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  New Guidelines for Exercise in Children

  July 29, 2013 — New guidelines highlight the amount of exercise under tens should take to reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life. Sixty to 85 minutes of physical activity is ... > full story
• Personalized Medicine
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  Parents Don't Fully Understand Biobank Research, Study Finds

  July 29, 2013 — Researchers who collect genetic samples from children for medical research need to explain the process more clearly to parents, according to a new study that suggests many parents don't fully ... > full story
• Cholesterol
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  Diets Lacking Omega-3s Lead to Anxiety, Hyperactivity in Teens: Generational Omega-3 Deficiencies Have Worsening Effects Over Time

  July 29, 2013 — Diets lacking omega-3 fatty acids -- found in foods like wild fish, some eggs, and grass-fed livestock -- can have worsened effects over consecutive generations, especially affecting teens, according ... > full story
• Immune System
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  Premature Aging of Immune Cells in Joints of Kids With Chronic Arthritis

  July 29, 2013 — The joints of children with the most common form of chronic inflammatory arthritis contain immune cells that resemble those of 90-year-olds, according to a new study. The findings suggest that ... > full story
• PTSD
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  PTSD After Traumatic Events: Which Teens Are at Risk?

  July 29, 2013 — Researchers have identified risk factors for children exposed to trauma in developing PTSD from analyzing 6,483 teen–parent pairs from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a survey of ... > full story
• Pain Control
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  Topical Analgesic May Provide Pain-Free 'Skin Glue' Repair of Cuts in Children

  July 29, 2013 — More than 50 percent of children who were given a topical analgesic had no pain during wound repair with "skin glue," according to the new ... > full story
• Bacteria
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  Therapeutic Fecal Transplant: Hope for Cure of Childhood Diarrhea Comes Straight from the Gut

  July 29, 2013 — Call it therapeutic poop, if you will, but the best hope yet for an effective treatment of childhood infections with the drug-resistant bacterium C. difficile may come straight from the gut, ... > full story
• Educational Policy
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  Injuries from Teen Fighting Deal a Blow to IQ

  July 29, 2013 — A new study has found that adolescent boys who are hurt in just two physical fights suffer a loss in IQ that is roughly equivalent to missing an entire year of school. Girls experience a similar loss ... > full story
• Children's Health
  Autism
  Birth Defects
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  Statins Suppress Rett Syndrome Symptoms in Mice

  July 29, 2013 — Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs found in millions of medicine cabinets, may help treat Rett Syndrome, according to a new ... > full story
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  New Study Finds Increase in Nonfatal Food-Related Choking Among Children in the U. S.

  July 29, 2013 — Choking is a leading cause of injury among children, especially for children 4 years of age and younger. A new study examined nonfatal food-related choking among children 14 years of age or younger ... > full story

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