ALLERGY
Will peanut Allergy Soon be Treatable? >
For Parents of Kids with Food Allergies, the Scariest Thing at Halloween is the Trick-or-Treat Bag >
Halloween scares for children with allergies and asthma >
Milk Safe, Even Encouraged, For Some After Treatment For Milk Allergy >
University researchers find new way of reducing the symptoms of anaphylactic shock >
Stinging insects can be deadly >
Oral Immunotherapy Protocol Induces Tolerance in Some Peanut-Allergic Children>
Food allergies have economic impact on families >
Steroid Nasal Wash Appears to Improve Health Status of Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis Without Affecting Adrenal Gland Function >
New research: Early peanut consumption may prevent allergy >
Drinking Milk to Ease Milk Allergy? >
Students Often Not Prepared to Handle Their Food Allergies >
UK House of Lords Scientific Report on Allergy 2007 >
The allergy generation and the EpiPen epidemic – April 27, 2008 >
Allergies to everything from dust, to cats, to peanuts are hitting young children hard, and doctors don't really understand why or what to do. Long held theories are changing, and there's great confusion. Reporter Ian Townsend.
Children With Asthma and Food Allergy Require Extra Emergency Treatment >
Children May Build Tolerance to Egg Allergy >
Allergies: Can Pharmacists Fill the Gap? Lancet Editorial, 20.6.08 >
Ancient Molecule Offers Clues to Human Allergy >
Road Pollution Blamed for Higher Allergy Risk in Kids >
Food Allergies on a Stick: The Risks of Summer Eating >
Rapid Treatment of Anaphylaxis is the Key to Saving Lives >
Allergy Gene Research Breakthrough made in Sydney >
Hey Fever! The Surprise Benefits of Allergy >
FOOD ADDITIVES
Australian Consumers’ Association Review of Food Additives >
Food Standards NSW Statement on Food Additives>
Sydney Morning Herald Article on Food Colours>
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
ADHD Medication Not Found to Increase Genetic Damage >
A Trial of Removing Food Additives Should be Considered for Hyperactive Children >
New Study Shows How Ritalin Works to Boost Cognition and Attention >
New Study Offers Hope for ADHD >
St John's Wort Not Effective for Treatment of ADHD >
New Clinic Tunes Up Brain’s Ability to Listen, For Both Kids and Adults >
IMMUNOTHERAPY
Sublingual Immunotherapy review from New England Journal of Medicine May 22 2008 >
Does a tablet work as well as injectable allergy treatment? >
Sublingual Immunotherapy >
MOTHERS' AND BABIES' HEALTH
Food-Based Strategies Improve Toddlers' Low Iron Status >
Prophylactic Administration Of Paracetamol To Children Receiving Vaccinations Can Reduce Vaccine Response >
Over Half Of Cot Deaths Occur Whilst Co-Sleeping >
Maternal Consumption of Canola Oil Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer >
Consumption of Nuts During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Asthma In Children >
Mothers react to their own Babies' Smile >
Closure of Coal Burning Power Plant in China Linked to Better Intellectual Development in Children >
Women who Gain Excessive Weight in Pregnancy are More Likely to Have Overweight Children by the age of 7 >
Antenatal Depression and Its Effects on Child Development >
Childhood obesity and sleep apnoea, and how to get your child to sleep better >
Many Babies and Children are Vitamin D Deficient >
Breast Feeding may improve Children’s Intelligence Scores >
More Girls than Boys Benefit From Breast Feeding >
Breast Fed Babies Have Fewer Gastrointestinal infections but More Iron Deficiency >
Excess Iron in Food Might Slow Infant Development >
Breastfeeding makes you smarter >
You are what your mother eats: a link between what the mother eats before conception and the sex of the child >
Most Children's Foods are Nutritionally Poor >
New Advice For Treating Fever in Young Children >
AUTISM
Autism's Earliest Symptoms Not Obvious Until After 6 months of Age >
UC Davis Study Finds Mercury Levels In Children With Autism And Those Developing Typically Are The Same >
Yale Researchers Discover Mechanism for Social Development That is Absent in Autistic Children >
Landmark court ruling refutes autism/vaccine link >
Unusual use of toys in infancy a clue to later autism >
Toddlers’ Focus on Mouths Rather Than on Eyes is a Predictor of Autism Severity >
New tool being developed to diagnose autism from the age of 9 months >
Montreal Children’s Hospital begins search for Causes of Autism >
Autism’s Social Struggles Due to Disrupted Communication Networks in Brain >
ASTHMA
Tobacco smoke can trigger child's asthma attack >
Asthma can be controlled, not cured >
Babies born in pollen and mold seasons have greater odds of developing asthma symptoms >
Rhinitis, With Or Without Allergies, Is Linked To Adult-Onset Asthma >
American Lung Association Finds No Evidence of a Link between Singulair and Depression or Suicide>
Special Cells May Prevent Asthma and Other Allergies >
Asthma in Boys May be a Passing Phase, But in Girls It’s Here to Stay >
Research Suggests That Stomach Bug May Prevent Asthma >
Comparison of Inhaled Steroid and Singulair in the treatment of Childhood asthma >
The search for child asthma genes >
Relationship between Birth Order in Family and the Incidence of Asthma >
Improving Asthma control In Teenagers >
ECZEMA
Eczema sufferers at risk of severe reaction to Smallpox Vaccine >
New England Journal of Medicine review of Eczema >
Aggressive Treatment of Childhood Eczema Could Prevent Asthma >
GENERAL INTEREST
Tracking the snacking habits of kids >
New recommendations released for treatment of IBS >
Antibiotic use can mask diagnosis of deadly brain infection in children >
Hopkins-Led Study Identifies Three Effective Treatments for Kids’ Anxiety >
What 3 year olds Eat Effects Their School Performance Many Years Later >
Parents Shape Whether Their Children Learn to Eat Fruit and Vegetables >
Adverse reactions to alternative medicines >
Children are Drinking More Sugary Drinks >
Cheap Eats: How to Find Healthy Food >
Readiness for School Position Paper, College of Physicians >
Children are more vulnerable to lead at age 6 than as toddlers >
Childhood Obesity Programme Gives a Better Outcome for Kids >
Poorer Children Have More Eye Problems than Those From More Affluent Families >
Sleep Deprivation Makes it Harder to Make Sense of What we See >
Flat Carbonated Soft Drinks Not a Good Alternative to Oral Rehydration Solution >
Nutrition For The Growing Athlete: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly >
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Linked to Increased Number of Chilli Pepper Pain receptors in the Gut >
More Children are Developing Melanomas >
Aggressive Behaviour in Children Can Lead to Alcohol Abuse as Adults >
Teens who Abuse Alcohol and Drugs More Likely to Die Young >
Too Much Water Raises Seizure Risk in Babies >
Smoking During Pregnancy Increases the Risk of SIDS >
Eye trauma due to a Water Bottle Cap >
Flip Flops, Mulch and No Coat: Study Identifies Surprising Barriers to Outdoor Activity for Kids in Child-Care Centers >