Child Health

Baby RB: heartbreak in Court 50 as life of a one-year-old hangs in the balance

A judge in the Royal Courts of Justice must decide the fate of Baby RB, who has a rare genetic condition. His mother believes he should be allowed to die; his father disagrees It is an unceremonious setting for a decision of...

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Francesca Martinez: A wobbly girl's battle against the last taboo

Francesca Martinez's victim is squirming. Trapped under the scrutiny of the comedian and fellow members of the audience at her show in Edinburgh, he is clearly wishing for the proverbial hole to open up. "What are you bad at?"...

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KYM MARSH: Britain's premature baby problem - and the boy I lost at 21 weeks

Prematurity is the greatest cause of infant death - so why is there such a chronic shortage of specialist nurses and doctors? The Coronation Street actress, who lost her own baby at 21 weeks, investigates.

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Health notes: The ABC for healthier children

Experts agree that what children eat from birth to five years old matters even more than their diet later on in childhood. Almost a quarter of UK pre-school children are overweight or obese, with about ten per cent underweight,...

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'I'm not ready to sleep with another woman,' says Peter Andre

The broken marriage, the breakdown, the split with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Peter Andre's kept a dignifed silence since breaking up with Katie Price. Until now... 'I think at the time I thought I understood her (Katie Price),...

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Low vaccine supply raises ire | Getting the flu from your pet

Doctors, parents fret over severe shortage amid H1N1 worries The lack of H1N1 vaccine has become increasingly frustrating for doctors, patients and the general public, particularly those with chronic illnesses. The problems...

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Palin rallies abortion opponents in Wisconsin

By Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Added 1m ago WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Less than two weeks before the release of her memoir "Going Rogue," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was on message during...

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Low vaccine supply raises ire | Sharing the flu with your pet

Doctors, parents fret over severe shortage amid H1N1 worries The lack of H1N1 vaccine has become increasingly frustrating for doctors, patients and the general public, particularly those with chronic illnesses. The problems...

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Gaza children traumatized ten months after Israel's war on Gaza

GAZA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- It is still hard for Nada Joma'a, a 14-year-old girl from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City, to forget the time when an Israeli missile destroyed her house, killed her mother and cut...

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Red Reflex Eye Test Recommended for Newborns

A basic eye examination, including a red reflex eye test, is recommended for all newborns, according to Angela Buffenn, MD, MPH, director of the Orbit and Eye Movement Institute at The Vision Center o read more

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