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'Meth babies' have 'worrisome' behavior problems

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 6:47am

CHICAGO -- The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children.

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In this Dec. 2, 2011 photo, Dr. Norman Spack poses in his office at Children's Hospital Boston. Spack is author of one of the reports in the journal Pediatrics about teens and children who insist they were born the wrong sex and are requesting body-altering treatments. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Suzanne Kreiter/Globe)

Sex-change treatment for children on the rise

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 11:29am

CHICAGO -- A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics.

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In this Jan. 13, 2012 photo, heart patient Tammy Collins, right, goes through her cardio rehabiltaion workout while being monitored by nurse Julie Walsh at The Ohio State University CarePoint East facility in Columbus, Ohio. After suffering a heart attack and then healing she was apprehensive about how to safely return to her sex life. The American Heart Association says having sex only slightly increase the chance for having a heart attack. And that's true for patients with and without heart disease. (AP Photo/Mike Munden)

Sex safe for most heart patients

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 5:04pm

CHICAGO -- Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.

That advice from a leading doctors' group on Thursday addresses one of the most pressing, least discussed issues facing survivors of heart attacks and other heart patients.

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Few teens sexting racy photos, new research says

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 12:31pm

CHICAGO -- Teen sexting of nude photos online or via cellphone may be far less common than people think, new research suggests.

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Few teens sexting racy photos, new research says

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 5, 2011 - 8:54am

CHICAGO — Teen sexting of nude photos online or via cellphone may be far less common than people think, new research suggests.

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Fat babies become fat adults

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 6:31pm

CHICAGO -- Researchers say there's a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they've passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by age 2.

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(Tom Dorsey/The Associated Press) A member of the Salina South High School soccer team works out for conditioning training in Salina, Kansas. Playing sports in hot, steamy weather is safe for healthy children and teen athletes, so long as precautions are taken and the drive to win doesn’t trump common sense, the nation's largest pediatricians group said Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.

Pediatricians: Sports in heat OK with precautions

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 7:23am

CHICAGO — Playing sports in hot, steamy weather is safe for healthy children and teen athletes, so long as precautions are taken and the drive to win doesn't trump common sense, the nation's largest pediatricians group says.

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In a July 11, 2011 photo, Stormy Bradley, right, and her daughter Maya, 14, walk their dog Bubbles in their neighborhood in Atlanta. Maya is part of an anti-obesity ad campaign in Georgia. A provocative article in a prominent medical journal argues that parents of extremely obese children should lose custody because they can't control their kids' weight in the most extreme cases. Bradley's daughter isn't at risk, but Bradley sympathizes with parents struggling to control their kids' weight. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)

Should parents lose custody of super obese kids?

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 4:07pm

CHICAGO -- Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases.

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Elizabeth Marston, 10, practices soccer with her father Bradley at a school in Bountiful. Bradley Marston bought a genetic test online a year ago for Elizabeth, then 9, that showed she has an advantageous gene form for sports, results her father hopes will help her get into elite sports programs or win college scholarships.

Could gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?

Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 10:16pm

CHICAGO -- Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits costing less than $200.

Some customers say the test results help them steer their children to appropriate sports. But skeptical doctors and ethicists say the tests are putting profit before science and have a much greater price tag -- potentially robbing perfectly capable youngsters of a chance to enjoy activities of their choice.

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Storms ravage Midwest; tornado watch issued

Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 3:27pm

CHICAGO -- A storm drawing comparisons to a hurricane muscled across the Midwest on Tuesday, snapping trees and power lines, delaying flights at one of nation's busiest airports and soaking commuters who slogged to work under crumpled umbrellas.

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(The Associated Press) Janet Katzin, 61, of Jericho, N.Y., exercises on a recumbent bicycle at X-Sport gym at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, N.Y. on Monday.

Older women need 1-hour workouts to fend off flab

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:56pm

CHICAGO -- Rev up the treadmill: Sobering new research spells out just how much exercise women need to keep the flab off as they age -- and it's a lot.

At least an hour of moderate activity a day is needed for older women at a healthy weight who aren't dieting. For those who are already overweight -- and that's most American women -- even more exercise is called for to avoid gaining weight without eating less, the study results suggest.

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Data: US obesity rate high, but not rising

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 4:42pm

CHICAGO -- Raise a glass of diet soda: The nation's obesity rate appears to have stalled. But the latest numbers still show that more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of kids are overweight, with no sign of improvement.

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