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Siblings' bad habits brush off
Brothers and sisters are more powerful role models than friends or parents when it comes to teenage drinking and smoking, research has shown. view more (2006-01-16)
Aggression in adolescents is influenced by siblings
Children who have older brothers become more aggressive over time, on average, than those who have older sisters. Older siblings with younger sisters become less aggressive. view more (2007-09-28)
Does birth order among siblings decide position in soccer?
Fathers everywhere will be relieved to know that, when it comes to playing football, the youngest in the family will not always be nominated the goalkeeper and the eldest the striker. view more (2003-12-17)
Helping children resolve past conflicts may be beneficial
When young children argue with their siblings, they are rarely counseled to address their conflicts after the fighting is over. Rather than encouraging children to forget past disagreements, it might be better for parents to use these quarrels to help their children develop useful skills in conflict resolution. view more (2006-11-14)
Death of a child in the neonatal intensive care unit
Little is known about the long-term effects of the death of a child in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on survivor siblings. view more (2009-04-02)
Sibling relationships reflect family dynamics
Most children in the United States grow up with sisters and brothers. Connections that usually last a lifetime, these relationships can be strained at times, especially during childhood. view more (2006-11-14)
Infants with autistic siblings may display early social, communication problems
Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders do not perform as well on tests of social and communication development compared with siblings of children without developmental problems at ages as young as 12 months. view more (2007-04-03)
Genes influence both susceptibility to, and progression of, multiple sclerosis
Susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS), and the way in which the disease progresses, are genetically determined, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. view more (2001-11-23)
NO INCREASED CANCER RISK FOR SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER (P 711)
Results of a population-based study published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET suggest that siblings of children with common, non-inheritable cancer are not at an increased risk of malignant disease. In some rare inherited disorders such as retinoblastoma and Li-Fraumeni syndrome, relatives of children with cancer are at an increased risk... view more... (2001-08-29)
Obesity-related hormone is higher in children with Down syndrome
Children with Down syndrome are more likely than their unaffected siblings to have higher levels of a hormone associated with obesity, according to pediatric researchers. view more (2007-10-29)
Family favorite? Study says parents, sibs see imbalances in parents' attention differently
When parents treat their children differently, siblings and parents often have very different ideas about what's happening and why, says a University of Illinois study. And there can be as many points of view as there are family members. view more (2007-05-22)
Sibling study could lead to better treatments for inherited form of colon cancer
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) believe they may be one step closer to understanding how certain forms of colon cancer develop. view more (2008-11-04)
Study finds link between birth order and asthma symptoms
Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the past year than those who were oldest or only children. view more (2008-05-09)
Siblings of mentally disabled face own lifelong challenges, according to researchers
People who have a sibling with a mental illness are more likely to suffer episodes of depression at some point in their lives, say researchers who analyzed four decades of data. view more (2008-12-10)
Siblings of schizophrenia patients display subtle shape abnormalities in brain
Subtle malformations in the brains of patients with schizophrenia also tend to occur in their healthy siblings, according to investigators at the Silvio Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. view more (2008-02-20)
What makes someone your sister or brother? No easy question in 2005
Researchers delving into today's complicated range of family set-ups must recognise that 'brother and sister' relationships are now about far more than blood ties and living in the same home, warns a new study sponsored by the ESRC. view more (2005-05-17)
Family members with MS likely to share onset age, but not disease severity
When more than one member of a family is affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), their ages at disease onset are likely to be similar, but disease severity may not be. view more (2007-01-30)
Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes likely to have abnormal blood sugar levels
Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes are four times more likely to have abnormal glucose levels compared to other overweight children. Because abnormal glucose levels may indicate risk for diabetes or diabetes itself, these children could benefit from screening tests and diabetes prevention education. view more (2008-12-10)
'Hygiene hypothesis' challenged
New research hints that the common belief that kids who go to daycare have lower rates of asthma and allergy later in life might be nothing more than wishful thinking. view more (2009-09-08)
Left main coronary artery disease can double or treble heart risk in siblings
German researchers have found that heart disease of the left main coronary artery is often an inherited condition that clusters in families. Moreover, they discovered that initially healthy siblings of a person with the condition were 2.5 times more likely to go on to develop some form of heart disease than were siblings of a patient with heart... view more... (2007-10-04)
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