Child Health
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Brain-training may help tic condition
Behavioural therapy may help to reduce the symptoms of Tourette syndrome, a new brain imaging study claims. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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Calculator to predict child food allergies
Irish researchers have developed an online calculator that can predict three food allergies in children within seconds. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more