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Health Tip: Dealing With Separation Anxiety
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Kids Adopted By Same-Sex Couples 'Thriving': Researcher
HealthDay – Thu Jul 29, 7:08 pm ETTHURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children adopted by gay or lesbian parents develop as well as those adopted by heterosexual couples, a new study has found. Full Story »
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Cuvposa Approved for Chronic Drooling in Children
HealthDay – Thu Jul 29, 7:08 pm ETTHURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate) Oral Solution has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat chronic drooling in children aged 3 to 16. Full Story »
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Story-Telling More Difficult for Brain-Injured Children: Study
HealthDay – Thu Jul 29, 7:08 pm ETTHURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children with brain injuries tend to be able to acquire the same language abilities as other children but have greater difficulty developing story-telling skills, a new study shows. Full Story »
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Menopause Treatment Could Harm Kids, Pets, FDA Warns
HealthDay – Thu Jul 29, 7:08 pm ETTHURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Evamist, a drug used to reduce menopause-related hot flashes in women, may harm children and pets who have skin contact with the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. Full Story »
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Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby
Reuters – Thu Jul 29, 4:20 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug. Full Story »
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Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study
Reuters – Thu Jul 29, 4:18 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study. Full Story »
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Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies
Reuters – Thu Jul 29, 1:39 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests. Full Story »
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Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades?
Reuters – Thu Jul 29, 1:38 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests. Full Story »
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Kites fill skies over Gaza as children reach for record
AFP – Thu Jul 29, 12:47 pm ETGAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Thousands of kites filled the sky over Gaza on Thursday as children gathered to break their own Guinness World Record in an event organised by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Full Story »
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Level of Parent-Child Conflict Seems to Differ Among Nations
HealthDay – Wed Jul 28, 11:47 pm ETWEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- American parents are more likely than European parents to have conflicts with their adult children, finds a new study. Full Story »
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Anesthesia's Role in Hip, Knee Replacement Infections Studied
HealthDay – Wed Jul 28, 11:47 pm ETWEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Patients are less likely to develop infections at the sites of total hip or knee replacements if they undergo epidural or spinal anesthesia instead of general anesthesia, a new study reports. Full Story »
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U.S. a Leader in Tension Between Adults and Their Parents
LiveScience.com – Wed Jul 28, 7:26 pm ETParents in the United States are more likely to have conflict in their relationships with their adult children than are parents in European countries, a new study finds. Full Story »
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Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
Reuters – Wed Jul 28, 2:07 pm ETLONDON (Reuters) - An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal. Full Story »
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Indian minister warns of fruit and veg hormone injections
AFP – Wed Jul 28, 1:59 pm ETNEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian farmers are injecting a hormone sometimes given to women during childbirth into vegetables and fruits to make the produce ripen sooner and gain weight, an Indian minister has warned. Full Story »
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Mom's pregnancy diet not tied to wheezing risk
Reuters – Wed Jul 28, 11:41 am ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's overall diet during pregnancy may not be related to her child's risk of developing wheezing problems by preschool age, a new study suggests. Full Story »
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New health policy: encouraging friendships?
Reuters – Tue Jul 27, 5:37 pm ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Having good social relationships -- friends, marriage or children -- may be every bit as important to a healthy lifespan as quitting smoking, losing weight or taking certain medications, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Full Story »
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Smoking may worsen outcome of pregnancy complication
Reuters – Tue Jul 27, 5:15 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that smokers who develop preeclampsia during pregnancy are at particular risk of suffering the complications associated with the disorder -- including preterm delivery, low birth weight and stillbirth. Full Story »
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