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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1437 health Parenting/Kids News en-us Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:49:34 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1437 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091128/hl_hsn/bipolardisordermaybetiedtobodyclock hsn/20091128/bipolardisordermaybetiedtobodyclock HealthDay health Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:49:34 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that an internal body clock that goes on the fritz could be a factor in the development of bipolar disorder in children. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/hl_nm/us_kids_obesity nm/20091127/us_kids_obesity Reuters health Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:04:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/hl_nm/us_kids_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091127/i/r2767606816.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PyDF8eC2l4hMhZCdouDjLg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Children exercise during a weight-loss summer camp in Shenyang, Liaoning province, August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Sheng Li" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/hl_nm/us_kids_obesity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091127/i/r2767606816.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PyDF8eC2l4hMhZCdouDjLg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Children exercise during a weight-loss summer camp in Shenyang, Liaoning province, August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Sheng Li" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091127/hl_afp/somaliahealthwho afp/20091127/somaliahealthwho AFP health Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:25:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091127/hl_afp/somaliahealthwho"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091127/capt.photo_1259337573176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=buqtV36BGQt4K9GjGqp9_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A child suffering from malnutrition sits on his mother's lap at a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) on the outskirts of Mogadishu in May 2009. A senior WHO official has warned that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A senior WHO official warned Friday that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091127/hl_afp/somaliahealthwho"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091127/capt.photo_1259337573176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=buqtV36BGQt4K9GjGqp9_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A child suffering from malnutrition sits on his mother's lap at a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) on the outskirts of Mogadishu in May 2009. A senior WHO official has warned that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition.(AFP/File/Mohamed Dahir)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091126/hl_hsn/momsdepressionmayworsenchildsasthma hsn/20091126/momsdepressionmayworsenchildsasthma HealthDay health Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:14 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A mother's depression can worsen her child's asthma, U.S. researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/trafficdustlinkedtoasthmainkids hsn/20091125/trafficdustlinkedtoasthmainkids HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:38 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Infants exposed to outdoor traffic pollution and indoor endotoxin are at increased risk for asthma, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/childbirthmayslowprogressionofmultiplesclerosis hsn/20091125/childbirthmayslowprogressionofmultiplesclerosis HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:35 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Having children may slow the progression of multiple sclerosis, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/parentsworryabouttheirkidssafetyontheinternet hsn/20091125/parentsworryabouttheirkidssafetyontheinternet HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:34 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- More than four in five parents say their children use the Internet without adult supervision, but at the same time almost two-thirds are worried about online predators, a new survey has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091125/hl_hsn/familyfinancialstatusaffectschildcareinjuryrates hsn/20091125/familyfinancialstatusaffectschildcareinjuryrates HealthDay health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:29 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Although children from poorer families who have child care may suffer from a higher rate of accidental injuries, child care could actually protect kids from affluent families, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality nm/20091124/us_zimbabwe_mortality Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3797092730.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=digiYXw6l0M4LMnNQc1z9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Zimbabwe's infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_zimbabwe_mortality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3797092730.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=digiYXw6l0M4LMnNQc1z9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A boy crosses a flowing stream of raw sewage in front of his home in the Mbare neighbourhood of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_flus_rival nm/20091124/us_flus_rival Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:09:22 GMT Reuters - With all the public's attention focused on flu, particularly H1N1 swine flu, doctors in Boston are warning that another highly contagious seasonal virus takes a substantially greater toll in some ways than does seasonal flu, particularly in young children. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_smoke_adhd nm/20091124/us_smoke_adhd Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:55:20 GMT Reuters - If you need another reason to stop smoking while pregnant, or to rid your home of lead, a new study suggests that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy and who are exposed to the metal have more than twice the usual risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Study co-author Dr. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091124/hl_nm/us_tv_time nm/20091124/us_tv_time Reuters health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:52:27 GMT Reuters - Think you know how much TV your kid is watching? If you're not taking the time they spend in child care into account, you may be way off, according to a study from the University of Washington in Seattle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091124/hl_hsn/smokingduringpregnancyleadexposureraiseadhdriskinkids hsn/20091124/smokingduringpregnancyleadexposureraiseadhdriskinkids HealthDay health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:48:58 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy or who were exposed to lead have more than double the risk of having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as other children, new research shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091124/hl_hsn/daycareboostskidstvtime hsn/20091124/daycareboostskidstvtime HealthDay health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:48:51 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) --Young children of working parents may watch even more television every day than previous reports have found, especially kids in home-based day-care settings, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/hl_nm/us_hungary_flu_santa nm/20091123/us_hungary_flu_santa Reuters health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:51 GMT Reuters - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091123/sc_livescience/whykidsaskwhy livescience/20091123/whykidsaskwhy LiveScience.com health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:46:55 GMT LiveScience.com - A child's never-ending "why's" aren't meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_he_me/us_med_tv___tots ap/20091123/us_med_tv___tots AP health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:35:39 GMT AP - Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/healthtipwheninfantsgetdiarrhea hsn/20091123/healthtipwheninfantsgetdiarrhea HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:39:07 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Diarrhea in infants is common, often a quick bout caused by a virus. But in some cases among young children, diarrhea can quickly become dangerous, says the U.S. National Library of Medicine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/healthtiprecoveringfromcsection hsn/20091123/healthtiprecoveringfromcsection HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:39:06 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Cesarean section is a surgical alternative to vaginal birth. After this surgery, the new mom needs time to recover. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/parentalmonitoringcancurbteenmarijuanause hsn/20091123/parentalmonitoringcancurbteenmarijuanause HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:39:04 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who take the time to know what their teenage children are up to and have strong anti-drug views can be effective in reducing their children's marijuana use, a new study says.