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A study in the 2009 April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine determined that over-the-counter melatonin medication can shorten the length of time it takes for children with autistic

Getting too little sleep doubles a young child's risk of being overweight and raises the chances of later anxiety and depression, researchers said.
   

Ivy M. Anderson, MD, JoAnna Kaczmarska, MD, Susan G. McGrew, MD and Beth A. Malow MD,MS*

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Increased intake of the omega-3 DHA during pregnancy could produce improved motor function in the offspring in later life, suggests a new study from the Netherlands.

Studying 109 Inuit infants in Arctic Quebec, the researchers report in the Journal of Pediatrics that levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the mother's were directly related to levels in the um

The effect of omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) fed as phosphatidylserines for three months has been compared with the same acids fed as triacylglycerols and with a placebo fed to children sufferin