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Search results: Children's Health 
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 | Antidepressants cause developmental problems in babies (10/17/2009)
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| Positive parenting can have lasting impact for generations (9/3/2009)
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| Childhood leukemia may be caused by household chemicals (8/3/2009)
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| The Benefits of Relaxation and Massage for Autism (7/25/2009)
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| Infants given wrong heart drugs at the wrong dose (7/12/2009)
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| Mobiles banned in schools as fears mount of health hazard (6/6/2009)
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| Eating fish makes your kids smarter (3/20/2009)
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| UC Davis study finds vitamin use is highest in kids who don't need them Children who do need vitamins aren't getting them (2/3/2009)
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| Natural birth: C-section babies more likely to develop asthma (12/20/2008)
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| Cot death: A fan dramatically reduces the risk (12/14/2008)
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| Pollutants: They can affect a child in the womb (10/30/2008)
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| Autism: The one tell-tale sign to look out for in your child (10/24/2008)
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| Vitamin D: Half of all children are deficient (9/1/2008)
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| Mobile Phones: Children are at special risk, Russian experts reveal (6/6/2008)
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| Our Drinking Water: It's so toxic that it can cause birth defects (6/6/2008)
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| Children: The vital key that can tell you if you’re going to get a difficult teenager (6/6/2008)
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| Baby Bottles: They may contain deadly chemicals, but the FDA is keeping quiet (5/24/2008)
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| One in Ten Children Using Cough, Cold Medications (5/18/2008)
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| Baby Foods: Rice products contain dangerously high levels of arsenic (5/1/2008)
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| Asthma: Doctor cures it with touch therapy (4/26/2008)
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| Cough Remedy: It's a killer when wrongly prescribed (4/26/2008)
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| Autism: Amino acid DMG helps in 42 per cent of cases (3/29/2008)
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| Vaccinations: Two parents face jail for refusing polio jab (2/23/2008)
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| Smart Kids: High-protein adds points to your child's IQ (2/22/2008)
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| Doctor Error: It's rife, especially among the newborns (2/8/2008)
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| Breast Milk 'May Be Allergy Key' (1/28/2008)
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| Sex, drugs and diet top issues parents want doctors to discuss with kids (1/28/2008)
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| Infant Formula Manufacturers, Including Dean Food's Organic Brand Push 'Marketing Gimmick' Linked to Serious Illnesses (1/25/2008)
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| Chemical Food Additives - Are They Slowly Killing Our Children? (1/17/2008)
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| Natural Products Association Responds to 'Lancet' Report Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition (1/16/2008)
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| Drug Trials: Drug co accused of using critically ill children as ‘guinea pigs’ (1/11/2008)
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| Study 'Disproving' Mercury-Autism Link Published in Journal with Financial Ties to Vaccine Manufacturers (1/9/2008)
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| Infant Massage and its many Benefits (1/3/2008)
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| The Benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Children (12/21/2007)
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| Doctors Are Clueless About Medication for Kids (12/20/2007)
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| Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Ocean Farmed Salmon Could Benefit Children with ADHD (12/14/2007)
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| New NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Poll Examines Views of Children's Over-the-Counter Cold Medicines (12/13/2007)
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| House Committee Should Put Children First, Pass Tougher Toy Regulations (12/13/2007)
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| U-M poll: Kids' obesity not weighing on their parents' minds (12/10/2007)
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| Nearly One in Five Americans Say They Can’t Afford Needed Health Care (12/3/2007)
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| Drugs Are Not the Answer for ADHD (12/1/2007)
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| More young adults with diabetes hospitalized, costing billions (11/27/2007)
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| Consumer Group Alerts Shoppers to Hidden Toy Hazards (11/20/2007)
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| ADHD drugs: They work only for the first 3 years (11/17/2007)
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| Salmon of the Americas: Eating Fish Imperative for Pregnant and Nursing Women (11/14/2007)
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| Antibiotics Use Dramatically Raises Risk of Asthma in Infants (11/14/2007)
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| Cold Medicine Scam Finally Exposed After Decades of Harming Children (11/7/2007)
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| Note to Consumer Product Safety Chief Nord: It’s a Little Late to Seek Ethics Advice (11/6/2007)
