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Fentanyl Patch Can Be Deadly to Children

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Mothers On Low-Income Risk Obesity To Feed Their Children

Click Here to Read More … Mothers who financially struggle to provide food for their families tend to put themselves at risk for obesity while trying to feed their children, according to Penn State sociologists…
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Young Children Exposed to Anesthesia Multiple Times Show Elevated Rates of ADHD

Click Here to Read More … Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Study confirms that living with a smoker increases absenteeism in school children

Click Here to Read More … Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than do children living in smoke-free homes. A report from MGH investigators also finds such children have higher rates of respiratory illnesses caused by second-hand smoke and details the probable economic costs of increased their school absences.
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Mayo Clinic Identifies Risk Factors for Repeat Adenoid Removal in Children

Click Here to Read More … It isn’t unusual for children to have their tonsils and adenoids removed, and the younger those patients are, the greater the risk their adenoids will grow back and they will need to have them taken out again, Mayo Clinic researchers have found.
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Working Mothers And The Effects On Children

Click Here to Read More … Parents struggling to combine paid work with bringing up their children now have some positive news thanks to a new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on maternal employment and child socio-emotional behaviour in the UK…
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Both Latino and non-Latino women likely to accept HPV vaccination for selves and children

Click Here to Read More … Most women responding to a survey conducted at MGH clinics indicated they would be willing to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus and to have their daughters and even sons vaccinated in order to prevent cancer in their children. The report also found that Latino women are just as likely, if not more so, to accept HPV vaccine as non-Latinos.
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Children held captive in smoky vehicles

Click Here to Read More … Study led by MGHfC investigator Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, finds that children of parents who smoke are often exposed to tobacco in their parent’s cars.
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Most Parents Support Testing Children for Tobacco Smoke Exposure

Click Here to Read More … A new study, to be published in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics, shows that 60 percent of parents — smoking and non-smoking — indicate that they would like their children tested for tobacco smoke exposure during pediatric visits.
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MassGeneral Hospital for Children study explains some mysteries of neonatal seizures

Click Here to Read More … A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children investigators is providing new insight into the mechanism of neonatal seizures, which have features very different from seizures in older children and adults.
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