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Ag Sec'y pushes school nutrition plan

Child nutrition and obesity have emerged as key issues for the Obama administration

    • Pediatrics
    Ag Sec'y pushes school nutrition plan

    Child nutrition and obesity have emerged as key issues for the Obama administration

    Genes ID'd that hike preterm birth risk

    Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified DNA variants in mothers and fetuses that appear to increase the risk for preterm labor and

    Teenage concussions fraught with danger

    Max Conradt was used to defensive linemen hurtling their 300-pound frames at him week after week.

    Autism parents haunted by question:Why?

    The now-discredited study published in the Lancet in 1998 raised the possibility of a link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

    Sen. Landrieu defends Medicaid deal

    Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, a Louisiana Democrat on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the

    The government has your baby's DNA

    Many parents don't realize their baby's DNA is being stored in a government lab, but sometimes when they find out, they take action

    Controversial autism study retracted

    The medical journal "The Lancet" recently retracted a controversial 1998 paper that linked the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism.   The study

    First lady has meeting on child obesity

    The problem is "imminently solvable," Mrs. Obama said, but not with a single federal solution.

    Some kids self-injure to feel better

    Scientists are not sure why rates of self-injury appear to be on the rise, or how to stop the trend.

    Painful plight for kids in Haiti

    A poor country with few services to protect children even before the earthquake, haitian children now face a daunting road to survival.

    Rash of birth defects in town probed

    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered two state agencies to investigate a rash of birth defects that have confounded impoverished Kettleman City for more than

    Military kids coping with stress

    The researchers found that Army adolescents cope better if they believe that America supports the war

    Eating disorders in a young child

    About 10 percent of patients with eating disorders show an onset of their symptoms before age 10

    Head injuries garner more attention

    At least a half-dozen states are considering measures that would toughen restrictions on young athletes returning to play after head injuries, inspired by

    More tainted milk in China

    Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been

    US birth weights inch down

    U.S. newborns are arriving a little smaller, says puzzling new Harvard research that can't explain why. Fatter mothers tend to produce heavier babies, and

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    Report: Autism and vaccines not linked

    It made many parents think twice before vaccinating their children. Now, the …

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