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Playing in dirt good for kids: Study

Parents, here's another reason for your kids to play outdoors in the dirt: It may make them smarter.

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Heavy caffeine intake may mean smaller babies

Pregnant women who down six coffee cups' worth of caffeine every day may have smaller babies than those who consume less caffeine, a new study finds.

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Nut allergies may be on the rise in children: U.S. study

Schools may have a good reason for banning nuts from the classroom and canteen with a U.S. study finding the number of children allergic to peanuts and tree-nuts may be rising.

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Alberta leads Canada for babies born underweight

More underweight infants — babies at risk of developmental delays and physical disability — are born in Alberta than in any other Canadian centre, according to a new study.

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Pesticide link to ADHD in children: Study

Children exposed to higher levels of pesticide found on commercially grown fruit and vegetables in the United States were more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according...

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Yoga in schools helps kids relax, concentrate

Sophia Cumming is about to transform into a butterfly. More impressive yet, the Grade 6 Calgary student is going to teach 11 of her peers the butterfly yoga pose at the same time.

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Study shows consistent benefit of early daycare

Parents worried about putting very young children into daycare got some reassuring answers on Friday -- children who have high-quality care see academic benefits lasting into high school.

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Spoonful of sugar helps medicine go down, baby study finds

Babies fed as little as a few drops of sugar water experience less pain and are significantly less likely to cry following immunization, new research that involved Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children...

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Vitamin A during pregnancy helps baby's lungs: Study

Children whose malnourished mothers took vitamin A during pregnancy had stronger lungs throughout childhood, with the benefits measurable well past the age of nine, researchers reported on Wednesday.

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Obesity task force urges action

First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a 70-point plan for reducing childhood obesity within a generation, including a call for marketing healthier food, but stopping short of recommending regulatory...

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Bottle-fed babies may eat more, study hints

Babies who are bottle-fed early on may consume more calories later in infancy than babies who are exclusively breastfed, a study published Monday suggests.

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When it comes to body images, kids take after their parents

When parents watch their weight and body image, overweight adolescent children tend to follow their example, according to a University of California study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

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Looking after kids, aging parents has 'sandwich generation' stressed out: Survey

Bonnie Harrison was a former real-estate agent. She'd run an inn with her husband, Now, in the throes of dementia, she was participating in art therapy that often saw her filling in colouring books.

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H1N1: What have we learned after two waves of Swine Flu?

In the spring and summer of 2009, pandemic H1N1 began to spread around the world. While many died and even more were infected, a global mass mortality scenario, last seen in 1918, failed to materialize.

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