Chronic diseases among children are on the rise in the nation. One in every two children in the age group of 8 to 14 years is suffering from problems like obesity, asthma etc., states a new study.
New York, February 9 -- First lady Michelle Obama will announce a campaign to fight childhood obesity at the White House today.
New York, January 5 -- The obstetrician/gynecologist who treated the mother of octuplets born in January last year in California has been accused of negligence.
Melbourne, Australia, December 22 -- A new study from Australia has proposed that a single dose (15mg) of the anti-swine flu vaccine can provide effective resistance against the pandemic disease among infants and children.
New York, December 14 -- A new twist unraveled in the Tiger Woods scandal Saturday when the Florida Department of Children and Families paid a visit to his house.
New York, October 28: Antipsychotic drugs in children may cause excessive weight gain as an adverse side effect, suggests the findings of a new study.
New Carolina, August: 20 A new research refutes the popularly held policy by America’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) that those eligible for the first shots of flu vaccine should be children between the age of six months and 19, pregnant women and those with underlying health issues at the risk of facing severe complications from an influenza.
Columbia, July9: A new study from the University of Missouri explores the role of obesity as a contributing factor to isolation, loneliness and depression in children especially girls beginning as early as kindergarten.
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