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| Preschoolers with Three or More Coexisting Disorders Show No Response to ADHD Medication Treatment (11/5/2007)
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| Dangerous Chemicals In Common Baby Products (11/1/2007)
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| ADHD: Toddlers are given powerful drugs that aren’t licensed or safe (10/27/2007)
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| Children Under 12 Should Not Be Given Cough, Cold Medications, Public Citizen Tells FDA (10/19/2007)
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| New NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Poll Examines Views On Children's Health Coverage (10/17/2007)
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| Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States (10/16/2007)
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| Vaccine Damage: Parents receive $2B compensation pay-outs (10/5/2007)
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| Tobacco Taxes to Fuel Expansion of Children’s Federal Health Program (10/5/2007)
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| Bush Veto of Child Healthcare Bill Leaves Mercury in Vaccines (10/4/2007)
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| Cough Remedies: Don't give them to the under-2s (9/30/2007)
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| Teenage Suicides: Are antidepressants the unrecognized cause? (9/30/2007)
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| Getting Kids to Eat Healthy isn't Always Easy (9/27/2007)
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| Weight Gain Between First and Second Pregnancies Associated With Increased Odds of Second Child Being a Boy (9/24/2007)
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| Absurd Vaccine Marketing -- Cervical Cancer Vaccinations for Boys (9/18/2007)
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| Vaccines: Now experts want to add another to the 13 we already give our children (9/14/2007)
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| Top 20 Things That are More Dangerous to Children than Lead Paint in Mattel Toys (9/5/2007)
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| Overweight Prevention Program May Cut Risk of Eating Disorders Among Girls (9/3/2007)
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| Genetic Research on Babies without Parents’ Consent Opposed (8/28/2007)
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| Lilly Sued Over Zyprexa Death (8/25/2007)
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| Ritalin: The ADHD drug may affect the developing brain (8/20/2007)
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| Plan to Fluoridate S. California's Water Will Endanger Children's Health (8/20/2007)
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| Nesquik Commercial Voted Most Deceptive Ad in Online “Badvertisements” Poll (8/16/2007)
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| Why Are 80% of U.S. Schools Still Using Toxic Pesticides? (8/16/2007)
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| Study Indicates Omega-3 Supplements Rapidly Eliminate ADD, ADHD and Bipolar Disorder in Children (8/15/2007)
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| New Report Reveals Surprising Divide in National School Lunch Program (8/14/2007)
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| Children's Food Allergies & Genetic Engineering (8/14/2007)
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| Children Who Complete Intensive Early Childhood Program Show Gains in Adulthood: Greater College Attendance, Lower Crime and Depression (8/7/2007)
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| Baby's breathing: Problems are not helped by steroids (8/4/2007)
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| Stuttering: Drug destined for different disorders decimates defect (8/4/2007)
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| Leukemia: Children who live near a nuclear plant are at far greater risk (8/4/2007)
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| More Women Choosing to Breastfeed, but Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding Fall Short of National Objectives (8/2/2007)
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| Teens Who Wheeze Eat Too Little Fruit, Fish (8/1/2007)
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| New Study Finds Most Sports- and Recreation-Related (7/26/2007)
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| Antibiotics Don't Prevent Future Urinary Tract Infections, May Cause Resistance in Future Infections (7/23/2007)
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| Treating ADHD & ADD With Acupuncture (6/26/2007)
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| MMR and autism: US court tests the theory (6/23/2007)
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| Boys with Autism, Related Disorders, Have High Levels of Growth Hormones (6/22/2007)
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| Mercury-Laced Vaccines & Autism in Children: The Drug Industry Attack on Mothers (6/19/2007)
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| Women of Child-Bearing Age Urged by American Heart Association to Take a Multi-Vitamin with Folic Acid (6/5/2007)
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| Statement by Dr. Daniel Fabricant, VP for the Natural Products Association on New Folic Acid Study (6/5/2007)
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| Warning by the American Dental Association about Giving Babies Fluoridated Water (6/4/2007)
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| Mediterranean Diet Makes Allergies Vanish in Children (6/4/2007)
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| Antipsychotics for Children: Psychiatrists who are paid the most prescribe the most (5/19/2007)
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| Targeting Children and Youth with Junk Food Advertising in the Digital Age (5/17/2007)
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| Children Face Exposure to Pesticides (5/16/2007)
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| Oral Health Improving for Most Americans, But Tooth Decay Among Preschool Children on the Rise (5/10/2007)
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| Breast is Best: It even protects babies against HIV infection (5/5/2007)
