HHS, EPA proposes new fluoride level in US water supply

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended setting a new level of fluoride amount in the drinking water supplies in the US. The proposal was made after the researchers in the agency found that there is a high amount of fluoride in the US water supplies that may [...]

Milk Formula Plays Huge Role on Children Weight-Gain Pattern

Latest experts’ findings showed that Infant formulas may affect the weight-gain pattern of children on the early months of life. According to the new study, infant formula varies effect on children. As researchers followed the influence of infant milk on 56 formula-fed babies, they found that infants who consume hypoallergenic formula achieved closed to normal [...]

Parents should not overlook childhood obesity

(December 27, 2010) Parents must not overlook the cases of obesity in children in order to help them to have a better life when they grow up. In addition, fitness instructor to children Craig Moss said that several parents were ignoring the fact that their children are suffering from the dreaded obesity. He also said [...]

Study says Secondhand Smoke Doubles Invasive Bacterial Disease Risks on Children

A new study suggested that children’s exposure to secondhand smoke may double the risk of invasive bacterial diseases. Based on health experts’ analysis, they have found strongly that children whose age are six-year-old and below are more prone of acquiring invasive pneumococcal and meningococcal disease and even the Haemophilus influenza type B. The findings are [...]

Withdrawal from cough and cold drugs can help children

(November 22, 2010) Young children who are taken in the emergency room from reports of too much intake of cough and cold drugs was reduced to half, after drug corporations stripped off the medications intended for their age from the market According to the new study that was published in the journal Pediatrics, doctors said [...]

How To Reduce Asthma Attacks in Children

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder that made an individual to have difficulties in breathing. Asthma disease occurs when the bronchial tube was been disturbed by irritants, like air pollutions, cold air, pollen and dust, changes in weather condition. This illness was characterized by having difficulties in coughing, wheezing, having a chest pain, inflammation of [...]