Diluted Bleach Baths Ease Kids’ Eczema

MONDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Diluted bleach baths offer a safe, simple and inexpensive way of treating children with eczema, U.S. researchers report.
The skin disease, which affects 17 percent of school-aged children, can affect youngsters’ appearance, sleep and their ability to concentrate in school.

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Love Makes Kids Smarter – HUG YOUR KIDS MORE!

For some odd reason, it takes constant reminders that we primates need nurturing.
In a recent study of 46 baby chimpanzee orphans, Kim Bard of the University of Portsmouth in England and her colleagues demonstrated that primate babies that have tight relationships with mother figures do much better on cognitive tests than babies who receive only [...]

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Happiness Is Contagious, Study Says

So suggests a new study proposing that happiness is transmitted through social networks, almost like a germ is spread through personal contact. The research was published Thursday in BMJ, a British medical journal.
It’s the latest in a growing body of work investigating how our social connections – neighbors, friends, family, co-workers, fellow congregants at church [...]

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Breath Cleaner Air and Reduce Allergies

LONDON (Reuters) – German researchers say they have found some of the strongest evidence yet linking traffic pollution to childhood allergies.
The risk of developing asthma, hay fever, eczema or other allergies is about 50 percent higher for children living 50 metres (yards) from a busy road than for those living 1,000 meters away, they said [...]

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