Children's Health

Toddlers are (usually) fascinating and fun little humans that bring us joy as well as the usual challenges. However, in our big world we often overlook little details about them, as they seem to change a bit each day. To be fair, there is no way you can know everything that’s going on with a […]

A new study shows that regular after-school exercise can improve more than just a child’s ability to run further or jump higher; it can also enhance their attention span and improve multi-tasking skills. The study, which was led by Charles Hillman, a kinesiology professor and community health expert at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, […]

Here’s concerning news: the drug being prescribed to your young son or daughter may have never been tested for people their age. New research suggests this could present problems, particularly when the drug in question is a powerful psycho-active. Most of the prescriptions written for children are for “off-label” drugs, which means that there is […]

It seems that more and more North American women are overweight or obese before and throughout their pregnancies. This might not mean much on its own accord. However, a recent study from the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism says that if mom is overweight before and during pregnancy; the chances of delivering a heavier baby […]

Canadian researchers have found that babies born by cesarean section versus vaginal delivery, as well as babies who are formula fed as opposed to breast fed, may develop compromised bacteria inside their guts, which is closely linked to healthy digestion and immunity. The first North American study of its kind examined how decisions around the […]

A study care of the University of California suggests that babies as young as 1 ½-years-old are sensitive to the perspectives of others and can even guess what other people are going to do before they do it. The report published on LiveScience.com challenged the earlier reasoning that children aren’t aware of the perspectives of […]