NEW YORK – Violent video games may increase aggression in youngsters, a new study suggests.

In three different groups of 9 to 18-year-old U.S. and Japanese adolescents, those who frequently played violent video games were more intended to physical fighting over time. This is the first study to analyze gamers’ aggression over time.

“We found in all three groups, those who played a lot of violent video games in early school year leads to higher levels of aggression, as measured later in the school year,” lead researcher Dr. Craig A. Anderson, explained.

According to some critics, this study is not true as violence rates are low in Japan although video games are highly popular, Anderson said in a written statement.
By collecting data from Japan he comes to know that Japanese kids are also affected pretty much the same way like American kids.

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A new procedure can help doctors to diagnose a rare kind of leukemia just in hours, instead of weeks, researchers say.

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) usually occurs in children and symptoms include fevers, poor growth, and infections.

Diagnosis of JMML, in early stage is utmost important, since the only treatment is a bone marrow transplant. Current diagnosis of JMML involves monitoring the response of JMML cells to a growth-stimulating factor called GM-CSF, which takes two to three weeks for cells growth in the laboratory.

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Infants treated with common pain reliever “paracetamol” may have a higher risk of developing eczema and asthma, at the age of 6 or 7, a large study covering children in 31 countries has found.

The study was published in the journal Lancet along with two different studies, which reveal that runny noses and wheezing in early days of life may be clear sign of asthma.

In the first study, researchers analyze data of more than 205,000 children and came to know that paracetamol use in infancy was associated with a 46 percent higher risk of asthma by the time the children were 6 or 7 compared to those never exposed to the drug.

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LONDON - More than 9 million children all over the world, died before celebrating their fifth birthday in 2007, which is slightly, down in number from 2006, but a vast gap still remains between rich and poor countries, especially in Africa, UNICEF said.

Efforts to support breastfeeding, immunizations and eradication of malaria, have helped to cut down child death rate from 9.7 million to 9.2 in 2007 which was 12.7 million in 1990, the figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund showed.

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At some point in life, your child may become sick or injured. Many health problems or injuries can be quickly dealt with at home but some health problems need special care.
There are some diseases which are common all around the globe irrespective of the region and these require the attention of your child’s primary care physician.

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