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| The Mushroom Cloud that Caused Autism (5/3/2007)
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| Congress Considers Standards for School Snacks (4/29/2007)
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| Throwing children into oncoming traffic: The truth about Autism (4/24/2007)
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| Diet cola can 'make you fat and rot your teeth' (4/14/2007)
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| Congress Takes Action to Upgrade School Food Laws; Vending Machines Targeted (4/10/2007)
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| Vaccination-Choice Coalition Calls for Protecting Parental Rights (4/5/2007)
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| Cold Medicines Harm Children's Health, Charge Pediatric Doctors (3/27/2007)
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| Why do Drugmakers Still Defend the Use of Mercury in Their Vaccines? (3/15/2007)
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| Arsenic in my Fluoride? CDC admits Yes (3/12/2007)
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| 60 More New Jersey Day-Care Centers Named on Toxic Warnings — Hundreds of Homes, Schools and Other Facilities May Also Be Vulnerable (3/7/2007)
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| Chemical Linked to Birth Defects - Bisphenol A - Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food (3/5/2007)
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| Toxic Chemical Leaches from Popular Baby Bottles (2/27/2007)
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| Autism in the USA - Rates may be as high as 1 in 100 – just like the UK (2/26/2007)
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| Smart Babies: They’re made by mums who eat plenty of fish, study claims (2/26/2007)
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| New Report Shows Decline in Stillbirths; Racial Disparities Persist (2/21/2007)
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| CDC Releases New Data on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) from Multiple Communities in the United States (2/8/2007)
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| Extreme Irritability: Is It Childhood Bipolar Disorder? (2/1/2007)
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| Household Dust Exposes Families, Children to Toxic Levels of Brain-Damaging Flame Retardants (1/31/2007)
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| Pollutants from Interstate Traffic Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Kids' Lungs (1/29/2007)
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| One-Fourth of Americans' Calories Come From Soda (1/27/2007)
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| Folic Acid May Prevent Cleft Lip and Palate (1/26/2007)
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| Relieve Infant Colic With Massage (1/26/2007)
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| Formula, fluoride mix may discolor infants' teeth (1/11/2007)
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| Scientists Discover How Maternal Smoking Can Cause Cleft Lip and Palate (1/3/2007)
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| Corzine Urged To Close Loopholes In Toxic Day-Care Bill — Conditional Veto Could Strike Out Exemptions And Strengthen Safeguards (12/27/2006)
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| Weight of Evidence Favors Vegetarian Diets for Keeping Slim: Doctors Cite Six Studies from 2006 (12/18/2006)
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| Johnson & Johnson Sued over Texas Medication Scheme (12/16/2006)
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| Intelligent Kids More Likely to Become Vegetarians, Study Says (12/15/2006)
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| Harvard Study Finds Major Energy Gap Contributes to Obesity Among U.S. Teens (12/4/2006)
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| Nutrition Affects Multiple Generations of Offspring & Other Health News (11/15/2006)
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| Food Companies Launch Yet Another Phony Effort Against Childhood Obesity (11/14/2006)
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| Dental Association Says Fluoride in Water Mottles Babies' Teeth (11/13/2006)
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| Interim Guidance on Reconstituted Infant Formula (11/9/2006)
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| Chemical Pollution Has Harmed the Brains of Millions of Children (11/8/2006)
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| CDC Child Development Campaign Expands to Target More Than 400,000 Child Care Facilities Nationwide (11/8/2006)
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| Junk Food Damaging American Children (11/6/2006)
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| Appetite for Change: Teaching Kids About Organics & Gardening (11/2/2006)
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| Childhood obesity linked to youngsters staying up too late (10/19/2006)
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| Kids Finding They Actually Like Organic Veggies in School Lunches (10/16/2006)
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| Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches in United States (10/10/2006)
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| Debate Over Junk Food in Schools Continues (10/10/2006)
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| CDC Launches Multi-state Study on Autism (10/6/2006)
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| Family Characteristics Have More Influence On Child Development Than Does Experience In Child Care (10/3/2006)
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| Ear Infection: Doing nothing is as good as antibiotics (10/1/2006)
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| Wait-and-see approach lowers antibiotic use for ear infections (9/22/2006)
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| New National Institutes of Health Web site for Child Health and Human Development (9/13/2006)
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| New NIMH Research Program Launches Autism Trials (9/7/2006)
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| Overweight in Early Childhood Increases Chances for Obesity at Age 12 (9/5/2006)
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| Car Seats: They’re safer than seat belts (9/4/2006)
