Passive smoking may be to blame for 274,100 cases of ADHD and learning disabilities

Children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home increase their odds of developing common mental and behavioral disorders by 50 per cent, experts say.

Passive smoking is already known to increase the risk of cot death, asthma, meningitis and middle-ear infections among children.

In the latest study, scientists analysed more than 50,000 results from a U.S children's health survey conducted between 2007 and 2008.

Parents most involved with childcare were asked whether a doctor or teacher had told them their child had a learning disability, ADHD or another conduct disorder.

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The prognosis for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease that mainly affects women in their reproductive years, has improved recently, prompting a shift toward improving quality of life. For men with SLE, concerns have been raised about their future fertility. However, no studies have been conducted to date on testes function and its relevance to sperm abnormalities in male SLE patients.

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Laboratories and Blood Banks General Department Invite 190 Citizens to Receive Medals and Certificates of Appreciation

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RIYADH: The Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that a 12-year-old Saudi girl has succumbed to swine flu in Al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, which brings the reported death toll in the Kingdom to seven.

“The little girl with special needs had an incomplete central nervous system,” the ministry pointed out. “She was admitted to hospital on Tuesday. She developed a high fever and pneumonia accompanied by acute chest pain. She was diagnosed to have contracted the H1N1 virus and died on Wednesday.”

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RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the establishment of a referral hospital for children's chronic and complicated diseases including the separation of conjoined twins at the King Abdul Aziz Medical City of the National Guard.

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RIYADH – The Ministry of Health will launch a campaign to vaccinate first grade students during the next academic year, Al-Watan reported.

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MAKKAH – The pressures of life are beginning to take their toll with the number of suicides in Saudi Arabia increasing to 266 last year, with Saudi citizens accounting for 100 of the cases.

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