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NYC to Limit Baby Formula in Hospitals

By Labor Day, at least 27 hospitals in New York City will have implemented the main components of an initiative aimed at encouraging breastfeeding for new mothers.

Playing Sports Helps Teens Fight Fat

Team sports may fight weight problems better than other forms of exercise among high schoolers, researchers found.

Readers: Who Really Benefits from Spanking?

Although a majority of our readers don't think childhood spanking causes mental illness in adulthood, many of them noted that the topic is more complex than a simple "Yes" and "No" survey.

Child's Epilepsy Keeps Household Up All Night

Children with epilepsy and their parents reported suffering from sleep problems, researchers found.

Autism Criteria Critics Blasted by DSM-5 Leader

PHILADELPHIA -- The head of the American Psychiatric Association committee that's rewriting the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders took on the panel's critics here, accusing them of bad science.

Kids Today Really Are Different

The adolescent phase in human development now lasts much longer than it once did, leading to a potential rise in risky behavior, including STDs and excessive drinking, researchers said.

OCD in Adulthood Traced to Cues in Childhood

Rituals and sensory hypersensitivities in a child may be early warning signs of adult obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to the results of two studies from Israel.

AMA Adopts Policies on Circumcision, Gun Safety

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has adopted a number of new policies at its interim meeting, including policies on male circumcision, physician discussion of gun safety, and a new medical coding system that will go into effect in 2013.

Nursing Mothers Should Avoid Yellow Fever Vaccine

A single case report has raised concern that yellow fever vaccine virus may be transmitted through breast milk, suggesting the need to avoid administering the vaccine to breastfeeding women.

Scrubbing Away Germs Can Backfire on Backsides

Rashes from toilet seats are once again afflicting American children, and the rare condition is often misdiagnosed, which may delay proper treatment.

ASCO Breast: Even 'Tweens Fear Breast Cancer

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fear about breast cancer starts early, as girls see it affect those close to them and hear reports in the media, researchers found.

Children Inherit Higher IQ from Mom's Brains, Not Her Milk

GLASGOW, Scotland -- If smarter women are more likely to breast feed their babies, it only stands to reason that their children would inherit higher IQs, reported researchers here. It's nature, not nurture.

Lack of Hugs Can Change Children's Neurobiology

MADISON, Wis. - Children raised in the uncaring environment of some eastern European orphanages ended up with a long-lasting deficit in two hormones involved in forming social bonds, reported researchers here.

AHA: Thrill-a-Minute Roller Coasters May Be Dangerous to the Heart

DALLAS - Those heart-stopping roller coasters may be risky for those with existing heart disease, according to a German cardiologist.

Swimming After a Fourth Cookout? Maybe Not

LITTLE FALLS, N.J.-It turns out mothers were giving sound advice when they told their children to avoid swimming right after eating, but not for the reasons they thought.

A Child's Death Increases Parents' Risk of Mental Illness

LOS ANGELES-When a child dies, grieving parents have an increased risk of first diagnosis of serious mental illness such as clinical depression or bipolar disorder.