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  Good Eating and Sleep Habits Help Kids Succeed in School

  July 26, 2013 — A good night’s sleep and filling breakfast means more for your child’s academic performance than you may ... > full story
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  Researcher Digs Into the Contested Peanut-Allergy Epidemic

  July 25, 2013 — The path of the peanut from a snack staple to the object of bans at schools, day care centers and beyond offers important insights into how and why a rare, life-threatening food allergy can prompt ... > full story
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  Bipolar Disorder Takes Different Path in Patients Who Binge Eat, Study Suggests

  July 25, 2013 — Bipolar disorder evolves differently in patients who also binge eat, a study has ... > full story
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  Flow Restrictors May Reduce Young Children's Accidental Ingestion of Liquid Medications

  July 25, 2013 — Over 500,000 calls are made to poison control centers each year after accidental ingestion of medications by young children, and the number of emergency department visits for unsupervised medication ... > full story
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  Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Associated With Offspring Conduct Problems, Study Suggests

  July 24, 2013 — New research examines relationship between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring conduct problems among ... > full story
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  Improving Medicine Acceptance in Kids: A Matter of Taste

  July 24, 2013 — Many children reject medicines due to an aversion to bitter taste. As such, bitterness presents a key obstacle to the acceptance and effectiveness of beneficial drugs by children worldwide. A new ... > full story
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  Novel Technology Seen as New, More Accurate Way to Diagnose and Treat Autism

  July 24, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new screening and tracking tool for diagnosing autism. The method holds promise as a method to introduce ... > full story
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  Pupils Discover New Treatment to Stop the Spread of Worm Infection

  July 24, 2013 — Pupils from inner-city Manchester have been working with scientists at The University of Manchester to carry out research into a condition which affects around one billion people worldwide. The 29 ... > full story
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  New Stem Cell Gene Therapy Gives Hope to Prevent Inherited Neurological Disease

  July 24, 2013 — Scientists have used stem cell gene therapy to treat a fatal genetic brain disease in mice for the first ... > full story
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
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  No Link Between Prenatal Mercury Exposure and Autism-Like Behaviors Found

  July 23, 2013 — The potential impact of exposure to low levels of mercury on the developing brain -- specifically by women consuming fish during pregnancy -- has long been the source of concern and some have argued ... > full story

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