Stuffed animals may ease war-related stress in kids
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NEW YORK  - Caring for a stuffed animal appears to alleviate stress signs in young children exposed to traumatic or stressful life events, Israeli researchers report.
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LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) - Hundreds of thousands of child soldiers are being   used in conflicts around the world and governments are doing  little to  stop this, says a report published Wednesday.
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The Army plans to begin a program today to educate every soldier about traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. The rare effort to break the perceived  stigma within the military about mental health problems comes as increasingly more troops return from battle with serious but u...
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One socially crushing moment -- think schoolyard bullies -- can challenge the survival of new nerve cells in the brain and may even lead to depression, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
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News flash: Kids like playing with toys. No one is stopping the presses over that observation, but it could help turn around the slumping toy industry this holiday season as it battles video games, cellphones and iPods for coveted spots on children's wish lists.
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Doctors and health advocates have warned for years that American children are getting fatter. Now even some kids&#039; teddy bears are packing on the pounds.
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Children whose parents have cancer  often suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms that adults  underestimate, Dutch researchers said on Wednesday.
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SUNDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- This Christmas, experts are advising that Santa skip the video games and bring kids toys that exercise more than just their thumbs.
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Psychologists explain how the children involved in the Russian siege will need help to come to terms with the traumatic events they have witnessed.
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(HealthDay News) -- Problems at school, home, or frustrations with friends can all lead to stress in children. Like adults, children need to learn healthy outlets for stress, and how to deal with their emotions.
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A new report finds that soldiers who suffered concussions in the war were at higher risk for post-traumatic stress disorder than those with other injuries.
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WAR, poverty and HIV/Aids are causing more than half of the worldâs children to suffer, effectively denying them a childhood, according to a report today.
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Children in families facing chronic stress such as conflict between parents or violence in the home become sick more often than children under less stress, according to a study published on Monday.
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MONDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDayNews) -- In an indication that the power of mind over body isn't limited to grownups, researchers report that advanced relaxation techniques help kids endure a grueling medical procedure.
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Moved by a stream of images and their own worries, children collect teddy bears, letters, and $1 per pillow on your bed.
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U.S. military hospitals treated a significant number of wounded and sick children in the early years of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, a new study finds, and military doctors say children keep arriving at their hospitals today.
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Traumatic brain injury, described as the signature wound of the Iraq war, may be less to blame for soldiers' symptoms than doctors once thought, contends a provocative military study that suggests post-traumatic stress and depression often play a role.