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Telemedicine a Cost-Effective Alternative to ER Visits (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the pediatric emergency department, according to a community-wide study conducted in New York.




Tree-lined streets may cut city kids' asthma risk (Reuters) Reuters - City blocks boasting plenty of trees aren't only more pleasing to the eye; they may be healthier for children's lungs, according to research conducted in New York City.


Child safety seats should be centered in back seat (Reuters) Reuters - Positioning child safety seats in the center of the back seat could cut infants' and toddlers' injury risks by nearly half, a new study suggests.


Death toll in China disease outbreak hits 34: state media (AFP)

A child leaves a children's hospital in Beijing on May 7, 2008. The number of Chinese children confirmed dead from hand, foot and mouth disease has risen to 34 with nearly 25,000 people infected but the outbreak's spread may be slowing, state media said on Friday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - The number of Chinese children confirmed dead from hand, foot and mouth disease has risen to 34 with nearly 25,000 people infected but the outbreak's spread may be slowing, state media said on Friday.





Health Tip: Discussing Death With Children (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Death may be difficult to comprehend at any age, but it can be particularly confusing and scary to young children.


China hails doctor for raising child virus alarm (Reuters)

A child cries while receiving a medical check from a kind of intestinal virus, identified as enterovirus 71 or EV71, at a hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong province May 7, 2008. (Joe Tan/Reuters)Reuters - A deadly strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed two more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 32, state media said on Friday, as it praised a doctor who alerted authorities to the epidemic.





Cool kids can help others avoid smoking: study (Reuters)

A fourteen year old smokes a cigarette in his grandmother's yard during a family meeting in Santiago, September 06, 2005. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)Reuters - Getting the cool kids to talk to their peers about the dangers of smoking cut the number of young people who started using cigarettes in one study by nearly 25 percent, British researchers said on Friday.





Mom's high normal blood sugar risky: study (Reuters) Reuters - Pregnant women who have blood sugar levels above normal but below those signaling full-blown diabetes are more likely than women with lower blood sugar levels to experience several adverse pregnancy outcomes, new research indicates.


Death toll from child viral disease up to 30 in China (AP)

China's Director General of Emergency Teng Zijian, left, Health Minister spokesman Mao Qun'an, center, and World Health Organization China representative Hans Troedsson attend a press conference in Beijing Wednesday, May 7, 2008. China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children. Mao said the outbreak would not have an impact on the Beijing Olympics in August. Both Mao and Troedsson said they expected more cases to emerge because of the tighter reporting requirements and because the disease should peak with warmer weather in June and July. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by two to 30, health officials said Thursday, as the number of reported cases jumped to nearly 20,000.





Some Weight-Loss Drugs Might Disrupt Brain Growth in Kids (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of weight-loss drugs that suppresses appetite by blocking cannabinoid receptors in the brain should be used with caution in children, U.S. scientists report.


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