More Pediatric Health News

• Most Who Want Swine Flu Shot Can't Get It

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Although the total doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine available ...

• Breast-Feeding Benefits Moms and Babies: Report

  Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding offers health benefits for infants and mothers, and should ...

• Fetus Learns Intonations of Mother's Tongue

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Infants who are just a few days old cry with ...

• Cooling May Reduce Brain Lesions in Newborns

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who are deprived of oxygen at birth often go ...

• School Violence Drops With Federal Program

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A program called Safe Schools/Healthy Students greatly increases the safety ...

• Firm Says Low-Cost Genome Sequencing Is Possible

  Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A genome sequencing company says it has developed a lower-cost ...

• CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects

  Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antibiotics during pregnancy does not raise the risk for ...

• Folate Levels in Pregnancy Tied to ADHD in Offspring

  Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Low folate levels during pregnancy are associated with higher odds ...

• Deadly Stomach Bug Making Inroads Outside Hospitals

  Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A potentially deadly stomach infection is on the rise outside ...

• Severe Swine Flu Can Kill Young, Old Alike

  Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Californians both young and old are contracting H1N1, with infants ...

• Trauma Deadlier for Kids Without Insurance

  Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Uninsured children in the United States are three times more ...

• CDC Finds U.S. 30th in Infant Mortality

  Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- When comparing rates of infant mortality, the United States lags ...

• Veggies in Pregnancy Lowers Child's Diabetes Risk

  Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to mothers who ate plenty of vegetables during ...

• Preventive Antibiotics Help Some Kids Fend Off Urinary Infections

  Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are predisposed to recurrent urinary tract infections are ...

• Let Kids Sleep Late on Weekends to Fight Fat: Study

  Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help ...

• 6 Million U.S. Kids Lack Enough Vitamin D

  Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- While the optimal amount of vitamin D is still subject ...

• Treat Kids to a Safe Halloween

  Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- There's no trick to keeping children and the rest of ...

• Babies Spot Human Speech at 5 Months

  Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as 5 months old are able to ...

• Psychiatric Meds for Infants Linked to Later Behavior Problems

  Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that infant rats given commonly prescribed drugs to ...