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Kids With Cerebral Palsy May Benefit from Video Game Play
May 7, 2012 — Like their healthy peers, children with disabilities may spend too much time in front of a video screen. For children with cerebral palsy (CP), this leads to an even greater risk of being overweight ... > full story -
Students More Likely to Be Fit When Physical Education Is Mandatory
May 4, 2012 — Fifth graders in California public school districts that comply with the state’s mandatory physical education requirement are more likely to have better fitness levels than students in ... > full story -
Parents Important in Steering Kids Away from Sedentary Activities
May 4, 2012 — Parents can have a significant impact in steering young children away from too much time spent in sedentary ... > full story -
Risk of Future Emotional Problems Can Be Identified During Well-Child Visits
May 4, 2012 — A new study suggests clinicians might be able to identify children at risk of later emotional or behavioral problems by paying attention to a few key signs during early well-child ... > full story -
Genetic Pathway of Rare Facial Malformation in Children Pinpointed
May 3, 2012 — Researchers have discovered a pair of defective genes that cause a rare congenital malformation syndrome that can make it impossible for the child to breathe or eat properly without reparative ... > full story -
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First Gene Linked to Missing Spleen in Newborns
May 3, 2012 — New discovery of a genetic mutation in congenital asplenia may lead to genetic prenatal screening in patients with the rare, but deadly, ... > full story -
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Childhood Emotional Maltreatment Causes Troubled Romantic Relationships, Studies Suggest
May 3, 2012 — In two separate studies, researchers examined the stability and satisfaction of intimate relationships among college students with a history of childhood emotional maltreatment. The studies suggest ... > full story -
Soy-Based Formula? Neonatal Plant Estrogen Exposure Leads to Adult Infertility in Female Mice
May 2, 2012 — A new study suggests that exposure to estrogenic chemicals in the womb or during childhood could have a long-term effect on female fertility. Limiting such exposures, including minimizing use of ... > full story -
Why Underweight Babies Become Obese: Study Says Disrupted Hypothalamus Is to Blame
May 2, 2012 — A new animal model study has found that in low–birth-weight babies whose growth was restricted in the womb, the level of appetite-producing neuropeptides in the brain's hypothalamus — the ... > full story -
Dopamine Impacts Your Willingness to Work
May 1, 2012 — Slacker or go-getter? Everyone knows that people vary substantially in how hard they are willing to work, but the origin of these individual differences in the brain remains a mystery. Now the veil ... > full story -
Environment Key to Preventing Childhood Disabilities
May 1, 2012 — The United States government would get a better bang for its health-care buck in managing the country's most prevalent childhood disabilities if it invested more in eliminating socioenvironmental ... > full story -
Treating Childhood Obesity: A Family Affair
May 1, 2012 — With nearly one-third of American children being overweight or obese, doctors agree that there is an acute need for more effective treatments. In many weight management programs, the dropout rate can ... > full story
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