Skimmed/semi-skimmed milk does not curb excess toddler weight gain
Switching to skimmed milk in a bid to curb excess toddler weight gain doesn’t seem to work, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the...
Shaky ground when it comes to circumcision
The recent stance taken by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on the circumcision of infants is guilty of cultural bias and selective evidence, and is ultimately “untenable,” argue a human rights lawyer and...
Mums smoking linked to childhood brain tumours
Researchers from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research are calling for further investigation into a potential link between maternal smoking and childhood brain tumours.
It follows the results of a new study which showed...
First ‘Functional HIV Cure’ in an infant, benefits of early therapy
Two separate reports by a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School show that prompt initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART)...
Scratching out eczema misconceptions
Parents are either too scared of the medications to treat a common childhood skin rash or too relaxed about them, says leading dermatologist.
“It was really upsetting to find my beautiful baby had developed this...
Rare diseases terrifying for new parents
Mother Pieta Harris was elated, then terrified of what lay ahead, when her daughter Matilda was born 14 months ago. Born with a rare neurological condition called Disorder of the Corpus Callosum (DCC), Matilda...
Low vitamin D linked to food allergies
A lack of vitamin D increases the likelihood of food allergy in infants, according to new research by the Institute.
Researchers found infants who are vitamin D insufficient were three times more likely to have...
Signs of heart disease seen in newborns of overweight mums
The walls of the body’s major artery - the aorta - are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds a small study published online in the Fetal and...
Abnormal growth in children with heart defects
The poor growth seen in children born with complex heart defects may result from factors beyond deficient nutrition. A new study by pediatric researchers suggests that abnormalities in overall growth regulation play a role.
“When...
Brain injuries after preterm birth
In a study to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in San Francisco, researchers will report that variation in a gene involved in inflammation is associated with developmental problems after...
