Funding from Canada, Italy, Norway and the UK may save millions of poor children and pave the way for rapid introduction of future vaccines, including AIDS, malaria and TB.
The new national study showing higher-than-expected incidences of autism comes as no surprise to special education personnel and autism advocates, says a special education professor at the University of Indianapolis.
Northwestern University study indicates that getting inadequate sleep has negative effects on children’s social and emotional well-being and school performance and also increases their risk of being overweight.
Breast feeding benefits long-term development in children. Breast-fed children are more likely to do well in measures of stereoscopic vision.
Turkey’s farm ministry confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in the southeast of the country. Four children suffering from bird flu like symptoms are under observation in hospitals.
The February 2007 issue of the American Sociological Review (ASR), the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA), features new research on adoptive and biological parents, comparing child-rearing factors between parents who adopt versus biological parents.
A study undertaken by a group of Spanish scientists, amongst which were members of the University Clinic of the University of Navarra and the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the same university, have recently discovered a new line of treatment for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The conclusions of the research have been published in the official journal, Blood, of the American Hematology Association.
Children with parents in the military have higher blood pressure, heart rates and general stress levels than their peers during wartime, researchers say.
Autism is a behavior disorder, characterized by an impairment in social communication, social interaction, and social imagination. A U.S. study of autism has found that about one in 150 American children has autism.
In response to a glut of confusing and sometimes incorrect information about public and private banking of umbilical cord blood, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new recommendations that seek to clarify the options available to parents.