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Website to help parents of children with cancer
With 10 children a day being diagnosed with cancer and many having to spend extended periods of time in hospital, it is hoped that a new website from the Children’s Cancer Recovery Project – http://childrenscancerrecovery.org.uk – will offer welcomed advice and support to parents and families affected by the disease. Developed using feedback from parents…
Posted in Charity
Tagged Cancer, cancer treatment, charity, Child Health, Family, News, treatment
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New website to help parents administer medicines
New information service launched to help parents give medicines to their children with confidence A new website and expanding information service for parents called Medicines for Children http://www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk/ is launched to help any parent who has ever been anxious when faced with giving medicine to their child at home. Medicines for Children currently provides online…
Coping with allergies at Christmas
We are now approaching the major culinary holidays of the year, and many people see Christmas and New Year as joyous and peaceful celebrations. However, for a growing number of people, this time of the year means anxiety and worrying about eating foods that may cause a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction for you or a…
Posted in Allergies - food, Christmas
Tagged allergic reaction, allergy, Child Health, Christmas, nut allergy
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Talipes – clubfoot
One to two children in every thousand are born with a condition most commonly known as clubfoot but unless your child has been diagnosed with the condition you probably know very little about it. We investigate the causes and treatments for talipes, a congenital deformity of the foot. What is talipes? Talipes is the medical term for the congenital…
Posted in A-Z of Childhood illnesses, Baby Health
Tagged a-z, a-z illness - c, Baby, Child Health, Club foot, congenital deformity, Foot, scan, signs and symptoms, talipes, treatment, Ultrasound
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Convenient blood test may ease parents’ back to school allergy anxiety
Parents all over the UK are needlessly panicking about food allergies as they pack their children back off to school. As millions of children now return to school, food allergy becomes an increasing concern for families and schools. One of five food allergy reactions occur in school, and severe allergy conditions often debut in the…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged allergy, blood test, Child Health, Children, food allergy, Health, immunisation, school
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Relief for Asthma Sufferers
Scientists have come across a potential new treatment for delayed asthma attacks, which can often occur several hours after exposure to allergens. Researchers found that blocking sensory nerve functions stopped a late asthmatic response in mice and rats. These results have helped scientists to gain a greater understanding of asthma, especially as half of people…
Childhood liver disease
When Sharon McBride’s baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a form of liver disease, she was stunned to discover that there is very little awareness of the disease, which is in fact more common than childhood leukaemia. Every day in the UK at least two children are diagnosed with liver disease, a condition which is always lifelong and often…
Should I have my child vaccinated?
Vaccines have been given to millions of children without any problems, and with tremendous benefits. The risk of harmful, lasting complications from vaccines is extremely small indeed. The risks of harmful effects from the diseases themselves are much higher and much more serious. There are no proven, effective alternatives to immunisation. Some parents who have doubts about immunisation may…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged Child Health, Children, immunisation, Immunology, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule
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Why should I immunise my child?
Immunisation is the safest and most effective way to protect your child against life- hreatening disease. Babies are born with some natural immunity which they get from their mother through the placenta and if she breast feeds. However, this immunity to diseases does not last long after they are born so vaccinations are given to help them build their…
Posted in Baby Health, Immunisations
Tagged Child Health, immunisation, Jabs, Meningitis, Meningitis B, Meningitis C, MMR injection, MMR vaccine
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MCADD test for babies
The government has announced plans for all newborn babies in England to be checked for a rare inherited condition. The MCADD test will be performed as part of the heel prick test, which is routinely performed in the first two weeks of life. Read on to find out more about this rare but potentially fatal disease What is…
