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<title><![CDATA[Surprises in landmark U.S. adoption survey]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings:

Minority women are trying to adopt at a higher rate than white women. 
Only 1 percent of single women put their babies up for adoption. 
Men adopt at twice the rate women do, but most of those are adopting their stepchildren.
The results from the report issued Thursday contradict beliefs about the most common adoption scenarios, said the author, Jo Jones of the Centers for...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-08 11:18:48</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 infant deaths in Arizona tied to cold meds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[At least 10 infant deaths in Arizona in 2006 were linked to over-the-counter cough and cold remedies — underscoring the danger of giving the medications to children younger than 2, researchers report.
The investigators found that of 21 infants who died unexpectedly and had autopsy data available, 10 had evidence that they been given cough or cold medication shortly before they died.
The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, do not prove that the medications caused or contributed to the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-08 11:15:55</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Immigrant kids even less active than U.S.-born ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Many immigrant children get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests. 
Plenty of earlier evidence shows that U.S. children are pretty inactive. The new study of nearly 70,000 children simply found even lower levels of activity among immigrants. 
Almost 18 percent of foreign-born children with immigrant parents got no vigorous exercise on any days of the week, and 56 percent didn’t participate in organized sports. 
By contrast, 11 perc...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-06 09:44:02</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parents and teenagers meet on Facebook]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Julia McGovern was shocked when her mom sent her a &quot;friend&quot; request on Facebook. She had been on the social networking site for four years and had no idea her mother even knew what it was.
&quot;It was my world,&quot; says Julia, 18, of Hopkinton, Mass. &quot;She was still just emailing.&quot;
Not anymore. Parents are flocking to social networking sites — sometimes to monitor their kids, and sometimes for the same reason teenagers signed up: to communicate and to share.
For some teens, this can feel like an intrus...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-06 09:40:15</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: No risk to children from artificial turf]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
 Children aren’t at risk for lead exposure from synthetic athletic fields, according to a report Wednesday from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The commission evaluated synthetic athletic fields after lead was detected on some New Jersey fields, raising worry about exposure to children.
But the commission said no tested field released amounts of lead that would be harmful.
“A variety of artificial turf products were evaluated for risk exposure to lead and the bottom line is pare...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-01 22:37:14</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pediatricians nix heart tests for ADHD drugs]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/kids_parenting_20080801_1457.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The nation&#039;s largest pediatricians&#039; group says most children getting attention-deficit drugs don&#039;t need heart screening with electrocardiogram tests, challenging advice from a leading heart doctors&#039; association.
The new policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics renews a debate over the safety of the powerful stimulants. More than half of the 4 million U.S. children diagnosed with attention-deficit disorders are being treated with stimulant drugs.
As Seattle heart specialist Peter Hesslein p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-01 21:40:29</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kids' cell phones: Cancer caution adds to debate]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/kids_parenting_20080730_927.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Kate Mulvany, right, of Stamford, Conn., says her daughter Meghan Mulvany, 12, wanted a cell phone for social and status reasons, but ultimately Kate got her the phone for safety.
 
When Amy Morris&#039; twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program&#039;s request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter&#039;s day camp were using cell phones they&#039;d taken along in their backpacks.
&quot;We were out...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-30 01:04:58</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nearly 3 percent of teen girls assaulted]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[About 3 percent of 12- to 17-year-old girls are physically or sexually assaulted by a boyfriend or date, a U.S. study suggests.
In interviews with a nationally representative sample of U.S. teens, researchers found that 2.7 percent of girls and 0.6 percent of boys said they had been the victim of serious dating violence — including physical abuse, sexual assault or being threatened with a weapon.
The findings offer some insight into the prevalence of the problem, as well as some of its conseque...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-24 13:21:42</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When teen years hit, sluggishness sets in]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/kids_parenting_20080717_454.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[

One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do. 
What’s more, the study suggests that fewer than a third of teens that age get even the minimum recommended by the government — an hour of moderate-to-vigorous exercise, like cycling, brisk walking, swimming or jogging. 
The sharp drop raises concerns about in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-17 11:02:24</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Background TV harms tots’ attention spans]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/kids_parenting_20080717_453.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Having the television on in the background while pre-schoolers play with their toys disrupts their efforts to sustain attention, even when they don’t pay much attention to it, and may harm their development, researchers report in current issue the journal Child Development. 
Pediatricians recommend no TV for children under age 2, yet studies show that three quarters of very young children in America live in homes where the TV is on most of the time, notes the research team led by Dr. Marie Evan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-17 11:00:34</pubDate>
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