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| New Study Seeks to Lower Diabetes Risk in Youth (8/28/2006)
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| Cancer Alert over Tin Can and Plastic Bottle Chemical (8/25/2006)
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| School Lunches Improving as Districts Nationwide Take Action to Halt Rising Rates of Childhood Obesity (8/24/2006)
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| School Lunches Improving as Districts Nationwide Take Action to Halt Rising Rates of Childhood Obesity (8/23/2006)
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| Exposure to PCBs May Reduce the Effectiveness of Vaccines in Children (8/22/2006)
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| Eczema: Solids for baby are to blame (8/19/2006)
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| Health and Wealth: The well-off live longer, and better (so no surprises there, then) (8/19/2006)
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| Whooping Cough: The vaccination that doesn’t protect (8/17/2006)
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| Study Provides Evidence That Autism Affects Functioning of Entire Brain (8/16/2006)
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| Study Finds Firearms Are Stored Less Safely in Homes With Older Children (8/7/2006)
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| Multiple Sclerosis in Children Is More Common Than Thought (7/31/2006)
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| Early Treatment Prevents Lasting Breathing Problems in Some Premature Babies — Brain Damage Also Less Likely When Given within 48 Hours of Life (7/26/2006)
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| Brainwashing Kids: Marketers Package Sugary Cereals With Online Fun (7/20/2006)
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| Being Overweight As a Teen Associated With Premature Death in Adulthood (7/17/2006)
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| Adolescent Birth Rate Falls to Record Low, Kids’ Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Drops (7/14/2006)
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| Researchers Gain Insight into Why Brain Areas Fail to Work Together in Autism (7/12/2006)
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| Children Exposed to the Pesticide DDT Have Development Problems (7/5/2006)
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| California Bans Vaccines with Hazardous Mercury-Based Preservative Thimersoral for Young Children & Pregnant Women (7/4/2006)
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| Early Drinking Linked to Higher Lifetime Alcholism Risk (7/3/2006)
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| Violence From Male Partners Associated With Serious Health Threats to Pregnant Women and Newborns (6/28/2006)
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| EPA Forgot To Shield Nursing Mothers In Pesticide Experiments (6/23/2006)
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| Drug Makers Turn Normal Behavior into Disease & Profits (6/22/2006)
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| Children With Special Health Care Needs and Their Families Report Unmet Needs for Mental Health Care Services (6/22/2006)
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| Health Insurance for Children Improved in 2005; Overall Coverage Varies by State (6/21/2006)
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| Childcare Media and Pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon Announce DVD Release, "Vaccinations? Other Answers for the Immunity, Nutrition and Well-Being of Your Child" (6/14/2006)
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| More on EPA's Testing of Toxic Chemicals on Women & Children (6/11/2006)
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| Fewer High School Students Engage in Health Risk Behaviors; Racial and Ethnic Differences Persist (6/8/2006)
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| Antidepressants: They Make Everyone Suicidal (6/8/2006)
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| Poor Adolescents More Likely to be Overweight Today than 30 Years Ago (5/31/2006)
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| Fear Circuit Flares as Bipolar Youth Misread Faces (5/29/2006)
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| Materials Help Youth Evaluate Media Messages, Make Food, Activity Choices (5/24/2006)
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| EPA Lead Cleanup Plan Omits Day Care and Pregnant Women — Public Comment Deadline Signals Start of Pitched Legal Battle (5/24/2006)
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| Behaviors May Indicate Risk of Adolescent Depression (5/15/2006)
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| Thirteen Month Delay Between Evaluation and Autism Diagnosis in Children (5/10/2006)
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| Taking The ‘E’ Out Of EPA — Agency Elevating Security Functions While Cutting Child Health Efforts (5/8/2006)
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| Autism Has High Costs to U.S. Society (4/25/2006)
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| CDC Releases National Recommendations to Improve Health of Babies and Moms (4/20/2006)
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| Ads for Unhealthy Foods May Explain Link Between Television Viewing and Overweight in Children (4/20/2006)
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| National School Lunches: Unsafe at Any Eating, Warns Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. (4/11/2006)
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| Experts Say Antidepressant Drugs Cause Suicides Instead of Preventing Them (4/10/2006)
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| America's Unhealthy Environment & Buildings Making Our Children Sick (4/10/2006)
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| Study Shows Fish Oils Can Transform the Behavior of Disruptive Teenagers (4/5/2006)
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| Psychiatric Drugs - Engineering Children (4/4/2006)
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| Benzene Fears Prompt Call for Banning Some Soft Drinks at Schools (3/28/2006)
