Health Tip: Dealing With Separation Anxiety (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- It's common for young children to have a tough time when mom or dad leaves them with someone else.

Kids Adopted By Same-Sex Couples 'Thriving': Researcher (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children adopted by gay or lesbian parents develop as well as those adopted by heterosexual couples, a new study has found.

Cuvposa Approved for Chronic Drooling in Children (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate) Oral Solution has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat chronic drooling in children aged 3 to 16.

Story-Telling More Difficult for Brain-Injured Children: Study (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Children with brain injuries tend to be able to acquire the same language abilities as other children but have greater difficulty developing story-telling skills, a new study shows.

Menopause Treatment Could Harm Kids, Pets, FDA Warns (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Evamist, a drug used to reduce menopause-related hot flashes in women, may harm children and pets who have skin contact with the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

Meth use in pregnancy endangers mom and baby (Reuters)
Reuters - New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug.

Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies (Reuters)
Reuters - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades? (Reuters)
Reuters - Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.

Kites fill skies over Gaza as children reach for record (AFP)

Palestinian children in Gaza attending UNRWA?s (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) Summer Games attempt to smash their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously on the beach in Gaza City. Thousands of kites filled the sky over Gaza as children gathered to break their own Guinness World Record in an event organised by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.(AFP/Mohammed Abed)AFP - Thousands of kites filled the sky over Gaza on Thursday as children gathered to break their own Guinness World Record in an event organised by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.



Level of Parent-Child Conflict Seems to Differ Among Nations (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- American parents are more likely than European parents to have conflicts with their adult children, finds a new study.

Anesthesia's Role in Hip, Knee Replacement Infections Studied (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Patients are less likely to develop infections at the sites of total hip or knee replacements if they undergo epidural or spinal anesthesia instead of general anesthesia, a new study reports.

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