What Doctors Don't Tell YouHow long you breastfeed your child could dictate how bright he will be in later life, claim researchers from Denmark.
We know our children must grow up, and sometimes we prod and persuade them into growing up as soon as possible. A midwife tells us that cuddling will spoil a newborn infant; a mother weans her bab ...
As well as considering the overall quality of your child's diet and the role of potential allergens, you should look at nutritional deficiencies in specific areas. ... ...
The letter, written by J Barthelow Classen, director of American based Classen Immuno Therapies in Baltimore, Maryland, provided some astonishing evidence of the relationship between childhood imm ...
Medicines given to children in the UK are not properly controlled. ...
Q:Last month my daughter caught head lice at school and I had to go to the chemist to get some shampoo for her. After she had the treatment, I was horrified to read in the papers that some brands ...
Last week we mentioned that breastfeeding our babies was probably not such a bad idea, especially as those who are introduced to cereals too early are more likely to develop celiac disease.
Each year, thousands of premature babies in intensive care nurseries lose their sight to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disease which damages and detaches retina. ...
Doctors who use in-ear infrared devices to take a child’s temperature may be missing fevers that a standard rectal thermometer would have detected.
A reader's 27-month old son is suffering from some learning difficulties, following a serious iron deficiency in his earlier months. What can she do to help him? The first step is to throw all negative comments from doctors out the window, says one...
