Alliance Principle Ingredients/Neutrical Solutions Inc., in consultation with Health Canada, is recalling the health product Galenic Health Ginger in Bentonite (NPN 80053535) due to unacceptable levels of lead for adolescents and children. The product currently contains levels of lead beyond permitted limits for children, but within acceptable limits for adult dosing.
Category: children
Sexting: How young children deceive parents to share porn
Do you understand the online jargon “PIR” and “POS”? A new guidebook gives adults a crash-course in textspeak in a bid to protect children dabbling in sex and porn
Obesity Never Stopped Oprah or Carnie: Lessons from Childhood Weight Battles
If the Battle of the Bulge had a patron saint, it would be Oprah Winfrey. Famous, wealthy, and unprecedentedly influential, Oprah touched the hearts of millions as the play-by-play description of her ups and downs filled more magazine pages than possibly any other topic. Parts of her story can be found in “Oprah Winfrey’s Very Public Food Addiction Struggle.”Yes, addiction is the word. Leaving no room for doubt, Oprah openly and courageously declared to the world’s press, “My drug of choice is food. I use food for the same reasons an addict uses drugs: to comfort, to soothe, to ease stress.” One episode of her television show featured some teenagers who had gone through weight-loss surgery, including a young woman
Mood instability common to mental health disorders, associated with poor outcomes
Mood instability occurs in a wide range of mental disorders, and is not exclusive to affective conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder, new research confirms. The research also found that mood instability was associated with poorer clinical outcomes.
Obese teens’ brains unusually susceptible to food commercials, study finds
TV food commercials disproportionately stimulate the brains of overweight teenagers, including the regions that control pleasure, taste and — most surprisingly — the mouth, suggesting they mentally simulate unhealthy eating habits that make it difficult to lose weight later in life.
Epstein-Barr virus co-infection may boost malaria mortality in childhood
Malaria researchers are calling attention to a trouble-maker whose effects may be underappreciated: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Their experiments with mice show that co-infection with a virus closely related to EBV can make a survivable malaria parasite infection lethal.
How to Keep Your Child Active During Summer Break
Remember when you were a kid dreaming of summer days spent hiking, fishing, and playing outdoors? Childhood looks a lot different today than it did 30 years ago. Today it is a rarity to see children and teens without their heads buried in their phones, iPods, and video games. With the increasing reliance on technology […] The post How to Keep Your Child Active During Summer Break appeared first on .
Anti-stroke drug effective treatment for middle-ear infections, researchers say
An existing anti-stroke drug is an effective treatment for middle-ear infections, showing the ability to suppress mucus overproduction, improve bacterial clearance and reduce hearing loss, according to researchers.
Fine particulate air pollution linked to risk of childhood autism
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution during pregnancy through the first two years of the child’s life may be associated with an increased risk of a child developing autism spectrum disorder, a condition that affects one in 68 children, according to an investigation of children in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Workplace intervention improves sleep of employees’ children
A workplace intervention designed to reduce employees’ work-family conflict and increase schedule flexibility also has a positive influence on the sleep patterns of the employees’ children, researchers report.
Snacking on protein can improve appetite control, diet quality in teens
Although eating high-protein, afternoon snacks can aid appetite control in adults, little information exists to guide parents on what types of snacks might benefit their adolescent children. Now, researchers have found that afternoon snacking, particularly on high-protein-soy foods, reduces afternoon appetite, delays subsequent eating and reduces unhealthy evening snacking in teenagers.