Pregnant women who are exposed to pesticides may be more likely to have hyperactive children. A study found that babies exposed to crop sprays while still in the womb had greater odds of being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at the age of five. It is feared that the powerful chemicals used to keep [...] Read more »
Trials in Asia and Africa show rotavirus vaccines can save the lives of even the poorest young children and programs should begin to vaccinate as many as possible, researchers reported on Thursday. The vaccines prevented between 39 percent and 48 percent of infections in some of the poorest countries in the world, where more than [...] Read more »
It’s back-to-school time, and with it comes updating outgrown clothes with new ones. As many parents think about where to find the best deals, health officials say your family may also need to update their shots against whooping cough before that first bell rings, according to a press release from Missouri Health Literacy. Across the [...] Read more »
As a growing number of children develop severe food allergies, the issue has become a serious public health problem. However a new foodallergy test is available that can test newborn babies for their risk of developing allergies as they grow up. Researchers from the University of Adelaide discovered that newborns who have low levels of a [...] Read more »
Many parents worry that the vaccines recommended for a baby in the first year of life are just too much too soon for an infant’s immature immune system. Those fears have fueled a growing trend of parents delaying or refusing to vaccinate their babies. But a new study in Pediatrics examined the long-term effects of delaying vaccines and [...] Read more »