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One-Third of Parents Lack Facts About Child Development 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- One-third of parents of babies have a surprisingly low knowledge of child development, including basic concepts about what their children should know or how they should act, a new study finds. more Health Tip: Facts About Hay Fever 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hay fever is the medical term for a pollen allergy, and may also be called seasonal allergic rhinitis or pollinosis. more Health Tip: Is Your Baby in Pain? 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Babies may cry for a variety of reasons, and it's often difficult to figure out the reason for their unhappiness. more Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness (HealthDay) 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of children with autism have double the odds of having been hospitalized for a psychiatric condition than parents of children without autism, according to a comprehensive review of Swedish medical registries. more Protein May Trigger Colon Cancer 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- The overproduction of a protein may be what starts harmless colon polyps on their journey to becoming malignant tumors, Finnish researchers report. more Breast-Feeding May Boost IQ 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children who were breast-fed exclusively for the first three months of life or longer scored nearly six points higher on IQ tests at the age of 6 than children who weren't breast-fed exclusively, a new study has found. more Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever (HealthDay) 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Most parents have some misconceptions about their children's fever and overtreat mild cases, a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows. more Ibuprofen Linked to Reduced Alzheimer's Risk 5 May 08, 23:47 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- People who use the painkiller ibuprofen regularly for five years may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as they age, a new study suggests. more Sharp rise in suicide attacks by women in Iraq likely: US expert 5 May 08, 22:56 ET AFP - As many women carried out suicide attacks in Iraq so far this year as in the five previous years combined, and attacks by women are expected to spike again in the coming months, a US terrorism expert said Monday. more Afghan medical college struggles to rise from the ashes 5 May 08, 21:19 ET Reuters - The gutted, hollow shell of the Ali Abad training hospital in Kabul is a symbol of the state of Afghanistan's medical system, battered by decades of war. more Health care providers sue to stop California cuts 5 May 08, 21:13 ET Reuters - Health care companies said on Monday they had sued to stop some $1.3 billion in California cuts to state medical and dental programs. more Researchers trace diabetes complications to gene 5 May 08, 19:14 ET AFP - A single gene called erythropoietin (EPO) helps raise the risk among diabetics of developing severe eye and kidney complications, a study released Monday said. more Federal Health Plan for Children Still Leaves Needs Unmet 5 May 08, 19:02 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who had private health insurance before enrolling in a U.S. government children's health insurance program called SCHIP still had unmet health-care needs, according to new research. more Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking 5 May 08, 18:04 ET AP - A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. more Low vitamin D boosts depression risk in seniors 5 May 08, 17:39 ET Reuters - Older people with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of parathyroid hormone are more likely to be depressed, Dutch researchers report. more Caution urged in choosing gene tests 5 May 08, 17:05 ET AP - Everyone's genes spell out a risk for some disease, and a coming anti-discrimination law is about to give genetic testing a boost. more Official says Russia 'not ready' for tough HIV steps 5 May 08, 16:54 ET AP - Russia is "not ready" to adopt measures that could prevent thousands of people from getting infected with the virus that causes AIDS, the country's chief public health officer said Monday. more Study links arms and legs with memory loss 5 May 08, 16:51 ET Reuters - Having short arms and legs may raise a person's risk of developing memory problems later in life, U.S. researchers said on Monday. more When parents die, some children suffer doubly 5 May 08, 16:50 ET Reuters - Children who lose a parent suddenly may suffer a "double whammy" to their mental and physical health -- from the shock of the loss and because of inherited risks, researchers reported on Monday. more Long-term ibuprofen use cut Alzheimer's risk: study 5 May 08, 16:26 ET Reuters - People who took the painkiller ibuprofen for more than five years had a 40 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday. more Lack of vitamin D linked to depression in elderly: study 5 May 08, 16:08 ET AFP - Low levels of vitamin D in elderly people may lead to increased depression and other psychiatric problems, Dutch researchers said in a study released Monday. more Obese moms-to-be have longer pregnancies 5 May 08, 14:38 ET Reuters - Pregnant women who are overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy and those who have a greater change in body weight during pregnancy are more apt to have lengthier pregnancies and more complications, according to results of a new study. more High-fat, low-carb diet helps kids with epilepsy 5 May 08, 12:52 ET Reuters - The results of a study provide strong evidence that a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates -- a so-called "ketogenic diet" -- can help control seizures in children with stubborn epilepsy that does not respond well to drug therapy. more Heart Hormone Elevated in Children Who Wet Bed 5 May 08, 12:01 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children who wet their beds frequently have elevated levels of a heart hormone that helps regulate levels of fluid around the heart, a new study finds. more U.S. company recalls about 286,000 pounds of meat 5 May 08, 11:54 ET Reuters - A New York company is voluntarily recalling about 286,000 pounds (129,700 kg) of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with bacteria, U.S. agriculture officials said on Saturday. more Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness (HealthDay) 5 May 08, 09:02 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of children with autism have double the odds of having been hospitalized for a psychiatric condition than parents of children without autism, according to a comprehensive review of Swedish medical registries. more Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke (HealthDay) 5 May 08, 09:02 ET HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug cilostazol is as good as aspirin at preventing recurrent stroke and it causes less bleeding in the brain, a study by researchers at Peking University First Hospital in Beijing shows. more China child-killing virus may be yet to peak: WHO 5 May 08, 06:03 ET Reuters - An outbreak of a virus that has killed dozens of children across China may be yet to reach its peak, but will not threaten Beijing's Olympic Games in August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. more Study links child's autism, parents' mental illness 5 May 08, 00:27 ET Reuters - In another sign pointing to an inherited component to autism, a study released on Monday found that having a schizophrenic parent or a mother with psychiatric problems roughly doubled a child's risk of being autistic. more FDA study: Insulin pumps linked to injuries, deaths in teens 5 May 08, 00:16 ET AP - Insulin pumps are used by tens of thousands of teenagers worldwide with Type 1 diabetes, but they can be risky and have been linked to injuries and even deaths, a review by federal regulators finds. more Anti-psychotic drug use soars in UK children, too 5 May 08, 00:15 ET AP - American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new U.K. study. more Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers 5 May 08, 00:14 ET AP - Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. more

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