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06/04/2011 - Skin cancer threat to youth
Britain has seen an "alarming" rise in the number of young adults affected by the deadly skin cancer malignant melanoma in the last three decades, campaigners warned today. More

06/04/2011 - Sprinting to health
Sprinting may be better than marathon running for health - certainly for teenagers, British researchers say today. More

04/04/2011 - Hay fever hope greets world week
Millions of hay fever sufferers have been urged to take hope as the onset of spring threatens misery. More

01/04/2011 - Child anorexia alarm
Child health experts call today for “urgent action” to improve the detection of eating disorders in children. More

01/04/2011 - Milk teeth wanted for palace art project
Thousands of youngsters are being asked if they will donate their milk teeth as part of an art-science collaboration – and they will still get their money from the Tooth Fairy. More

29/03/2011 - Teen death toll a world problem
Teenagers are dying around the world in large numbers from various kinds of injury, experts warned today. More

28/03/2011 - Brain-training may help tic condition
Behavioural therapy may help to reduce the symptoms of Tourette syndrome, a new brain imaging study claims. More

23/03/2011 - How tobacco and alcohol harm pregnancy
Pregnant women exposed to cigarette smoke risk infection, stillbirth and having babies with low birth weight, researchers warn today. More

22/03/2011 - Priority medicines for babies and childbirth
Simple treatments such as zinc, rehydration therapy and oxytocin for childbirth must be available in all countries to save the lives of children and their mothers, global experts said yesterday. More

17/03/2011 - Drug combats seasonal asthma - study
A new asthma drug may achieve dramatic results in preventing attacks linked to the onset of spring and autumn, researchers reported last night. More

04/03/2011 - Calculator to predict child food allergies
Irish researchers have developed an online calculator that can predict three food allergies in children within seconds. More

04/03/2011 - Early years diet shake-up call
Too many UK childcare providers are depriving small children of energy whilst loading them with salt and sugar, experts warned yesterday. More

25/02/2011 - New meningitis clues for sick children
GPs who fear a child has meningitis can add leg pain to key symptoms, according to a new analysis published today. More

23/02/2011 - Alternatives won't reveal child allergies - experts
Parents who suspect a child has food allergy should not resort to alternative and high street tests, according to official UK guidance published today. More

22/02/2011 - Good care key to child skin bugs?
Old-fashioned cleanliness may be the key to treating children with super-bug skin infections, researchers said last night. More

18/02/2011 - Allergies in young children double in a decade
Allergies in children up to the age of five have doubled in the last ten years, according to a new analysis. More

15/02/2011 - Daily inhalers questioned
Children treated with corticosteroid inhalers for asthma might safely revert to using them on an emergency basis, experts said today. More

14/02/2011 - Teen drinking alarm evidence call
Evidence that late adolescent drinking leads to physical and mental health problems in adulthood is of “poor quality”, researchers have concluded. More

08/02/2011 - Junk food hits infant brains
Young children who are fed junk food suffer a massive loss of brain power, researchers reveal today. More

07/02/2011 - Teen vaccine may be working
More than four million doses of the new vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer have been given to young women in the UK, according to new figures. More

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