Posted by Johnny | on December 4, 2008
in category: Children's Health
A new study has revealed that treadmills might help babies with Down Syndrome.
According to the research, placing infants on a treadmill for a few minutes per day can encourage them to walk four to five months earlier than with physical therapy.
The study’s author stated, “The key is if we can get them to walk earlier [...]
Posted by Johnny | on December 2, 2008
in category: Children's Health
According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, playing video games, watching TV and spending too much time on the Web poses a risk to children’s health.
Those daily hours of web surfing and TV time can lead to obesity as well as smoking, a report stated Tuesday.
A recent published study shows that too much media [...]
Posted by Johnny | on October 23, 2008
in category: Children's Health
According to a recent study, food allergies are up a whopping 18% among U.S. children.
Eight major types of foods are to blame for the allergies: milk, eggs, nuts from trees, fish and shellfish, wheat and soy. Reactions to these types of foods with an allergic child can range from just a [...]
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Posted by Michael Byrd | on June 13, 2007
in category: Children's Health, Food, General, Nutrition
Now here’s something I’m sure will surprise you. A new study has confirmed that preschool children who are given sugary drinks between meals on a regular basis are more likely to be overweight than children who don’t consume the sugary drinks.
What? They actually spent money to find this out?
I’m sorry, but in this day and [...]
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Posted by Michael Byrd | on June 11, 2007
in category: Children's Health, Dermatology, Food, General
It used to be rare to talk about kids and hair loss in the same sentence. But sadly enough, it’s getting more and more common.
Here’s an excerpt from an email I received from a reader:
“I’ve been wondering about the fact that my 13 year old daughter is losing her hair. There’s a whole lot [...]
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Posted by Michael Byrd | on June 7, 2007
in category: Children's Health, Food, General, Health Conditions
A friend called this weekend to ask what I would recommend for her two children - 8 and 11 years old - that were just diagnosed with high cholesterol.
Now it’s a little horrifying to hear about children with high cholesterol, but none of us should really be too surprised. Two recent studies indicate that obesity [...]
Posted by Tobias | on June 30, 2006
in category: Children's Health, Fitness, Health Conditions, Workouts
It makes sense. I don’t understand why society seems in any way surprised by this, but Dr. Mercola points out that negative effects of doing away with recess has on children. In short, without a physical outlet, they gain weight.
Even adults need recess. A lunchtime ping pong game can do wonders for clearing the cobwebs [...]
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