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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1437 health Parenting/Kids News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:52 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/nm/20090703/hl_nm/us_fertility_drug nm/20090703/us_fertility_drug Reuters health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:27:52 GMT Reuters - The combination of two drugs -- Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) -- could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results of a study indicate. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture afp/20090703/safricahealthinjuryculture AFP health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1238015463053-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=gu_BBocmenmkCWQ.RfPCcw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1238015463053-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=gu_BBocmenmkCWQ.RfPCcw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A mother comforts her son as a doctor performs a circumcision in 2007. Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.(AFP/File/Fayez Nureldine)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/hl_nm/us_flu_camps nm/20090703/us_flu_camps Reuters health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:47:12 GMT Reuters - Since its opening last week, camp counselors at New Jersey's Liberty Lake Day Camp disinfect door knobs, take the temperatures of children as they arrive and remind the campers not to share canned sodas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/hl_nm/us_bedwetting_apnea nm/20090703/us_bedwetting_apnea Reuters health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:10 GMT Reuters - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics afp/20090703/ugandahealthwomenpolitics AFP health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1224071924862-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=jjl621aDSycrjkrv228Tkw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region, the president said in a statement Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/ugandahealthwomenpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1224071924862-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=jjl621aDSycrjkrv228Tkw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="A woman who performs genital cutting displays a knife she uses to perform the procedure. Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, which is rampant among pastoralist tribes in the country's eastern region.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/csectionstresscouldalterbabysimmunecells hsn/20090703/csectionstresscouldalterbabysimmunecells HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:57 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by cesarean section experience changes to the DNA of white blood cells, which might explain why they're at increased risk for immunological diseases such as diabetes and asthma later in life, Swedish researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090703/hl_hsn/kidswithtype1diabetesoftenoverweight hsn/20090703/kidswithtype1diabetesoftenoverweight HealthDay health Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:53 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1 diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease, increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/hl_nm/us_depression_colic nm/20090702/us_depression_colic Reuters health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:38:54 GMT Reuters - Excessive crying in infants, otherwise known as colic, has been linked to symptoms of depression in the mother. Now a study conducted in the Netherlands links infant colic to depression in the father as well. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/hl_afp/healthfluaustralia afp/20090702/healthfluaustralia AFP health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:51:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/hl_afp/healthfluaustralia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246524610906-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=1hV8aMHZUYq7trM1pidNFw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A woman has her temperature taken at the swine flu clinic at the Banyule Community Health Centre in Melbourne in June 2009. Australian authorities have told parents not to panic after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu.(AFP/File/William West)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian authorities told parents not to panic Thursday after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/hl_afp/healthfluaustralia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246524610906-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=1hV8aMHZUYq7trM1pidNFw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman has her temperature taken at the swine flu clinic at the Banyule Community Health Centre in Melbourne in June 2009. Australian authorities have told parents not to panic after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu.(AFP/File/William West)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/antibioticsmayboostriskforrecurrentearinfection hsn/20090702/antibioticsmayboostriskforrecurrentearinfection HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:20 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Repeated use of antibiotics to treat acute ear infections in young children increases the risk of recurrent ear infections by 20 percent, according to researchers in the Netherlands who called for more prudent use of antibiotics in young children. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090702/hl_hsn/tvadstriggermindlesseating hsn/20090702/tvadstriggermindlesseating HealthDay health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:19 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Watching food ads on TV leads to a boost in snacking among children and adults, increasing the risk of weight gain, U.S. researchers say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_maternal_diet nm/20090701/us_maternal_diet Reuters health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:32:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_maternal_diet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r3990048886.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N30_zlId7TLohZtWC3edyw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A waiter prepares a buffalo mozzarella salad in a restaurant in Rome in this October 30, 2007 photo. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Women who maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet during pregnancy have children with bigger and stronger bones than women with poorer quality diets, according to the results of a study presented Tuesday at the National Osteoporosis Society Conference in Manchester, UK.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/hl_nm/us_maternal_diet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r3990048886.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N30_zlId7TLohZtWC3edyw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A waiter prepares a buffalo mozzarella salad in a restaurant in Rome in this October 30, 2007 photo. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090701/hl_hsn/saddadsmayleadtocryinginfants hsn/20090701/saddadsmayleadtocryinginfants HealthDay health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:48:45 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Don't automatically blame mom: A crying, colicky baby can be just as much the result of dad's state of mind, Dutch researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/hl_nm/us_teens_death nm/20090630/us_teens_death Reuters health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:43 GMT Reuters - A sizable minority of adolescents believe they are likely to die at a young age, and this perception is a powerful predictor of involvement in high risk behaviors and poor health outcomes, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090630/hl_hsn/healthtipwhenyourchildneedsglasses hsn/20090630/healthtipwhenyourchildneedsglasses HealthDay health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:49:37 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Some children may resist wearing eyeglasses, despite the resulting improvement in vision, school work and even extracurricular sports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090630/hl_hsn/talkwithkidsnotatthem hsn/20090630/talkwithkidsnotatthem HealthDay health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:49:27 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- If you want to help children develop language and speech skills, UCLA researchers say, listening to what they have to say is just as important as talking to them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/hl_nm/us_heavy_children nm/20090629/us_heavy_children Reuters health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:16:56 GMT Reuters - The ability of a mother to identify a weight problem in her child appears to be dependent on her own weight, with overweight mothers tending to underestimate her child's weight. On the other hand, a mother's ability to correctly determine the weight status of a child who is unrelated to her appears to depend on her socioeconomic level, new research in Pediatrics shows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/hl_afp/healthfertilitysporttriathlon afp/20090629/healthfertilitysporttriathlon AFP health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/hl_afp/healthfertilitysporttriathlon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246283748008-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LvXjU9ySt76J7C7nhJKTig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A shadow of a cyclist competing in the Tour of Spain. Spanish researchers have warned that sportsmen who carry out high levels of cycle training could be damaging their chance of fatherhood.(AFP/File/Jaime Reina)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sportsmen who carry out high levels of cycle training could be damaging their chance of fatherhood, researchers reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/hl_afp/healthfertilitysporttriathlon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246283748008-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LvXjU9ySt76J7C7nhJKTig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A shadow of a cyclist competing in the Tour of Spain. Spanish researchers have warned that sportsmen who carry out high levels of cycle training could be damaging their chance of fatherhood.(AFP/File/Jaime Reina)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/hl_afp/healthfertilityovarytransplant afp/20090629/healthfertilityovarytransplant AFP health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:52:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/hl_afp/healthfertilityovarytransplant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246283514491-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f4ee7JA740G11IysxeOj3A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Surgeons carry out a transplant in 2003. French doctors have unveiled a new technique in ovarian transplant that had helped a young woman who had been menopausal for two years to give birth to a healthy baby girl.(AFP/File/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French doctors on Monday unveiled a new technique in ovarian transplant that had helped a young woman who had been menopausal for two years to give birth to a healthy baby girl.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/hl_afp/healthfertilityovarytransplant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246283514491-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f4ee7JA740G11IysxeOj3A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Surgeons carry out a transplant in 2003. French doctors have unveiled a new technique in ovarian transplant that had helped a young woman who had been menopausal for two years to give birth to a healthy baby girl.(AFP/File/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_ovary_transplants ap/20090629/eu_med_ovary_transplants AP health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:56:58 GMT AP - Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors announced Monday.