New findings from a 16-year study confirm that the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the gold-standard for the classification of mental health conditions, can be used to accurately identify autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children with Down syndrome, according to...
Children born with spina bifida often have difficulties to perform everyday activities. This is not primarily due to being confined to a wheelchair or to parental overprotection as was previously believed new research from the University of Gothenburg shows that it is down to an inability to...
Ok I've been searching and searching for this old book of mine and I can't remember what it's called. Here is what I remember of it.
The book is about a farmer who seems to be able to grow balloons. Throughout the book a little child continues to spy on him to figure out his secret. Throughout...
Sixteen more developing nations will receive funding to protect their children from rotavirus and pneumococcal infections, major causes of childhood deaths globally from severe diarrhea and pneumonia, the GAVI Alliance announced today. Pneumonia and diarrhea are the two leading causes of...
an aquarium? I read it in the 90s, but think it was probably written in the 70s (had a seventies look to the illustrations).
I thought the title was something like "I am a fish", but google hasn't helped me.
it has colourful looking fish that has fins that look a bit like like wings. The story...
My father is Jewish, my mother coverted Reform before marriage. My only religious/ cultural identity is that of Judaism. I married an Israeli 3 years ago. Can my children convert to Orthodox Judaism?
I mean parents have a say if they don't want their children to learn about Christianity
I mean to some being religious is like being a second class citizen
So you don't think parents have a right to say what his child can or can not learn? You would let the government make that kind of decision...
Asking gay guys and girls that are in a homosexual relationship. Do you want to have children? And is this kind of thing a point of tension in gay relationships? Or do homosexuals tend to not want children?
I mean I know there is adoption and artificial insemination and such... But it's not the...
A shocking 17 per cent of boys and 15 per cent of girls aged two to 15 years are obese in the UK1, putting them at risk of serious, long-term health problems. Now a team of Aberdeen researchers are investigating special diets which could help youngsters keep the weight off, thanks to a grant...
Farewell, Erica Kane. We already know that All My Children is going to continue its dramatic plot on a smaller screen (meaning, your computer screen), but we didn't know for sure if...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made a startling announcement this week. Two children previously vaccinated for the H1N1 influenza virus have contracted a new strain named H3N2 in what is being called a virus "reassortment." The good news is both have been treated...
Immunizations, including a yearly flu vaccine, are the best way to protect children from life-threatening pneumonia, according to new guidelines from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The guidelines, which are the first on...
Students are stigmatized for a variety of reasons, with youths from ethnic-minority backgrounds often feeling devalued in school. New research on young children from a range of backgrounds has found that even elementary school children are aware of such stigmatization and, like older youths...
Second and third graders who are bullied react in a variety of ways - from discussing the problem or striking back to seeking emotional support. A new study in the journal Child Development has found that the types of goals children set in their relationships help determine how they respond to...
Babies and toddlers with congenital heart disease are at an increased risk of having harmful toxins in their blood, particularly following surgery, according to research by a team at Imperial College London. The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine...
Ependymomas are the second most frequent type of malignant brain tumor in children. Ependymoma develops from precursor cells of the tissue that lines the hollow cavities of the brain. Therapy results of ependymoma vary immensely: While in some patients tumor growth comes to a standstill after...