Teenagers listening to head-banging heavy metal music are at risk of depression and suicide, according to an Australian study revealed…
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Parents: Surgeon Operated on Wrong Eye of Washington Boy
A Washington couple was considering Tuesday whether to sue a surgeon they accuse of mistakenly operating on their son’s left…
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Study: Autism Rates Stabilize in Wisconsin Schools
Autism rates could be leveling off at just above one percent of children, Wisconsin researchers suggest. Between 2002 and 2008,…
Read MoreSuperbug More Common in Kids Who’ve Used Antibiotics
Kids who get lots of antibiotics from their doctors are more likely to harbor the MRSA superbug, although it’s still…
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Unexplained Infant Deaths to be Recorded in New Database
In recent years, the number of reported cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has declined, with a 50 percent…
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Drinking milk not linked to early puberty
Despite popular belief, drinking cow’s milk does not increase children’s risk for early puberty, according to a new study from…
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Childhood CT scans can triple risk of brain cancer
Exposing a child to the nuclear radiation from two or three computed tomography (CT) head scans can triple its risk…
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Study says yelling is as hurtful as hitting
Parents who yell at their adolescent children for misbehaving can cause some of the same problems as hitting them would,…
Read MorePeople, networks may sway parents’ vaccine choices
The people and information sources parents surround themselves with may influence their choice to vaccinate their children or not, according…
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Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids
Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme –…
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