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| Harvard Six Cities Study Follow Up: Reducing Soot Particles Is Associated with Longer Lives (3/15/2006)
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| Greenpeace Finds Heinz Baby Rice Cereal in China Contaminated by Illegal GE Rice (3/14/2006)
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| Mother's Depressive Symptoms Contribute Unfavorably to Parenting Practices (3/14/2006)
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| Parents Strive to Protect Kids from Everyday Chemical Hazards (3/13/2006)
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| District May Go for Junk-Food Jugular (3/9/2006)
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| 'Gov. Pataki: Quit Weighing Our Kids Down With Cheese,' Urge Physicians in Albany Times Union Ad (3/8/2006)
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| Prenatal Pesticide Exposure May Lead to High Blood Pressure and a Decreased Neurological Ability to Copy Shapes In Childhood (3/6/2006)
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| Study Finds Potential Marker To Identify Sickle Cell Patients at High Risk of Complications (3/6/2006)
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| CDC Releases Tool to Aid Infant Death Scene Investigation (3/1/2006)
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| EPA Okays Chemical Testing On Fetal Tissue (2/28/2006)
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| New Study Shows an Increase in Number of People in Treatment for Drug Addition who Started at an Earlier Age (2/1/2006)
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| EPA Helps Schools and Child Care Facilities Reduce Lead in Drinking Water (1/26/2006)
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| Black, White Teens Show Differences in Nicotine Metabolism (1/20/2006)
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| Most Behaviors Preceding Major Causes of Preventable Death Have Begun By Young Adulthood (1/19/2006)
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| Junk Foods Cause 'Mental Illness' (1/18/2006)
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| NICHD Alerts Parents to Winter SIDS Risk and Updated AAP Recommendations (1/18/2006)
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| Children Four and Younger More Likely to be Hospitalized after Unintentionally Swallowing Medicines than all Other Unintentional Injuries (1/12/2006)
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| 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey Shows Continued Decline in Drug Use by Students (12/29/2005)
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| Institute of Medicine Reports on Food Marketing Aimed at Kids (12/28/2005)
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| Natural Alternatives International Gifts Two Thousand Impoverished Mississippi Children with On-Going Nutritional Support (12/21/2005)
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| Obesity Before Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Weight Problems (12/5/2005)
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| CSPI Reaction to Soda Lobby Study on Schools (12/1/2005)
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| Acupuncture Safe Alternative To Inducing Labor (11/29/2005)
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| Alert: EPA to Allow Pesticide Testing on Orphans & Mentally Handicapped Children (11/20/2005)
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| EPA Creates “Intelligence” Unit in New Reorganization (11/3/2005)
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| Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches in U.S. (10/12/2005)
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| Medical College of Wisconsin study shows better parent-physician communication can substantially prevent hospitalizations for childhood asthma (10/10/2005)
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| CDC Announces New Initiative to Help High School Coaches Recognize and Manage Concussions (9/22/2005)
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| Study Links DDT Residues to Early Miscarriages (9/14/2005)
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| Childhood Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke Has Long-Lasting Effects: Fruit Fiber May Help (8/30/2005)
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| PCRM Seeks Nominations for Awards Honoring Innovation in School Foodservice (8/4/2005)
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| NCAA Recruiting Young Audience for Beer Ads (7/28/2005)
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| CDC Releases Extensive Survey of Americans' Exposure to to Environmental Chemicals (7/22/2005)
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| 'Self-Regulation' of Food Marketing is More Like Self-Preservation, Says CSPI (7/18/2005)
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| New Study Demonstrates Simple Handwashing with Soap Can Save Children’s Lives (7/18/2005)
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| Decline in Physical Activity Plays Key Role in Weight Gain Among Adolescent Girls (7/15/2005)
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| CSPI Calls on FDA to Require Health Warnings on Sodas (7/14/2005)
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| Health Insurance Coverage for Children up in 2004; Number of Uninsured Adults Stable (7/6/2005)
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| New NHLBI-Sponsored Study Shows Programs Can Teach Children to Eat Healthier (6/23/2005)
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| USDA Won't Enforce Rules against Junk Food Sales in Schools (6/15/2005)
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| Conn. Governor Sides with Soda over Parents & Kids Health (6/14/2005)
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| HHS Releases Head Start Impact Study (6/9/2005)
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| Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth (6/6/2005)
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| New Study Shows Animal-Based Testing of Drugs and Chemicals Puts (5/26/2005)
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| Connecticut House Passes Bill Ousting Junk Foods from Schools (5/19/2005)
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| 'Bids for Kids' To Benefit Vitamin Relief USA Children's Program (4/8/2005)
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