Y! Health Children's Health News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Children's Health News, updated continuously. en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:06:01 PST Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Yahoo! Health 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif CDC Study Links 2 Antibiotics to Birth Defects (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/cdcstudylinks2antibioticstobirthdefects.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/cdcstudylinks2antibioticstobirthdefectsTue, 03 Nov 2009 20:49:22 PSTHealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antibiotics during pregnancy does not raise the risk for most birth defects, though there are some exceptions, new research has found.Mom's antidepressants tied to child health risks (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_ntidepressants_child.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_ntidepressants_childTue, 03 Nov 2009 10:52:05 PSTReuters - Babies whose mothers used antidepressants during pregnancy visit the doctor more often and have higher risks of certain health problems than other children their age, a new study suggests.One swine flu shot enough for pregnant women, two for kids (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthfluuswomenchildrenvaccine_20091103190345.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthfluuswomenchildrenvaccine_20091103190345Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:35:22 PSTAFP - A single dose of swine flu vaccine produces a robust immune response in pregnant women, one of the groups at high risk of dying from (A)H1N1 influenza, but young children need two shots, US clinical trials have shown.One swine flu shot enough for pregnant women, two for kids (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthfluuswomenchildrenvaccine.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthfluuswomenchildrenvaccineTue, 03 Nov 2009 08:35:22 PSTAFP - A single dose of swine flu vaccine produces a robust immune response in pregnant women, one of the groups at high risk of dying from (A)H1N1 influenza, but young children need two shots, US clinical trials have shown.Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/childhoodbraincancercausesotherlongtermproblems.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/childhoodbraincancercausesotherlongtermproblemsMon, 02 Nov 2009 20:49:24 PSTHealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, a U.S. study has found.Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_med_children_food_stamps.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_med_children_food_stampsMon, 02 Nov 2009 18:32:41 PSTAP - Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.Lack of health insurance tied to child deaths (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_health_insurance.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_health_insuranceMon, 02 Nov 2009 11:28:44 PSTReuters - Hospitalized children who lack health insurance are more likely to die than those who have coverage, a large U.S. study finds.UN launches plan to fight pneumonia among children (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthpneumoniawhounicefchildren.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthpneumoniawhounicefchildrenSun, 01 Nov 2009 19:23:28 PSTAFP - The World Health Organisation and UN child agency launched a global action plan to fight pneumonia, which kills some 1.8 million children under five every year.UN launches plan to fight pneumonia among children (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthpneumoniawhounicefchildren_20091102032335.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthpneumoniawhounicefchildren_20091102032335Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:23:28 PSTAFP - The World Health Organisation and UN child agency launched a global action plan to fight pneumonia, which kills some 1.8 million children under five every year.U.N. says $39 billion would stem child pneumonia deaths (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_pneumonia_global.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_pneumonia_globalSun, 01 Nov 2009 17:12:50 PSTReuters - Pneumonia kills more young children than any other disease, but an investment of $39 billion, or just $12.9 per child, could save 5.3 million lives in developing countries by 2015, the U.N. said Monday.