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Just a bad temper, or is your child mentally ill?

Severe outbursts grossly out of proportion to the situation, in the form of verbal rages or physical aggression, several times a week -- to parents, these would seem the most common elements of childhood temper tantrums.

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No longer fat - it's now baby obese: Report

The term baby fat appears to be taking on a whole new meaning. A comprehensive report card released Tuesday from advocacy group Active Healthy Kids Canada says that children as young a year old are becoming...

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Watching adult films can lead kids to drink: U.S. study

Children who watch R-rated movies are more likely to start drinking early on, results of a new study suggest.

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Parents' obesity, especially mom's, tied to kids' risk

Having two obese parents may substantially raise a child's risk of becoming obese, with mom's weight playing a particularly important role, a new study suggests.

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Helen Vanderburg demonstrates an exercise with her daughter, Kiah Kane. Several youth strength and fitness training programs have been developed to encourage kids to get active.

Making fitness fun for kids

Many of you, like me, grew up in a world when play was fitness for children. Countless hours of tag, red rover, hop scotch, double dutch and kick the can is how we spent our youth.

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'Just say no' doesn't work, say students behind anti-drug website

A national youth and student drug reform organization says young Canadians don't put much stock in the federal government's anti-drug approach, so it has created a new website it says may better educate...

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Late pregnancy multivitamins linked to prematurity

For a woman eating a healthy diet, multivitamin supplements during late pregnancy could do more harm than good, a new study suggests.

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Suicide risk no different between antidepressants

Although antidepressants are effective in children, they are known to increase suicidal behaviour. That increase, however, is not dependent on the specific drug, researchers reported on Monday.

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Doctors in British Columbia have for several years refused to divulge sex information until 20 weeks into the pregnancy.

Delay revealing gender of fetus to curb sex selection: Experts

Two Canadian medical experts are calling for guidelines that would bar doctors from telling parents the sex of their fetus until late in a pregnancy.

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Brush up on today's many toothbrush choices

What's in a toothbrush? A quick visit to your local store will unearth a veritable landscape of choices. There are round heads, square heads and elliptical heads. There are power brushes with features...

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As spring games begin, they're inspiring kids to think about taking up baseball.

Reducing kids' baseball injuries

A recent study regarding shoulder injuries in high school baseball was published in Pediatrics (March 2010). The risk of injuries overall for baseball players was 1.72 injuries per 10,000 athlete exposures...

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Report offers ways to make your home less toxic and healthier for your family

Help your family, help the planet

When it comes to motivation for reducing our negative impact on the environment, many of us worry about what kind of planet we will be leaving for future generations.

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Study links dogs, not cats, to kids' asthma risk

For children at higher-than-average risk of asthma, having a dog around the house may increase the chances of developing the lung disease, a new study suggests.

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School recess: not just fun and games

Success in the classroom has always been in part dependent on factors outside the school, but a new study suggests that recess is important to academic achievement.

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