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Link shown between ADHD, food colourings and additives

Suspicions about a link between food colourings and additives and hyperactivity have been established as a fact by British researchers.

9 Sep 2007

Healthy Steps for Young Children Program has sustained benefits for children and families

The Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, which added behavior and development services to pediatric practices, continued to benefit families more than two years after the intervention ended, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

5 Sep 2007

1.5 million children suffering from diarrhoea can be saved every year with the right treatment

Despite global efforts to control it, diarrhoea is still one of the most common reasons for the high child mortality rates in many low and middle-income countries.

5 Sep 2007

School-based obesity prevention program reduces harmful weight-control behaviors in adolescents

Eating disorders among adolescent girls and boys can have substantial negative impact on their health and lead to dangerous weight-control behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting or abusing laxatives or diet pills to control weight.

4 Sep 2007

8.7 percent of US children age 8 to 15 meet criteria for having ADHD

An estimated 8.7 percent of U.S. children age 8 to 15 meet diagnostic criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, but fewer than half receive treatment, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

4 Sep 2007

Children with asthma missing out on best drug treatment in the UK

Children with asthma are missing out on the best drug treatment for their disease, because family doctors are ignoring prescribing guidelines, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

4 Sep 2007

Even kindies stress out before school

British researchers have found that even children at kinder garden can find school a stressful place.

3 Sep 2007

Children just beginning school need their sleep

The first investigation of developmental sleep duration patterns throughout childhood shows that children just beginning school and who get little sleep are more likely to have behavioral and cognitive problems in the classroom, according to a study published in the September 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

3 Sep 2007

Some kids are being misdiagnosed with asthma

Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is the sudden, abnormal narrowing of the vocal cords during inhalation causing obstruction of the airflow, and is characterized by a noise that can mimic the sound of wheezing.

30 Aug 2007

Make all school routes 20mph zones, says BMA

All walk to school routes in Wales should be designated 20 mph zones, according to Welsh doctors leaders.

29 Aug 2007

Gestational diabetes doubles children's risk of obesity

According to the latest research babies born to mothers with untreated gestational diabetes have nearly double the normal risk of becoming obese during childhood.

29 Aug 2007

Non-medicinal interventions for young children with ADHD

Non-medicinal interventions are highly effective in preventing the behavioral and academic problems associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to a five-year study led by researchers at Lehigh University's College of Education.

22 Aug 2007

Problem of undiagnosed hypertension in children

In a study of children and adolescents with hypertension, only about one in four had been previously diagnosed with the condition, according to a study in the August 22/29 issue of JAMA .

22 Aug 2007

Traffic and childhood asthma

Children who carry variations in specific genes that metabolize vehicle emissions are more susceptible to developing asthma, particularly if they live near major roadways, a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests.

22 Aug 2007