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Doctors to be on guard for meningitis in kids (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. health officials asked doctors on Thursday to be alert for possible cases of meningitis and other illnesses in children caused by Hib bacteria amid an ongoing vaccine shortage.
Unintended pregnancy raises risk of future ones (Reuters)
Reuters - Women and girls who've had an unplanned pregnancy in the past are at risk of future unplanned pregnancies, regardless of other risk factors like age and education, a new study shows.
Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Experts hope that letting
kids have their fingers do the texting will increase compliance with the
food diaries that are such a critical part of successful dieting.
Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Damage to the arteries of
children of smokers can be detected in the early decades of their lives, a
new Dutch study finds.
Drug combo may help curb bedwetting (Reuters)
Reuters - In children who continue to wet the bed despite standard treatment with desmopressin, adding the bladder-control drug tolterodine (Detrol) to therapy leads to a significant decrease in the risk of bedwetting, Missouri-based researchers have found.
Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ear infections are common in children, and
may occur for a variety of reasons.
Child-Care Relationships Tied to Kids' Stress Levels (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Bickering parents and poor
caregiver relationships each increase levels of the stress hormone
cortisol in children, new studies say.
Smoking while pregnant harms baby's blood vessels (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who smoke during pregnancy may cause permanent blood vessel damage in their children that may become evident as early as young adulthood and raise the risk for heart attack and stroke, Dutch investigators reported today.
Canola Oil Consumed During Pregnancy Lowers Breast Cancer Risk for Offspring (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women whose mothers consumed
canola oil during pregnancy and breast-feeding may be less likely to
develop breast cancer than those whose mothers consumed corn oil, a new
study suggests.
Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women who get pregnant after
having weight-loss surgery have a lower risk of maternal and newborn
complications than pregnant women who are obese, according to U.S.
researchers who analyzed 75 studies.
Weight-loss surgery helps with pregnancy: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who get pregnant after weight-loss surgery tend to be healthier and less likely to deliver a baby born with complications compared to obese women, researchers said on Tuesday.
Obese kids have prematurely aged neck arteries (Reuters)
Reuters - The neck arteries of obese children and teens look more like those of 45-year-olds, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.
Ancient graves yield clues to family relationships (AP)
AP - A stone-age burial in central Germany has yielded the earliest evidence of people living together as a family. The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they were a mother, father and their children.
Children with cancer at risk of drug interactions (Reuters)
Reuters - Potentially harmful drug interactions among children being treated for cancer might be far more prevalent than previously thought, new research suggests.
Active pregnant women tend to stay healthier (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who exercise throughout pregnancy tend to stay healthier for decades, research shows.
High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a high-fat diet during
pregnancy causes permanent changes in the fetal brain that can result in
overeating and obesity early in life, according to a study with rats.




