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| Best for kids to face parents in buggy: report LONDON (Reuters) - Children pushed in buggies that face away from their parents may suffer long-term emotional and language problems, hints a study published on Friday. |
| US doctors to be on guard for meningitis in kids WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials asked doctors on Thursday to be alert for possible cases of meningitis and other illnesses in children caused by Hib bacteria amid an ongoing vaccine shortage. |
| Elder suicide risk persists in long-term care NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Suicide has not declined among elderly people living in long-term care facilities as it has among community-living elders, research hints. |
| Over 1,000 melamine babies still in China hospitals BEIJING (Reuters) - Over one thousand Chinese infants are still in hospital receiving treatment for kidney damage caused by tainted milk, China's Health Ministry said on Thursday, more than two months after the scandal broke. |
| Weight-Alzheimer link different for men and women NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are heavy in their middle years are at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease, especially if they have large waists. However, for men, being underweight during that period of life actually increases the likelihood of developing the degenerative brain disease, researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology. |
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