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Kids Growing Up on Farms Less Likely to Have Asthma

In a European study that echoes the findings of other scientists, researchers have found that children who grow up on farms are less likely to develop childhood asthma. The risk of asthma was reduced by as much as 51 percent for children [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

FTC Has Its Eye On Apple (Again) For Kids Overspending In Ap...

Last week, we reported that antitrust regulators are reviewing Apple’s controversial new subscription policy. Now, the feds are scrutinizing the world of apps for an entirely different reason—kids are racking up massive app b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids’ noise is all right!

Germany’s cabinet on Wednesday adopted draft legislation aimed at battling a growing tide of complaints against noisy children, in what is a rapidly ageing society. The legislation aims to make it easier to build creches in residen [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents Still Giving Cough, Cold Meds to Kids Under 2: Poll

Many American parents of children aged 2 and younger still give over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to their kids despite U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings to the contrary, researchers have found. In response to resea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Jordan's now all tweetness for kids

The Sun revealed yesterday that ex Peter Andre is compiling a dossier of evidence to present to a family court after his three-year-old daughter Princess suffered a burn in her care. But Jordan - real name Katie Price - posted cosy [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

3 months on, runaway kids yet to be traced

Three months have passed since four children went missing from home in November last year but the police are yet to trace the kids, the eldest of them only 10 years old. Tejaswini Verma (10), her sisters, Laxmi (4) and Gauri ( [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Grab & Go Kids Planner

Each week, we'll give you the info on the five best family activities or events for the week. This week as the fabulous warm winter weather continues, you and your kids can spent Saturday with some flyboys or wth the boys of summer i [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Talking with family at mealtime may mean better health for k...

Families who eat dinner at home together tend to have more nourishing meals, but there may be other health benefits as well. A study finds that having quality family interactions at mealtime was linked with better overall health for chil [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Working mothers' kids more likely to be obese

Scientists have found that children's body mass index (BMI), which was earlier linked to maternal employment, rose the more years their mothers worked over their kids' lifetimes. For the study, researchers at American University, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Some vaccines tied to lower kids' leukemia risk

The findings, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, showed that kids born in counties where most children had been vaccinated for hepatitis B had about 20 percent lower odds of all types of childhood cancers than those born in counties [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

The kids were all right as Canucks cruise past Stars

Cody Hodgson led his new team onto the ice for the pre-game warm-up Tuesday night and of course no one followed. Hodgson knew that was going to happen. He had heard about Lee Sweatt’s adventure before his first NHL game last week. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Flu in kids typically spreads boy to boy and girl to girl

Flu spreads faster in schools than rumors about a pop quiz. But science is revealing more about how germs jump from child to child and strategies that might prevent larger flu outbreaks. The latest science shows that flu predomi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Thai silk show raises funds for special kids

To raise funds for ‘Umeed-e-Noor’, an NGO looking after the needs of special children, wife of the ambassador of Thailand, Jiraporn Jitpatima, organised a Thai silk show, fashioned into garments with a blend of the Thai and P [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids reenact five Oscar nominated films

I’m not sure why the Internet is rampant with kids reenacting stuff. Oh, wait. Because it’s adorable! From Kanye’s tweets to Project Runway, these children keep us entertained with their mini (ha) versions of what&rsquo [...]