Daycare tots under age two most apt to catch colds
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Results of a large Danish study  confirm that young children who attend group childcare,  especially those without siblings, are at increased risk for  catching respiratory infections compared with their  counterparts who are cared for at home.
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The medicines long used by parents to treat their children's coughs and colds don't work and shouldn't be used in those younger than 6, federal health advisers recommended Friday.
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Young people aged 11 to 18 should get a shot that protects them from the most dangerous type of meningitis, advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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U.S. health regulators are taking a new look at the safety of children's over-the-counter cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Protection against whooping   cough, also known as pertussis, appears to wane a few years   after immunization with pertussis vaccine during infancy.   Therefore, booster vaccination is probably warranted at 5 to 7   years of age, doctors from Sweden conclude in a report in the   journal Pediatrics.
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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it âstrongly recommendsâ that over-the-counter cold remedies not be used in children under 2.
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More than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are plagued with obesity,. The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight.
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Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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Q. I have been ill since the birth of our baby but hope to be well enough to go on holiday with my husband and our seven-month-old in January or February.
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PANAMA CITY -- Ashley Johns sat on the floor feeding her baby a bottle. Nearby, Patris Lewis and Tynisha Jackson tended to their little ones. The girls are 11 and 12 years old, and their babies are computerized.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Getting the flu shot for a young child protects both the little one and his or her family from getting sick this season, research shows.
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WASHINGTON -- Government health officials said yesterday they are reviewing whether popular medicines like Tylenol Plus Cold &amp; Cough and Infant Triaminic Thin Strips are safe and effective in treating children's colds and coughs.
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NEW YORK  - Cooling the head with a special  cap may help reduce brain damage in infants with neonatal  encephalopathy, a serious neurologic condition that occurs in  the first days of life, new research shows. This treatment  seems to work for most infants, provided their condition is not  too severe.
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For parents worried about how to treat  children's colds now that some medicines have been called into  question, the answer may be a dose of salt water.
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Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn't be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers Thursday.
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For parents worried about how to treat children's colds now that some medicines have been called into question, the answer may be a dose of salt water.
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of