Time.com - In a new report on pregnancy andchildbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health care crisisin this country as part of a systemic violation of women's rights

[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:35:00 GMT]
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The recent approval of a new, more broadly effective pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) for young children could greatly reduce the prevalence of pneumococcal disease in that age group, a new government report suggests.
[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:39 GMT]
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Reuters - Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:13 GMT]
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Reuters - More 12-year-olds in the United States admit to using potentially deadly inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:33:33 GMT]
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Reuters - Among children and teenagers with asthma, those who also have peanut allergies may have more or more-severe asthma attacks, a new study suggests.

[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:37 GMT]
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Obesity is a major problem in the United States, and children are no exception. Today's kids are spending more hours watching TV, sitting at the computer or playing video games, and less time being active.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:55 GMT]
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent epidemic."
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:53 GMT]
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- In the coming weeks, millions of American children will dust off their bats and gloves and head out to the baseball field.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:52 GMT]
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies report a high rate of severe injuries -- including amputations, spinal injuries and even death -- among children who ride all-terrain vehicles.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:46 GMT]
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- The H1N1 swine flu appears to spread more slowly than "regular" seasonal flu in a household setting, but when it does spread it's more likely to affect children, a new study suggests.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:45 GMT]
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Children inherit fewer gene mutations from their parents than was previously thought, say U.S. researchers who are the first to sequence the entire genome of a family.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:38 GMT]
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News)-- In children with hard-to-treat head lice, the oral medication ivermectin is more effective than the standard treatment, the topical cream malathion, new research finds.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:48:37 GMT]
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AP - Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:12:44 GMT]
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AFP - American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:43:37 GMT]
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Reuters - If you're pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you'll have one again. In at least one-third of US hospitals, a repeat cesarean is the only option, and nine in 10 women end up getting one -- a fact that had experts worried at a national conference this week on vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:16:00 GMT]
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AP - Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:14:21 GMT]
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Reuters - Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:39 GMT]
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:44 GMT]
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Reuters - Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.

[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:35:40 GMT]
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Reuters - Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggests.

[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:16:22 GMT]
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