Topic: Telethon Institute For Child Health Research

Children's leukemia risk tied to father's smoking: study

(Reuters) - Children whose fathers smoked around the time of their conception have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a type of leukemia, according to an Australian study.Although the findings, published in ...

Kids' leukemia risk tied to dads' smoking

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds."Paternal smoking seems to be real" as a risk factor, said Patricia ...

Breast feeding for over six months could aid mental health

SYDNEY (Reuters Life! ) - Children who are breastfed for longer than six months could be at lower risk of mental health problems later in life, according to Australian research.A study by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth looked at ...

Breakfast Variety Aids Kids' Minds

Adding a banana or other fruit to a bowl of cereal and milk could be the key to better mental health in teenagers, according to Australian researchers who have found that a variety of foods at breakfast is linked to better mental ...