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10-Year-Old Delhi Girl Diagnosed With Chronic Pancreatitis: Why This Is Alarming And How To Protect Your Child
The recent diagnosis of a 10-year-old girl in Delhi NCR with chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a wake-up call for everyone. Here is why you need to pay attention to the symptoms and how you can protect your child.
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Urinary Tract Stones A Growing Concern In Children In India: What Parents Should Know
Two of the most common causes for stone formation in children are not drinking enough water and having a diet with excess salt and ultra-processed foods.
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14-Year-Old With Extremely Rare, Aggressive Cancer Recovers After Life-Saving Robotic Surgery
Stomach and oesophageal cancer account for a major cancer burden worldwide; however, their occurrence in paediatric patients remains extremely rare. In younger patients, such cancers often develop without clearly identifiable lifestyle or environment
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Toddler In China Hospitalised With 600 Needle Marks After Mother Hurts Him For "Misbehaviour"
Investigation revealed that Dao was poorly educated, lacked scientific knowledge and was also found to have symptoms of emotional anxiety.
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US Pediatricians' New Covid-19 Shot Recommendations Differ From CDC Advice
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations.
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Promising New Treatment Boosts Survival Rates In Pediatric Cancer
The approach targets neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: All You Need To Know About Pediatric Cancer
As per WHO, The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas and solid tumours.
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Her Child Died, And Now She Heads A Club That Most Would Rather Not Join
It's not what she set out to do, but Joyal Mulheron has become a collector of the worst kinds of stories. The ones no one wants to hear.
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PGIMER Becomes First Govt. Hospital To Conduct Robotic Surgery For Kids
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a premier medical research institute in Chandigarh which now becomes the first government hospital in the country to conduct Pediatric Robotic Surgery.
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268 Million Kids May Be Overweight Globally By 2025: Study
As many as 268 million children aged five to 17 years may be overweight - including 91 million obese - by 2025, according to a global estimate that suggests no policy interventions have proven effective at changing current trends.
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How Much Should We Tell Kids About Their Own Health?
Over the years, the pendulum has swung from a "protective" approach of telling kids little or nothing to avoid worrying them about bad news to an "open" approach of giving children all the facts and empowering them to make their own treatment choices.
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Video Monitors Show Most Parents Put Babies To Sleep The Wrong Way
Even when parents know they're being watched, they still put babies to sleep in unsafe ways that are linked to an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a U.S. study suggests.
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Breast Milk Boosts Brain Growth Of Premature Babies
The researchers conducted brain scans on those infants at about the time each would have been born had the babies not arrived early.
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How One Couple's Loss Led To A Push For Psychological Care For Kids With Cancer
What has stuck with Vicki and Peter Brown for years, beyond the enduring grief of losing their only child, Matthew, are the emotional traumas they all suffered during his struggle with a rare form of bone cancer.
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Maternal Exposure To Anti-Depressant SSRIs Linked To Autism In Children
A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that using an antidepressant like Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft during the final two trimesters of pregnancy may be linked to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder for the child.
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10-Year-Old Delhi Girl Diagnosed With Chronic Pancreatitis: Why This Is Alarming And How To Protect Your Child
The recent diagnosis of a 10-year-old girl in Delhi NCR with chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a wake-up call for everyone. Here is why you need to pay attention to the symptoms and how you can protect your child.
-
Urinary Tract Stones A Growing Concern In Children In India: What Parents Should Know
Two of the most common causes for stone formation in children are not drinking enough water and having a diet with excess salt and ultra-processed foods.
-
14-Year-Old With Extremely Rare, Aggressive Cancer Recovers After Life-Saving Robotic Surgery
Stomach and oesophageal cancer account for a major cancer burden worldwide; however, their occurrence in paediatric patients remains extremely rare. In younger patients, such cancers often develop without clearly identifiable lifestyle or environment
-
Toddler In China Hospitalised With 600 Needle Marks After Mother Hurts Him For "Misbehaviour"
Investigation revealed that Dao was poorly educated, lacked scientific knowledge and was also found to have symptoms of emotional anxiety.
-
US Pediatricians' New Covid-19 Shot Recommendations Differ From CDC Advice
For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations.
-
Promising New Treatment Boosts Survival Rates In Pediatric Cancer
The approach targets neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells.
-
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: All You Need To Know About Pediatric Cancer
As per WHO, The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas and solid tumours.
-
Her Child Died, And Now She Heads A Club That Most Would Rather Not Join
It's not what she set out to do, but Joyal Mulheron has become a collector of the worst kinds of stories. The ones no one wants to hear.
-
PGIMER Becomes First Govt. Hospital To Conduct Robotic Surgery For Kids
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is a premier medical research institute in Chandigarh which now becomes the first government hospital in the country to conduct Pediatric Robotic Surgery.
-
268 Million Kids May Be Overweight Globally By 2025: Study
As many as 268 million children aged five to 17 years may be overweight - including 91 million obese - by 2025, according to a global estimate that suggests no policy interventions have proven effective at changing current trends.
-
How Much Should We Tell Kids About Their Own Health?
Over the years, the pendulum has swung from a "protective" approach of telling kids little or nothing to avoid worrying them about bad news to an "open" approach of giving children all the facts and empowering them to make their own treatment choices.
-
Video Monitors Show Most Parents Put Babies To Sleep The Wrong Way
Even when parents know they're being watched, they still put babies to sleep in unsafe ways that are linked to an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a U.S. study suggests.
-
Breast Milk Boosts Brain Growth Of Premature Babies
The researchers conducted brain scans on those infants at about the time each would have been born had the babies not arrived early.
-
How One Couple's Loss Led To A Push For Psychological Care For Kids With Cancer
What has stuck with Vicki and Peter Brown for years, beyond the enduring grief of losing their only child, Matthew, are the emotional traumas they all suffered during his struggle with a rare form of bone cancer.
-
Maternal Exposure To Anti-Depressant SSRIs Linked To Autism In Children
A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that using an antidepressant like Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft during the final two trimesters of pregnancy may be linked to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder for the child.
