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Child Health

A Little DIrt is Good for You

by Isaak Kwok on September 23, 2008

in Child Health,Parenting

Sometimes it’s good to have a little dirt in the house, according to a research that would be published in Nature soon. The American scientists in the research found that mice living in a germ-free environment developed type-1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease. So, having a totally sterile home is instead not too good […]

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Most of us know that a mum’s postnatal depression causes babies to develop more slowly than other children. But a recent study shows that antenatal depression can have the same effect. The research, reported in the BBC News article, says that antenatal depression can cause up to a third greater chance of cognitive or behavioral […]

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Recently, I came across two news articles that talked about the impact on a child from what the parents eat and drink. In the first article from News.com.au, the emphasis was on putting across the idea that the drinking habits of dads and mums have the most impact on the future alcohol consumption of a […]

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