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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Household chemicals are being linked to a rise in the number of children with asthma. A study of 7,000 youngsters has resulted in signs that bleach, paint stripper and carpet cleaners used in the home can lead to the condition.
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The Food and Drug Administration says a rocket fuel component contaminates nearly 94 percent of the milk and lettuce samples surveyed. The compound is suspected of having nasty effects in humans. By Amit Asaravala.
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NEW YORK  - The nutrient levels in young children with poorly controlled seizure disorders is often below the recommended levels, researchers report.
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Food marketed to children is being criticized as high in fat and sugar.
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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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FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The great outdoors provides great benefits to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Regulators have been accused of "chickening out" of banning additives linked to hyperactivity in children.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with methylphenidate,  better known as Ritalin, may reduce attentional and social  problems in kids who've survived leukemia or brain tumors,  according to researchers.
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Chemicals: bad for kids Parents are being warned of a link between disruptive behaviour and hyperactivity in children and certain food additives.â¦
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A look at all children born in Denmark  over a recent 10-year period found not only marked increases in  autism as expected but also in hyperactivity and Tourette's  syndrome, a study said on Monday.
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Life & style: As food additives are again been linked to hyperactivity in children, Rosalind Ryan asks which of the e-numbers is causing the most concern.
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NEW YORK  - Children with  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seem to have  iron deficiency, according to the results of a small study. The  researchers suggest that such kids may benefit from iron  supplements.
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All artificial colourings in food and soft drinks should be banned, a parliamentary committee urged  yesterday in a  report on the effect of diet on the brain
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NEW YORK  - A single dose of Ritalin appears to dampen adults' taste for calories and fat -- suggesting, researchers say, that the ADHD drug should be studied as a weight-loss medication.
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Brain scans of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder show abnormalities in the fiber pathways along which brain signals pass, scientists said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Children who eat goodly amounts of whole grain products and fish seem to have a reduced risk of developing asthma, according to findings published in the medical journal Thorax.