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A new study has found that children are more likely to be obese if their parents are stressed. The study, published in the Pediatric Obesity journal, found that children whose parents have high levels of stress are more likely to have a BMI higher than those whose parents have low levels of stress and gain weight 7% faster. It is not clear why there is a link between a parent’s stress levels and...

Experts recommend that children be given a routine vaccine to prevent the most common cause of gastroenteritis. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland have written new guidelines regarding the vaccination. They suggest that giving kids aged between six and 32 weeks the rotavirus vaccine will help cut the risk of the condition that affects the...

According to a study, 60% of young people in Ireland are listening to music at dangerously loud levels. The national survey, conducted by DeafHear.ie, found that six out of ten students are listening to music at levels that could be damaging their hearing. Volumes should not exceed 85dB but the findings showed that kids are listening to music at levels over 100dB. According to experts, more than...

Hope for children who suffer from severe juvenile arthritis as new drug is approved. Juvenile arthritis is an incurable inflammatory joint condition that affects about 2,300 kids in Britain; coming on suddenly, the disease affects five or more joints, and cause stiffness, swelling, pain and limited movement. After 40 weeks of treatment with the drug RoActemra (tocilizumab), “two-thirds of those...

Patients with ovarian cancer are more likely to die in the UK and Ireland than anywhere else in Europe. According to research conducted by The Lancet Oncology, just 31% of women with the disease survived for five years compared to the 33.4% in poorer countries like Bulgaria and Lithuania. The Eurocare-5 study also compared survival rates for stomach, colon, lung, melanoma skin, breast, ovarian...

According to Professor Kefah Mokbel, a surgeon at the private London Breast Clinic, all women over the age of 20 should take Vitamin D to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. The professor is urging Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to make the vitamin free on the NHS saying it will save 1,000 lives a year. Mokbel has already started handing them out to female patients at his private clinic...

Still feeling guilty about eating that chocolate cake over the weekend? Well, according to psychologists, those who see eating cake as something to celebrate are more likely to stay slim than those who are consumed with guilt after. Researcher at the University of Canterbuy in New Zealand, Dr. Roeline Kuijer and Jessica Boyce, wanted to test whether guilt from eating sweet things undermined a...

Work is underway to incorporate fun themes into the design of children’s hospitals to make them more child-friendly. According to researchers involved in the project, the reason for this move is to embrace children’s rights and their views into consideration when improving hospitals. Architects designing these themes are expected to put forward their ideas in the coming week. Some...

Research shows that children today are not as fit as their parents were. A study of global fitness reveals that children’s cardio fitness has declined drastically since 1975. The study’s lead author, Dr Grant Tomkinson, said: “If a young person is generally unfit now, then they are more likely to develop conditions like heart disease later in life.” He believes that the decline in fitness...

New research shows that giving babies both breastmilk and solids could prevent them from developing an allergy. The study suggests that alternating between the two could teach a baby’s immune system that solid foods are safe. Lead researcher, Kate Grimshaw, compared the diets of 41 babies who developed allergies with 82 children who didn’t. She found that children who went on to develop...