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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

07/02/2011 - Restricted diet works for hyperactivity
Children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder should be given a restricted diet as part of their care, according to a new analysis. More

04/02/2011 - Diabetes virus link
Children with diabetes are nearly ten times more likely to suffer from a virus infection as those who do not have the condition, researchers report today. More

31/01/2011 - New push to eradicate polio
World leaders have been urged to back a final push to eradicate polio. More

27/01/2011 - Call for child flu vaccines
British families have suffered from "muddled policies" this winter, leading to a failure to vaccinate children against the swine flu, a British expert alleged yesterday. More

21/01/2011 - Gaming addiction "serious"
Video game addiction is a serious behavioural problem that is separate from other afflictions, it has been claimed. More

14/01/2011 - Row over six months breast-feed target
Breastfeeding babies exclusively for six months may “not always be in the child’s best interests”, it has been claimed. More

13/01/2011 - Imaginary friends "fine"
Young children who have imaginary friends are in perfect mental health, psychologists say today. More

07/01/2011 - Hyperactivity off-switch missing?
Youngsters with attention disorders may struggle to concentrate on boring tasks because part of their brain does not switch off in the same way as those without the condition, researchers say. More

06/01/2011 - Flu vaccine shortage alarm
British doctors are facing growing shortages of flu vaccine as public alarm at the spread of the virus grows, government officials have admitted. More

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