Parenting/Kids News

(HealthDay News) -- A baby gate is essential for the parent of any toddler who is able to crawl or walk near stairs or other areas that may be unsafe. Full Story »

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Tabs on beverage cans -- the kind that stay attached once a can is opened -- still pose a danger to children, who can swallow the tabs and damage their digestive tract, according to a new study. Full Story »

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of children in the United States are being born with Down syndrome, federal researchers say. Full Story »

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A special, intensive early intervention program for toddlers with autism succeeded in boosting IQ along with children's language and social skills, a new study shows. Full Story »

MONDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials said Monday that H1N1 swine flu infections appear to be on the wane nationally, even as the number of American children dying from the illness continues to rise. Full Story »

Children who bully at school are likely to also bully their siblings at home, a new European study finds. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of children born with Down syndrome has increased by about one percent per year since 1979, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Full Story »

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Kids are swallowing more than just their soda when they drink from cans. They are also swallowing the can's aluminum stay tabs, Ohio investigators reported here at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2009). Full Story »

ATLANTA - Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swine flu continues to wane across the United States, but it has killed more than 30 children since the last count, U.S. health officials said on Monday. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who are exposed to higher levels of an increasingly controversial chemical in certain plastics may deliver their babies slightly earlier than women with less exposure, results of a study hint. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A new therapeutical treatment for autism that can be used to treat children as young as 18 months improves their IQ, language ability and social interaction, according to a study published Monday. Full Story »

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - While South Africa's HIV infection rate may have stabilised experts warn that the country's slow AIDS response has triggered a time bomb that may leave one in three children orphaned. Full Story »

BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - It was a crisp autumn day in the vineyards of Saint Emilion, the vines asleep for the winter, as winegrowers, scientists and children planted hedges to create habitats for mites needed to prey on vine pests. Full Story »

CHICAGO - The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis. Full Story »

FRIDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that an internal body clock that goes on the fritz could be a factor in the development of bipolar disorder in children. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows. Full Story »

GENEVA (AFP) - A senior WHO official warned Friday that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition. Full Story »