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A large new study casts doubt on the widely accepted notion that spending time online, gaming, or watching TV, especially before bedtime, can damage young people's mental health.

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One of the biggest challenges parents face is making sure their children stay healthy. Fortunately, there are a number of simple changes parents can make to improve their children´s health. This article discusses three possible ways to improve the health of little ones.

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Most people think of hypertension as being an adult’s disease, but children get it too. Only about three percent of kids have high blood pressure, but studies show that the number is on the rise – due to the increase in obesity among kids. Most children with hypertension lead active lives, but what about sports participation? Should children with hypertension play competitive sports?

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Preteens who use a mobile phone or watch TV in the dark an hour before bed are at risk of not getting enough sleep compared to those who use these devices in a lit room or do not use them at all before bedtime.

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Childhood constipation is more than just a nuisance, children who suffer frequently with constipation have a lower quality of life. Being constipated traumatizes kids, causes them pain and is inconvenient for parents.

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Heart disease prevention starts during childhood, and the best way to help your child build a healthy cardiovascular system is to keep him active. One way to do this is to make sure he burns some calories getting to school in the morning.

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Rates of malignant melanoma are soaring. Find out what you need to know to protect yourself and your kids against this common deadly form of skin cancer.

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Stress in early childhood leads to faster maturation of certain brain regions during adolescence. In contrast, stress experienced later in life leads to slower maturation of the adolescent brain. This is the outcome of a long-term study conducted by researchers of Radboud University in which 37 subjects have been monitored for almost 20 years.

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Are childhood peanut allergies on the rise? According to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the number of peanut allergies in children has more than tripled over an eleven year period.

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If you are the parent of one of a colic infant, you are probably overwhelmed, exhausted, and looking for solutions. The research has explored swaddling and other effective remedies for soothing babies who suffer from colic.

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Reproductive hormones that develop during puberty are not responsible for changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence, according to the results of a newly published study.

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Watching too much television at age two can translate into poorer eating habits in adolescence and poorer performance in school, researchers at Université de Montréal's School of Psychoeducation have found.

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