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Impact Of Buggies On Parent-Infant Interaction Investigated
A groundbreaking study being presented on 22nd November at the British Psychological Society Scotland's Annual Conference suggests the orientation of a baby's buggy impacts on mother-baby interaction, infant stress levels and ultimately child development. Contemporary design of buggies allows the baby to either face towards or away from their parent.

On Universal Children's Day, UNICEF Welcomes New Initiative To Aid Children Affected By Conflict
As the world commemorates Universal Children's Day, UNICEF welcomes the launch of a new group that aims to amplify the voice of those suffering as a result of conflict. The group has been established by young people with first-hand experience of the hardship children face in conflict zones.

Appalling Failures Of Uk Government In Health Care Of Children In Detention Centres
The appalling failures in the health care of children in detention centres, which are the ultimate responsibility of the UK Home Office, are discussed in the lead Editorial in this week's Lancet. About 2000 children up to the age of 18 years are held in UK detention centres every year. Many are children of families who have been refused asylum or have overstayed their visas; some are asylum seekers or are detained on arrival because they have no identification papers.

Fall Babies Born To Wheeze? New Evidence Links Birth Season To Asthma Development
It is said that timing is everything, and that certainly appears to be true for autumn infants. Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma than children born at any other time of year, according to new research.

Surgeons Perform World's First Pediatric Robotic Bladder Reconstruction
A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method developed by surgeons at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The surgeons describe their innovative technique in the December 2008 issue of the journal Urology.

Self Weighing Could Help Teens Achieve Healthy Weight Control
Overweight teens who weigh themselves at least once a week are more likely to engage in other healthy weight control measures than teens who step on the scale less frequently, according to a new small study. Self-weighing can be a successful tool for adults, but some concern exists that recommending the behavior could backfire with teens who struggle with obesity.

Panel Of Experts Warns FDA Of Frequent Use Of Antipsychotics In Children
Certain antipsychotic medicines are being prescribed too frequently to children, and FDA should take action to discourage the drugs' growing use, a panel of federal drug experts told agency officials Tuesday, the New York Times reports.

Childhood Obesity In The USA Would Be Reversed If Fast Food TV Advertising Were Banned, Says Study
A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers.

Media Violence Cited As 'Critical Risk Factor' For Aggression
Paul Boxer's large-scale study shows conclusive link between media violence and real violence in adolescents. You are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behavior in young people, and a new paper, lead-authored by Rutgers University, Newark, researcher Paul Boxer, provides new evidence that violent media does indeed impact adolescent behavior.

Implementing A Ban On Fast Food TV Advertising Would Reverse Childhood Obesity Trends
A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of childhood obesity, though in smaller numbers.

Benefits Of Early HIV Testing And Treatment For Infected Infants
Testing very young babies for HIV and giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately to those found infected with the virus dramatically prevents illness and death, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

British Psychological Society Response To Government Announcement Of New Advisory Council On Children's Mental Health And Psychological Well-Being
The British Psychological Society has issued the following statements in response to the Government announcement. The British Psychological Society strongly welcomes the announcement today of planned major investment in mental health care and related services for children and young people.

Very Low Birth Weight Is A Risk Factor For One Cause Of CKD
Individuals who were underweight at birth are at increased risk of developing a condition called secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, according to a study appearing in the January 2009 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Because birth history is often overlooked by kidney specialists who take care of adult patients, this risk factor is likely to be under-recognized.

ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage In Children
In contrast to recent findings, two of the most common medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appear to cause genetic damage in children who take them as prescribed, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Duke University Medical Center.

American Teenager Survives 4 Months Without Heart
A 14-year old American girl was kept alive for 118 days without a heart while waiting for a second heart transplant at a hospital in Florida; surgeons fitted a custom-made artificial heart after removing the first transplanted heart in July this year. D'Zhana Simmons, who lives in South Carolina, had her first heart transplant on 2nd July at Holtz Children's Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.