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Paternal smoking associated with childhood asthma
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 31 (ANI): It is not only maternal smoking that affects children before taking birth but also paternal smoking. A new study has found that children exposed to paternal smoking before birth are more likely to develop asthma - and associated changes to immune genes.
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Teasing about weight associated with more weight gain in kids: Study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): The researchers at National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that youths who were teased about their weight, increased their body mass by 33 per cent more each year compared to the youths who were not ridiculed about their weight.
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Delhi Secretariat may soon get a creche
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): In a bid to lend a helping hand to working mothers, the Delhi government on Wednesday said it is mulling over the possibility of setting up a creche at the Secretariat here for the children of these working women.
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Jenelle Evans and David Eason loses custody of their children
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 29 (ANI): American TV star Jenelle Evans and husband David Eason who were fighting for the custody of their 3 children, suffered a major court defeat on Tuesday. The judge ruled out the verdict that the couple will not regain the custody of their children.
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This is why Jennifer Aniston never had kids with Brad Pitt
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, once the toast of Hollywood, never had children during their five-year marriage, despite Brad after splitting up with the 'Friends' actor welcoming six children with now-ex wife Angelina Jolie .
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Abe calls for strengthened security after school children stabbed
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kawasaki [Japan], May 28 (ANI): Condoling the stabbing incident which targetted school children in Kawasaki, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday called for strengthened security to protect children travelling to school every day.
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NCPCR asks J&J to stop supply of controversial shampoo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday asked the American multinational Johnson & Johnson to withdraw the supply of a batch of baby shampoo that allegedly contained formaldehyde, which is harmful to children.
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Japan: Schoolgirl among two killed in mass stabbing in Kawasaki
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 28 (ANI): A 12-year-old school girl and an adult man were killed while sixteen others, including over a dozen school children, sustained injuries after a man went on a stabbing rampage at a crowded bus stop in the Japanese city of Kawasaki on Tuesday morning.
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Children belonging to disadvantaged background have lower levels of physic
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 28 (ANI): A recent study finds that children who belong to disadvantaged or minority background, including from Pakistan and Bangladesh, are considered to have lower levels of physical activity.
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Children from disadvantaged backgrounds at higher risk of obesity
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 28 (ANI): Children from disadvantaged backgrounds indulge in lower levels of vigorous physical activity, researchers suggest. This lack of physical activity exposes them to obesity.
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Japan: 16 injured in mass stabbing in Kawasaki
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 28 (ANI): At least 16 people, including eight primary school children, suffered injuries in a suspected stabbing attack in the Japanese city of Kawasaki on early Tuesday, state media said.
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One dead, 7 children injured after tree uprooted in Odisha's Kalahandi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kalahandi (Odisha) (India), May 28, (ANI): A 12-year-old girl died and seven others suffered injuries after a tree uprooted during a thunderstorm and fell down on a group of children collecting mangoes in Odisha's Dharamgarh on Monday.
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