Lower asthma risk in chubby tots who slim down: study (Reuters)
Reuters – Overweight preschoolers who keep their extra weight as they grow have a greater asthma risk at the age of seven, but the baby fat doesn’t seem to matter for children who later slim down, according More...
Moms’ pesticide exposure tied to infection in kids (Reuters)
Reuters – A new report links remnants of a once-common pesticide to lung infections and wheezing in kids exposed to the chemical before birth. YN More...
California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators (Reuters)
Reuters – An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet. YN More...
CA sperm donor at odds with federal regulators (Reuters)
Reuters – An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet. YN More...
Kids’ concussions need follow-up after ER visit (Reuters)
Reuters – More than 100,000 U.S. children visit the emergency room for a concussion each year, with many discharged without instructions to get needed follow-up care, a new study suggests. YN More...
Herpes meds not linked to birth defects: study (Reuters)
Reuters – Women who took medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren’t more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn’t take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 More...
CORRECTED: Study links pesticides to attention problems (Reuters)
Reuters – Children whose mothers were exposed to certain types of pesticides while pregnant were more likely to have attention problems as they grew up, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. YN More...
