New study links food additives to hyperactivity in children
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A cocktail of artificial colours and the commonly-used preservative sodium benzoate are linked to hyperactivity in children, according to a ground-breaking study published Thursday by The Lancet.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Children born to parents with low education levels are at an increased risk for developing attention-deficity/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), says a study from the Mayo Clinic.
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A Food and Drug Administration reexamination of data linking the pediatric use of some antidepressants to increased suicidal tendencies has once again found a connection, and the agency is
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to a new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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By Salley Williams Western Mail  The true scale of chemical intrusion into our daily lives has been exposed as research shows the toxins in 'healthy' foods like eggs and milk.
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Medicines for young children often contain additives banned from food for under-threes, research shows.
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Higher salt diets in children lead to raised blood pressure which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, according to a study based on data collected in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
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The use of drugs to treat  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more  than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on  Tuesday.
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to two studies published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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New research shows that the more added sugar kids get from sodas, sweets and fruit drinks, the less they get of the things they need in their diets to stay healthy.
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About one-third of attention deficit cases among U.S. children may be linked with tobacco smoke before birth or to lead exposure afterward, according to provocative new research.
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Parents of kids on prescription drugs   for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are 10 times more   likely to be on such a medication themselves, according to an   analysis of U.S. prescription use released on Thursday.
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Children with disorders in what is known as the autism spectrum tend to be less irritable and hyperactive after a period of high temperature, a new study suggests.
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Boys who were repeatedly exposed to cocaine while in their mother's womb are more likely than girls or non-exposed children to be hyperactive or have other problem behaviors at six or seven years of age, new study findings show.
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They found that frequent use of these products during pregnancy and early childhood was associated with increased incidence of earaches and diarrhea in infants and depression and headaches in mothers, BBC News Online reported.
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'Green' treatments could provide cheap, healthy therapy for children, study says    HealthDayNews -- The great outdoors provides great benefits to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.    So says a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study in the September issue of the American Journal of Public Health...
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Exposure to phthalates -- compounds used in making plastics -- at levels commonly found indoors, appears to be associated with allergic symptoms in children, according to Swedish investigators.