hard on tiny infants
Infants born at very low birth weights are at increased risk of lung ailments in the first 12 months of life, and a new study suggests that modifiable indoor respiratory triggers, namely exposure to cigarette smoke and pests in the home, may be at least partly to blame.
Kids’ vaccine slashes meningitis
Rates of pneumococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes around the brain caused by bacteria, dropped 64% in children under age 2 from 1998-1999 to 2004-2005, according to a study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
Diet, Exercise Cuts Kids’ Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
Components of metabolic syndrome that appear in children should be treated by doctors who also must encourage them to improve their diet and exercise routines, a new report says.
Stress hormone ‘a marker for ME’
Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol marks out children at higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, experts believe.
These children if exposed to trauma, particularly emotional maltreatment and sexual abuse, had a six-fold increased risk for CFS, evidence shows.
Study: Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens
Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study.
Vitamin D deficiency common in diabetic kids
Children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes may have a particularly high rate of deficiency in bone-building vitamin D, a small study suggests.
