Breast-fed Babies Less Likely to Have Crooked Teeth
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Breast-feeding appears to help prevent crooked teeth in babies, says a study in the current issue of the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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NEW YORK  - A new study adds to evidence that mercury-containing dental fillings do not harm children's brain development, as some have feared.
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Women who breastfeed are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than women who don't, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Women who breastfeed are less  likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than women who don't,  according to a new report.
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Breast-feeding helps prevent babies' allergies, but there's no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months.
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NEW YORK  - Overweight and obese women are   less likely than normal-weight women to keep breastfeeding   their infants for six months or longer, a study from Australia   shows.
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The six most common tooth-damaging habits, and how to avoid them.
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NEW YORK  - A combination of nature and nurture may make some children more likely to develop behavioral problems, new research suggests.
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Babies who are breastfed are more likely to move up the social ladder as adults, a study claims.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct 12, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The risk of the congenital birth abnormality of spina bifida can be reduced measurably if the mother simply eats a balanced diet, ...
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FRIDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a daily dose of 400 micrograms or more of folic acid supplements early in pregnancy reduces the risk that a woman will have a baby with cleft lip, a new study finds.
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In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of...
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The tiniest premature infants fed with breast milk in the hospital did better on tests of mental development later in life than did others fed only formula, a new study has found.
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Healthy infants who constantly cry may be at risk for having a lower IQ and behavioral problems in their childhood years. A new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Colleagues in Norway
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NEW YORK  - As part of February's National Children's Dental Health Month, the American Dental Association reminds parents that children should visit the dentist within 6 months of getting their first tooth and no later than their first birthday.
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Breast-feeding, which helps build a baby's immune system, may be the best option for HIV-infected mothers in developing countries, despite the risk of transmitting the virus that causes AIDS to their babies, according to new studies presented on Monday.
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When scientists studied babies&#39; hearing they found the left ear was more attuned to music and the right better at picking up speech-like sounds.