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Although bicycles are a healthy and cost-saving alternative for transportation, automobiles continue to be the only consumer product associated with more childhood injuries. Despite bicycle safety programs and legislative efforts designed to enforce the use of bicycle helmets in some cities and states, an estimated 389,300 children and adolescents 18-years and younger were treated in emergency departments for bicycle-related injuries each year between 1990-2005.

Growth hormone treatment may significantly increase final height in children diagnosed with short stature, even in cases where the child is not growth hormone deficient, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

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Evidence shows that strategies to reduce national cesarean rates to levels of 10-15% are fundamentally flawed and could lead to increased morbidity for both mothers and infants. The Coalition for Childbirth Autonomy is urging national government and local hospital policy makers to be wary of implementing targets that aim to reduce cesarean rates to a range recommended 23 years ago, as the evidence reviewed at that time has been superceded by more recent and relevant studies.

An overview of studies on environmental pollutants in human milk has found that not breastfeeding an infant typically poses more of a threat than does exposure to any of the chemical agents measured in human milk, as reported in the 11th Annual Children's health Issue of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).

Because what seems to be a common cold can land some babies in the hospital, RSV is a scary illness for parents of infants and toddlers. RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) is so common that half of all children have had it by age 1, and virtually all have had it by age 2, said Dr. Shannon Hoime, pediatrician with McGreevy Clinic Avera in Sioux Falls.

The largest craniosynostosis study to date receives the Best Paper Award from the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons; Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta researchers collaborate with multi-institutional team The American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS) recently announced the recipients of the 2008 Best Paper Award. The team included Children's Healthcare of Atlanta neuropsychologist, Lauren Buono, Ph.D., and study coordinator, Kara Kenkel Jorgensen.

Adolescents may have more in common with their smoking parents than previously thought, a new study conducted by researchers at Nationwide Children's hospital finds. These adolescents may also share a tendency to act impulsively, a trait that could be linked to a decision to become a smoker.

Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed.

Bruce Willis, Marilyn Monroe, and Carly Simon all suffered from stuttering. Today, three million Americans do, too. Most are able to overcome the handicap, which afflicts 5% of all children - but childhood suffering from stuttering can be traumatic, producing educational, social, and occupational disadvantages. Intriguing new research from a large-scale international project is providing new insight into the disability. Prof.