Children able to adapt to foreign blood types
293029
Children who receive organ transplants with a non-matching blood type can grow accustomed to the foreign tissue over the long run, a study has shown.
606475
Researchers discover people with blood group O are naturally protected from its most severe forms.
625644
How do children respond to stereotypes about race, religion and gender? A child-development expert looks at contradictions in kids' behavior.
411183
My children are great kids. They inspire me every day. Scott, 24, and his sister, Joy, 22, have cystic fibrosis. Thanks to the medicines available when they were young and new medicines available
214957
Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
417270
Children in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more likely to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn why, federal researchers said Thursday.
562167
A genetic mutation can trigger learning difficulties by changing the way brain cells communicate with each other, research shows.
124477
The vaccination rate for black children in the United States has caught up to that of youngsters in other racial groups.
524790
A new study finds that children who were breast-fed fared better in difficult situations than those were bottle-fed
394370
Researchers have found for the first time a change in DNA that could put someone at a higher risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
63947
Scientists say changes in children's small blood vessels could be used to predict heart disease in later life.
5671
While fatal in adults, organ transplants from donors with different blood types work in children under 2. The trick? Taking advantage of children's underdeveloped immune systems. By the Associated Press.
63770
Luke Do was a lively 18-month-old awaiting the birth of his first sibling when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The hopes of his parents, both doctors in San Jose, Calif., immediately turned to a bone marrow transplant, but they soon learned some distressing news &#151; Luke's ethnic heritage made him a tough match.
390192
LONDON - Babies with high levels of allergy antibodies in their umbilical cord blood may be more prone to develop asthma, new research suggests.
254183
NEW YORK  - Some seasonal patterns in when  a diagnosis of type I insulin- dependent diabetes is made in  school-age children may reflect the parents' response during  holidays and weekends, as well as the availability of  healthcare services, according to Scottish researchers.
279274
An increasing number of American parents want their children to be bilingual if not multilingual.
623771
Blood donation restrictions were tightened today after warnings in Britain that vCJD can be transmitted through transfusions. Anyone who lived in Britain for more than one year between 1980 and 1996 will not be able to give blood from November.