Child Health

People showing hostility as adults are more likely to be low-weight at birth and throughout the childhood, scientists say.

The study conducted the University of Helsinki, Finland suggested that the origin of hostility lies in the low fetal and postnatal development. The scientists analyzed the data of 939 women and 740 men born in Helsinki between 1934 and 1944, their development from birth, child well-being and school records and their body size during adulthood. The participants also had completed a test measuring the level of hostility called the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale at an average age of 63.4 years.

Parents, who want to make their baby smart and calm from the birth now can start learning right from the womb. The innovative Baby Plus Prenatal Education System was designed by scientists to enhance your child development while you are pregnant. The Baby Plus system is a specially developed audio lessons that give your unborn baby an opportunity to distinguish rhythmic sounds from mother's heartbeat and other sounds.

Bedwetting alarm is one of the effective ways to stop your child bedwetting. Nowadays there is a wide range of bedwetting alarms that can help your child stay dry during the night.

Malem is one of the top manufacturers of bedwetting alarms and other products for bedwetting solutions.

Educational videos for babies such as Baby Einstein do not speed up language development in babies, the recent research shows.

Rebekah A. Richert, Ph.D. the leading author of the study, and her colleagues at the University of California, Riverside, analyzed vocabulary and general development in 96 toddlers aged 12 to 24 months.

Children of mothers, who spoke several languages during pregnancy, were better prepared to learn more than one language, a new study suggests.

If you think about potty training your child, the best time would be between ages two and three, specialists reveal.

The study conducted by Dr. Joseph Barone, chief of urology at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital in New Brunswick, N. J. says that the time when to start to potty train a child is more important than method.

Girls, who enter puberty earlier than 12 years, were found to be more aggressive than later bloomers, a new study says.

The study conducted at University of Queensland, Australia revealed that teenage girls, who had early puberty, are more likely to have delinquent behavior, being involved in stealing, fighting and drug taking.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota found that when people often eat together with their family during adolescence they can positively influence their dietary quality when reaching young adulthood.

During childhood, healthy nutrition is especially important for physical and emotional development. What your child eats not only influences his growth, but also child's health in adulthood.

Unfortunately, fast food often becomes the first option for many school-age children.

Nowadays, children spend more time watching TV than just a couple of years ago. Scientists are concerned that the amount of TV time has increased and it may negatively influence children's health.

Children are particularly vulnerable to serious diseases, including swine flu. No wonder many parents are concerned at the first signs of flu-like symptoms. How can you tell if your child has swine flu and what can be done to protect your kid from getting swine flu?

The recent report published in the journal Pediatrics says that 1 in every 91 children in the United States have an autism disorder. This rate is more than 50 percent higher if compared to the numbers in 2003.

Babies born with the help of caesarean section have their DNA of immune cells altered, which increases their risk of developing such diseases as asthma and diabetes, a new study says.