Local children to be included in health study
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The National Children&#39;s Study will track 100,000 children from before birth to the age of 21. Data will be collected to determine how factors such as immunizations, watching television, the environment, prenatal
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The health problems of low-income and uninsured residents in the Washington area require solutions that are often regional in nature, according to a report released yesterday calling for collaboration in care not confined by city or suburban boundaries.
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LONDON  - In an effort to find new ways to prevent breast cancer, two British cancer organizations called for the help of 100,000 volunteers to participate in a lifelong breast cancer study.
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A new initiative to encourage the development of more medicines designed specifically for use in children was announced today by Health Minister, Lord Warner.
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A new study plans to use volunteers from Orkney to help battle Scotland's top three killer diseases.
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By Jennifer Kapiolani Saxton, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 9--EDWARDSVILLE -- A healthy life is much more than just eating right and exercising, said a Lincoln Middle School student Thursday during the school's health fair.
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Science & environment: Tens of thousands of children could be diagnosed earlier and more cheaply after pioneering research.
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Children should receive a cholesterol test alongside their routine vaccinations at the age of 15 months, experts have proposed.
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Across the country, thousands of toddlers are joining studies that could signal new hope for a baffling childhood disorder.
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More than 100,000 people, including children as young as 10, will be asked to provide saliva tests and DNA samples in a new annual survey of the lives, behaviour and beliefs of people in the United Kingdom
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NEW YORK  - Even young children can paint a  picture of their health and well-being, though it doesn't  always match parents' perceptions, research shows.
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Researchers in Dundee are set to trial a new treatment for children struck with a deadly skin condition.
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Medical students will teach primary school children about healthcare under a new programme
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Columbia, SC - A state task force on child nutrition released a report Friday to help guide school district policy on nutrition and physical activity.
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Women of childbearing age in Westmoreland County will be asked to participate in a ground-breaking examination of the effects of environmental, genetic, social and physical
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In one study, Boston researchers found that about two-thirds of 1,960 adolescents studied had at least one risk factor for heart disease, and almost 10 percent had a cluster of factors known as metabolic ...
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U.S. government researchers launched the biggest-ever study of children on Tuesday, saying they will track 100,000 children from birth through age 21 to see what makes kids sick.