Children born “small for gestational age” — that is, significantly smaller than most babies born after the same number of weeks of pregnancy — appear to be at increased risk for rapid gains in weight and body fat during adulthood, resea...
Milk may be a treatment for milk allergy. In a carefully controlled study, researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Duke University found that giving milk-allergic children milk in increasingly higher doses over time eased their allergic reac...
Pop star Britney Spears’ 2-year-old son was taken to the hospital over the weekend after he had a reaction to something he ate, a statement on the singer’s Web site said on Monday. ...
Physical activity levels are low in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and this appears to be unrelated to disease activity, study findings in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism indicate. ...
But researchers are working on new therapies to combat the problem ...
A survey of nurses in elementary and middle schools found that food allergy action plans for students with food allergies are used inconsistently. ...
Findings could produce treatments to reduce cravings, expand calorie burn ...
Agency says it contains coumarin, which is related to ingredient in blood thinners ...
Plenty of vigorous exercise can cut a healthy, older woman’s breast cancer risk by 30 percent, researchers said on Friday. ...
Giving children a type of “good bacteria” during their first 6 months of life doesn’t reduce their risk of developing allergies in early childhood, researchers from Australia report. ...