Child Health
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Health visitors urged to step up accident prevention
Campaigners want health visitors to step up efforts to teach young parents how to avoid serious accidents. Read more
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ADHD link to smoking genetic?
Children with hyperactivity disorder often go on to become smokers – and now researchers think there is a genetic link underlying this. Read more
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Whooping cough outbreak gathers pace
Ten infants have now died from whooping cough this year as an outbreak continues to gather pace across the UK, according to new figures. Read more
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Cyber-bullying link to suicide
An expert has called for social media companies to take steps to protect teenagers from cyber-bullying – warning that it contributes to suicides. Read more
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Child risk warning from cigarettes in cars
Smoking in the car produces air pollutants that exceed World Health Organisation air quality guidance – and opening windows makes little difference, researchers warn today. Read more
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Children’s cancer treatment drive call
Experts have called for a new drive to improve care of children with cancer with the aim of boosting research into the rarest diseases. Read more
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Web blamed for vaccine crisis
Internet health information may help many patients – but it is causing problems for vaccination programmes, a European health summit heard yesterday. Read more
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Blood pressure warning for pregnancy
Children born to mothers with high blood pressure may suffer from mental disability throughout their lives, researchers warned last night. Read more
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Eye risk from bird-scarer fireworks
An increasingly popular type of firework – based on bird-scarers – poses a high risk of serious eye injury, doctors warn today. Read more
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Time running out on world goals
The world is running out of time to meets its goal of saving the lives of millions of women and children from preventable diseases, a United Nations report warned yesterday. Read more