The chickenpox vaccine is a shot that can protect nearly everyone who gets it from catching chickenpox. It’s also called the varicella vaccine because chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The vaccine is made from the live but weakened, or attenuated, virus. Viruses that have been attenuated are less virulent than viruses that are… Continue reading
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Polio vaccine in children /IPV/: when to vaccinated
Polio, an infectious disease caused by a virus that lives in the throat and intestinal tract, was once the leading cause of disability in the U.S. Since the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955, the disease has been eradicated in the U.S. But the disease is still common in some developing countries and until… Continue reading
Treatment plan for children with autism includes complementary therapies
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming a popular treatment for a variety of conditions, with national data showing it is used by about 12 percent of children. New research shows that about 21 percent of youths enrolled in a large registry of children on the autism spectrum use CAM as part of their overall… Continue reading
Learning and playing – how to combine it
Encourage Activity It might look like just child’s play, but toddlers are hard at work learning important physical skills as they gain muscle control, balance, and coordination. Each new skill lets them progress to the next one, building on a foundation that leads to more complicated physical tasks, such as jumping rope, kicking a ball… Continue reading
How to discipline your toddler
Are there any parents who haven’t felt complete and utter love for their toddler and, at the same time, frustration and anger? Our beloved little ones test our nerves because they’re testing boundaries all around them. Every day, little by little, they’re mastering new abilities and accomplishing new feats, and are anxious and excited to… Continue reading
UNICEF with new effort in cutting malaria’s death in children
More than a million mosquito nets are being distributed in the Central African Republic in a bid to protect children and pregnant women from malaria. The effort by the Government of the CAR and UNICEF aims to put at least one long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net (LLIN) into each of the country’s 896,000 households in the… Continue reading
Too much food in the teen years is not always healthy
Do you sometimes feel that your kids might eat you out of house and home? It can feel like that at times, especially during the teen years. They grab a handful of cookies here, a bag of chips there, and finish last night’s leftovers in a flash. They’re growing like weeds, of course, so you… Continue reading
New interesting research: pesticide may be responsible in some cases for ADHD
A team of scientists from the University of Montreal and Harvard University have discovered that exposure to organophosphate pesticides is associated with increased risk of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. Published in the journal Pediatrics, the investigation found a connection between exposure pesticides and the presence of symptoms of ADHD. The study focused on… Continue reading