Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/pediatrics/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241445.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241445.phpObese children are 74 percent more likely to sustain a fracture of the growth plate, the softer end of the bone where growth occurs. A new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), involved 224 children visiting a Maryland hospital with a fracture...Bones / Orthopedics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241533.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241533.php Cesarean deliveries have not been considered damaging or risky to a new born's health, but new research is beginning to overturn that assumption. A good example is preterm babies that are small for their gestational age. Erika F. Werner, MD, MS, assistant professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, made the research along with Heather S...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241469.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241469.phpDevelopmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH) is a common congenital condition in which a child's upper thighbone is dislocated from the hip socket. The condition can be present at birth or develop during a child's first year of life...Bones / Orthopedics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241379.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241379.phpChildren who have difficult relationships with their peers can experience more psychological dysfunction, such as depression...Depression Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241399.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241399.phpAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration advised that all patients undergoing ADHD treatment be monitored for changes in heart rate or blood pressure...ADHD Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241400.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241400.phpChildren of mothers screened and treated for reduced thyroid function during pregnancy show no signs of improved IQ compared to women who receive no treatment, new research has uncovered...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241401.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241401.phpChildren of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat. Epidemiologist Tessa Crume, Ph.D., MSPH, and fellow researchers tracked 94 children of diabetic pregnancies and 399 of non-diabetic pregnancies from birth to age 13...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241380.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241380.phpYoung people's choices about using drugs and alcohol are influenced by peers - not only close friends, but also sports teammates. A new study of middle schoolers and their social networks has found that teammates' smoking plays a big role in youths' decisions about smoking, but adolescents who take part in a lot of sports smoke less...Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241381.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241381.phpWar, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens...Mental Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241382.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241382.phpHigh-quality early child care isn't important just for children, but for their mothers, too. That's the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin; the study appears in the journal Child Development ...Pediatrics / Children's Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241532.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241532.phpChild abuse is any emotional, sexual, or physical mistreatment, as well as neglect of a child. Some countries may vary in their definition of the term. In the USA...Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241435.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241435.phpA study published online in the February 6 issue of Pediatrics reveals that programs that help parents during the early years of their child's life may help prevent childhood obesity. At present, 1 out of 5 children in the U.S. is classified as obese. Compared to children of normal weight, overweight children are five times more likely to be obese by the time they reach their teenage years...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241425.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241425.phpAfter an evaluation of 800,000 doses of pentavalent rotavirus vaccinations in U.S. infants, researchers reported in the February 8 issue of JAMA that there is no increased risk of intussusception after vaccination, despite some previous data indicating that those infants who received the vaccine were at potential increased risk...Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241423.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241423.phpA study in the February 8 issue of JAMA reports that routine infant immunizations with a vaccine for serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium that causes serious diseases like sepsis and meningitis, proved effective against meningococcal strains and displayed minimal interference with the response to the routine vaccinations...Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241384.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241384.php In 2008, rates of teen pregnancies in the US reached their lowest level in nearly 40 years...Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241335.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241335.phpCleansing a newborn's umbilical cord with chlorhexidine can reduce an infant's risk of infection and death during the first weeks of life by as much as 20 percent, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241341.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241341.phpWhile researchers have long set to determine if there is a tie between race and teenage pregnancy, according to a new study, equating black teenagers with the problem of teenage pregnancy is a misrepresentation of today's real­ity. This new study is detailed in the article, "Black Teenage Pregnancy: A Dynamic Social Problem," published in SAGE Open. Researchers Lorette I. Winters and Paul C...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241349.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241349.phpParents are much more likely to blame and doubt their children when their child has been sexually abused by another adolescent instead of an adult, according to new research from the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire...Sexual Health / STDs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241383.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241383.phpA new study on children who are raised bilingual examined the effects on children's development of growing up speaking two languages. The study found that different factors were responsible for the language- and non-language-related outcomes of bilingualism found in previous research. The research was carried out at York University in Toronto and published in the journal Child Development ...Pediatrics / Children's Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241312.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241312.phpIn a study published last week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)* has made an important step forward in understanding how insulin secretion is regulated in the body...Diabetes Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241314.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241314.phpIn the U.S., there are nearly three million youth soccer players, and half of them are female. New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that despite reporting appropriate body perception and attitudes toward eating, elite youth soccer athletes (club level or higher) face an increased risk for delayed or irregular menstruation...Sports Medicine / Fitness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241322.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241322.phpRespiratory tract infections, including pneumonia, are the most common cause of death in children under the age of five. In a study looking at children given standard antibiotic therapy, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine shows how zinc supplements drastically improved children's chances of surviving the infection...Respiratory / Asthma Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241374.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241374.php Two recent studies published in The Lancet indicate that cleansing of the umbilical cord during childbirth could substantially reduce the risk of infection and rate of mortality in babies in developing countries...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241283.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241283.phpResearchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow tissue patches to repair infant hearts...Cardiovascular / Cardiology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241298.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241298.phpSpanking children may harm their long-term development, making them more aggressive towards their peers, siblings, parents, as well as spouses later in life, researchers from the University of Manitoba and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, report in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Their study tracked children for two decades...Pediatrics / Children's Health