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Y! Health Children's Health News
Y! Health Children's Health News, updated continuously.

• Caregivers often expose asthmatic kids to smoke (Reuters)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 10:26 am
  Reuters - Secondhand exposure to cigarette smoke is an asthma trigger in children and a new study shows that smoking by the primary caregiver and daycare provider are important sources of smoke exposure in children with asthma.
  

• Exercise recommendations may not curb kids' weight (Reuters)

  Posted on 1 Jul 2008 at 11:21 am
  Reuters - Health experts generally recommend that children get at least one hour of moderate exercise each day, but that may not be enough to counter the problem of childhood obesity, a UK study suggests.
  

• Spray Cuts Kids' Pain When Getting IVs (HealthDay)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A topical spray reduces the pain of placing intravenous (IV) lines in children, Canadian researchers report.
  

• Fatty Liver Disease Ups Heart Risks for Obese Kids (HealthDay)

  Posted on 30 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- More than 6 million children in the United States have a condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can boost their odds for heart disease, researchers report.
  

• US advisory panel OK's 2 new combination vaccines (AP)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 4:58 pm
  AP - A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations.
  

• Group advises adding multiple vaccines for kids (Reuters)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 11:47 am
  Reuters - U.S. immunization advisers have suggested using two new vaccines that will greatly reduce the number of jabs that babies and children get to protect them from a range of diseases.
  

• Gates-backed aid group to invest in HPV vaccines (Reuters)

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 9:09 am
  Reuters - An international partnership that funds vaccines for children in poor countries agreed on Wednesday to expand its scope and start investing in vaccinations aimed at adult women.
  

• New Scheduler Helps Track Kids' Shots (HealthDay)

  Posted on 24 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new computerized program that helps parents and pediatricians adjust childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccinations are missed has been developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
  

• High Blood Pressure in Kids Tracks Into Adulthood (HealthDay)

  Posted on 16 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- People who have high blood pressure in childhood are also prone to hypertension as adults, say researchers who analyzed data from 50 studies conducted over four decades in different countries.
  

• 'Standard' Glucose Test May Be Wrong One for Obese Children (HealthDay)

  Posted on 15 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 15 (HealthDay News) -- The current standard screening test for prediabetes in children often fails to detect the condition, Canadian researchers contend.