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Parents who fail to help an obese child eat and exercise properly, ignoring all advice and guidance, could be guilty of neglect, child health experts say today.
Dr Russell Viner and colleagues from the UCL Institute …

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by Norma Erickson. Linda Morin had no idea she entered a nightmare on October 9, 2008. That is the day her beautiful daughter, Annabelle, received her first Gardasil injection at school. In Canada, …

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Teachers have used ‘Big Brother’ tactics to spy on children’s lunchboxes, it has been revealed.
They secretly photographed pupils’ packed lunches over six months and analysed the contents.
Staff awarded marks to the food and then showed …

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The state-sponsored “child-napping” of a Swedish boy because his parents were homeschooling him is being escalated to the European Court of Human Rights, which is being asked to hear the case of Domenic Johansson. …

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In Australia dDoctors are being advised to stop giving the flu vaccine to children.
Seasonal flu vaccinations across Australia for children under five have been suspended after 23 children in Western Australia were admitted to hospital …

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Britain is facing renewed pressure from Europe to ban smacking on human rights grounds. It is now one of only a handful of countries holding out against a complete ban on the practice, according to …

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has told Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to immediately suspend the cervical cancer control vaccination programme for girls. The programme is part of a two-year study to look into …

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Who is Patrick McGorry and what does he promote?  He’s a psychiatrist just named Australian of the Year for his work in “youth mental health reform.”  What does that reform consist of?  What he calls …

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There is good news for Big Pharma.
Childhood temper tantrums, teenage irritability and binge eating may soon rate as psychiatric disorders in the US, according to proposed changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the bible …

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A British mother had her two year old son temporarily taken away for refusing to feed him junk food . Lisa Hessey is a believer in healthy foods not just for herself but her …