Topic: Archives Of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Early daycare linked to fewer infections later

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although young children might get sick more often when they first start group daycare -- replete with its shared finger paints, building blocks and germs -- a new study hints at a possible future pay-off: fewer infections ...

Sleeping with your children

Letting the children sleep in the family bed, also called co-sleeping, is an extremely common practice in which babies and young children sleep with one or both of their parents. Many experts say that makes a baby or child feel loved, secure ...
tain common antibiotics and their potential for birth defects.... When I heard about a new study, out this week, that links several commonly used antibiotics, I wanted to pass it along to you. According to researchers, whose findings appear in the current ...
Could swim lessons actually increase the risk of kids drowning, by giving parents a false sense of security? Not necessarily, according to new research from the National Institutes of Health, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. "Swimming lessons are ...