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New UAB Study Finds Novice Parents Overlook Many Child-Injury Risks
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychology researchers report that new parents identified less than half of the safety hazards in a simulated home environment, and most perceived that their children were less vulnerable to injuries than other children.   view more (2009-08-06)

Are kids today truly more autonomous?
Children have certainly mastered the art of selecting, negotiating and even refusing the chores their parents assign to them.   view more (2009-08-04)

Fox Chase finds all-biologic regimen efficacious and well-tolerated in elderly lung cancer patients
Previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients over the age of 70 respond well to a combination of bevacizumab and erlotinib, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.   view more (2009-08-03)

Mom and dad as financial advisors
Why are so many students deep in debt before they finish college, only to take on more debt as they begin their careers? The answer may be found by looking at the social forces that shape the attitudes and behaviors of today's youth - forces influencing them in ways that will determine their financial success or failure as adults.   view more (2009-07-28)

NIAID set to launch clinical trials to test 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine candidates
Scientists in a network of medical research institutions across the United States are set to begin a series of clinical trials to gather critical data about influenza vaccines, including two candidate H1N1 flu vaccines.   view more (2009-07-23)

The 'see food' diet
Current research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly.   view more (2009-07-23)

Young men living at home with parents are more violent
Young men who stay at home with their parents are more violent than those who live independently.   view more (2009-07-21)

Survey finds 6 in 10 Americans believe serious outbreak of H1N1 likely in fall/winter
As part of a series about Americans' response to the H1N1 flu outbreak, the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health is releasing a national poll that focuses on Americans' views and concerns about the potential for a more severe outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) in the fall or winter.   view more (2009-07-17)

Ask permission to use newborn data, parents say
More than three-quarters of parents would be willing to permit the use of their children's newborn screening samples for research purposes if their permission were obtained beforehand, a University of Michigan survey shows.   view more (2009-07-16)

Tweens sensitive to others' perceptions of them
Young adolescents care a lot about what others think about them. A new study confirms this using brain-mapping techniques that shed new light on this complex period of social development.   view more (2009-07-15)

Who am I? Adolescents' replies depend on others
Ask middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others, or reflected self-appraisals, has long been assumed, but new evidence supporting this claim has now been found in the teen brain.   view more (2009-07-15)

Parents fail to recognize their children's burgeoning weight
Despite constant warnings about childhood obesity, too many Australian parents are still oblivious to the fact their children are overweight.   view more (2009-07-15)

Children of undocumented parents may be at higher developmental risk
Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress -- fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources.   view more (2009-07-14)

Making the difficult task of transporting a child with special needs safer
A new study by researchers from the Automotive Safety Program at Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University School of Medicine published online July 13, 2009 in the journal Pediatrics reports that the parents of children with special health care needs are doing a good job with the selection of the appropriate child car seat but still need... view more... (2009-07-14)

Childhood obesity link to parents
The relationships between children and their parent of the same gender in the earliest years of life could be the key to understanding why some young people become obese and others do not, new research conducted by the EarlyBird Diabetes Study has shown.   view more (2009-07-13)

Mothers of children with autism have higher parental stress, psychological distress
Ask any mother and she'll tell you that raising a preschooler is no easy task. Now imagine what it must be like to bring up a child with autism or a developmental delay.   view more (2009-07-09)

Study examines movie smoking exposure and team sport participation in youth established smoking
Participating in team sports is associated with a reduced likelihood of youths becoming established smokers.   view more (2009-07-07)

Battle of the sexes benefits offspring, says research
Parents compensate for a lazy partner by working harder to bring up their offspring, but not enough to completely make up for the lack of parenting.   view more (2009-07-07)

Elderly breast cancer patients receive chemotherapy if treated in private practices
In a study to determine the non-medical factors that may be associated with the decision to treat nonmetastatic breast cancer.   view more (2009-07-07)

Survival rates for elderly receiving hospital CPR did not improve from 1992 to 2005
A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005.   view more (2009-07-06)
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