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Five in Five
BASEM, the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine, have called on schools in the UK to adopt a ‘five in five’ routine which involves five core exercises to do in five minutes. Childre...Young put at risk of stroke by divorce
Children whose parents break up and divorce are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke when they are adults. University of Toronto, in Canada, has made the discovery after conducting a survey of...Norovirus to infect millions
Statistics from NHS Direct and the Health Protection Agency show that cases of norovirus have been increasing for the past two weeks. Norovirus causes violent vomiting and diarrhoea but normally res...Toddlers Brighter if they Sleep at Night
Researchers at the University of Montreal state that toddlers who get most of their sleep at night are brighter than those that nap during the day. A study of 80 Canadian children ages one, 18 months ...Miscarriage More Likely in Obese Pregnant Women
Obese pregnant women are more likely to experience miscarriage, premature birth and to require caesarean section. A report from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) publi...8 in 10 Children Beat Cancer
Cancer Research UK has stated that there have been huge advances in child cancer treatment over the last 40 years. 78% of children diagnosed with leukaemia, brain cancer or lymphoma survive for at l...Delay Cutting Umbilical Cord
Dr David Hutchon a retired consultant obstetrician has written in the British Medical Journal that doctors and midwives should delay the clamping of the umbilical cord at child birth for a few minutes...Give Girls a Cervical Cancer Jab
Professor Peter Sasieni of the University of London has said Cervical Cancer could become rare. Girls given the jab at 12 or 13 would only need testing at 30 and 45. The current smear programme se...Txt 4 Bng Drnkg & Sx
Parents with teenage children avert your eyes now! Dr Scott Frank, lead researcher at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, US has produced a study that shows that teenagers that tex...
