New health record: what it will change
The new model of health record, unveiled Monday March 5 by the Ministry of Health, will be distributed to parents ...
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Stress and pregnancy: danger for the baby’s size
Pregnant woman under stress is very bad for the baby. Stress would have a determining impact on the size of ...
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Pregnancy: pollution as harmful as tobacco on the fetus
Fine particle air pollution is correlated with a decrease in birth weight and the size of the skull of newborns.Air ...
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Giving babies one egg a day promotes their growth
Giving babies 6 to 9 months of age one egg a day helps fight stunted growth and underweight.Cheap and accessible, ...
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Pregnancy: exposure to phenols affects the growth of boys
A consortium bringing together Inserm researchers from the hospitals of Poitiers and Nancy, as well as the Atlanta Center for ...
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Height: adults are less at risk of diabetes
Small people can be reassured: they are less at risk of cancer than adults. On the other hand, the latter ...
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Why our brains look like a nut
The strange appearance of our brain, with its many folds, intrigues researchers. One team tried to explain it by modeling ...
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Asthma: Inhaled corticosteroids slow growth
© moodboardCorticosteroid products used in inhalers asthmatics would have a detrimental effect on the growth of children. These drugs are ...
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Should we modify the growth curves in the health records?
Right weight, right size? The medical care of children goes through the growth curve. It makes it possible to analyze ...
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Stunted growth: what are the signs that should alert parents?
© Getty Images“Is my child growing normally? ": Here is" the "question that obsesses all parents ... or almost! On ...
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At 26, he only looks 13
A 26-year-old Korean man suffers from "Highlander Syndrome", a rare disease that makes him look like a child in his ...
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The little pains of growth
His legs hurt Diffuse pain "It does not matter, you are growing up!". All moms have explained to their child ...
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Cannabis: smoking during puberty makes you smaller
According to a Pakistani study, adolescents who use cannabis since puberty are 10 cm shorter in adulthood. Results to be ...
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The particles promote abnormal fetal growth
© ThinkstockExposure at a high level of some air pollutants during pregnancy increases the risk of abnormal fetal growth, according ...
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Omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy benefit child growth
© Getty ImagesNutrition during pregnancy and early childhood is an important factor in the development and health of the child. ...
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Cancer: a sugar in red meat linked to tumor growth
© iStockAccording to an American scientific study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a sugar ...
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How can stress impact hair growth?
Researchers from Harvard University in the United States reveal, in a study published on March 21 in the journal Nature, ...
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Just tested: hair growth serum Esthecin
From hair loss to hair growth in 6 months For most women (and many men), their hair is important to ...
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Discovery: giants suffer from genetic anomaly
Their excessive growth fascinates researchers. People with gigantism or acromegaly carry a common genetic mutation, which stimulates growth.Their size blithely ...
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Children are stunted because of “El Niño”
The El Niño climatic phenomenon had the unexpected consequence of disrupting the growth of children in Peru during its passage ...
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Intrauterine growth retardation: only 1 in 5 babies detected during pregnancy
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is an obstetric pathology responsible for significant perinatal mortality. This alteration in fetal growth can be ...
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Asthma: Corticosteroids slow growth slightly
Children smaller than half a centimeter. This could be the consequence of inhaling corticosteroids, effective during an asthma attack, according ...
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Childhood asthma: treatments would slow growth
© thinkstockInhaled corticosteroids are essential for the maintenance treatment of children (and adults) with persistent asthma. Taken daily, they reduce ...
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Leukemia, disordered growth of white blood cells
Blood (cell) cancer or bone marrow cancer Leukemia is a collective name for various forms of cancer in which too ...
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Pregnancy: stunted growth in the 1st trimester bad for baby’s heart
© MonkeyBusinessResearchers at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, found that the evolution of fetal growth during the ...
Read moreSustained growth in prescription drug sales
April 11, 2008 - The number of drug prescriptions in Canada increased just over 6% in 2007, but the Canadian ...
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Premature babies: a cream supplement to improve their growth
Premature babies need a nutritional supplement of breast milk, according to the results of a study published in the medical ...
Read moreGrowth hormones: more harm than good
January 24, 2007 - The unwanted effects of growth hormones on the elderly are believed to be greater than their ...
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Hyperactivity: drugs do not block growth
Stimulant drugs (such as Ritalin) prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) will not stunt the ...
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