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Child-targeted gluten-free products do not appear to be healthier

Child-Targeted Gluten-Free Products No Healthier

Child-targeted gluten-free products have similar levels of sugar and poor nutritional quality as equivalents
School-aged children with developmental dyslexia more frequently have visual function deficits than typically developing children

Visual Function Deficits Up in Developmental Dyslexia

Increased prevalence of deficits in visual function versus typically developing school-age children
A health professional presented with animal abuse by a child over 10 years of age should have increased concerns about abuse in the family

Physicians Should Be Aware of Animal, Child Abuse Link

Children over 10 years of age who abuse an animal may be victims of child abuse
Two-thirds of parents report that their child has had a headache not related to a fall or head injury

Two-Thirds of Parents Report Their Child Has Had Headache

Only 44% of parents would definitely go to ER if their child had headache that didn't improve with meds
Reducing public insurance (Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program) income eligibility limits would result in large numbers of newly ineligible pediatric hospitalizations

Cutting Insurance Eligibility Ups Peds Hospitalization Cost Burden

Reducing public insurance eligibility limits would raise numbers of ineligible pediatric hospitalizations
Neither glargine followed by metformin nor metformin alone halts the progressive deterioration of β-cell function in youth with impaired glucose tolerance or recently-diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Two Regimens Fail to Stop Declines in β-Cell Function

Metformin alone or after insulin no help in youth with new diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance
Lawnmowers pose a serious risk of injury to children

AAP: Lawnmowers Pose Serious Injury Risk to Children

American Academy of Pediatrics offers safety tips for children around lawnmowers
New research supports expanded restrictions on opioid-containing cough and cold medications for children

Data Support FDA Restrictions on Child Cough and Cold Medicines

Surveillance data showed more adverse events for children exposed to hydrocodone than codeine
Parental incarceration is associated with lower health care use and unhealthy behaviors among adolescents and young adults

Parental Incarceration Linked to Unhealthy Behaviors in Teens

History of mother and father incarceration linked to forgone health care, prescription drug abuse
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) deaths in children decreased between 2000 and 2015

Drop in Childhood Pneumococcal, Hib Deaths From 2000 to 2015

Most children who died of pneumococcus and Hib presented with pneumonia