Pediatrics

New York, October 3: Once again the pleas of consumer groups and medical experts to pull out the cough and cold medications of kids from the market have become louder for the FDA to ignore the issue anymore.

London, September 26: Giving fish oil capsule daily to a child will help in improving his grades! The world's biggest experiment conducted by researchers in Britain to prove the point has been dismissed by the scientists, calling it "meaningless".

Twin studies conducted by Canadian researchers found that lower levels of vitamin D, also known as ‘sunshine vitamin’, may perk up chances of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in children.

Discounting the conventional car-seat law observed for decades in North America, researchers at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggested on Tuesday that lap-and-shoulder safety belts are equally effective as child safety seats in preventing serious injuries.

US researchers have discovered a pair of genesdefine that perk up the chances of developing inflammatory bowel disease also known as IBD in childhood.

In a latest American research it has been proved through brain scans that without doubt, women having a normal child delivery procedure are better bonded with their babies as compared to those who have had a c-section birth.

It has been found in a recent survey that children who have faced any kind of physical or sexual abuse in their childhood are at a greater risk of developing asthma at some point in time, than those who have had no such traumatic experience.

Around the world be it any continent, country, language or origin a child belongs to, somehow, “mama” and “dada” are most often, a baby’s first words ever uttered. This without doubt is the most delightful thing for the parents, but was until now quite a mystery for researchers, as to why these words only, why not something else. But it seems we finally have an answer to the riddle now.

According to an astonishing report by the School Food Trust, one in 7 young children in Britain don’t eat fruits.

Is your child clumsy? If yes, be careful as a new study found that kids with poor hand control and poor coordination are at an increased risk of becoming obese in later life.