The recommendations are bound to prompt eye-rolling and LOLs from many teens, but an influential paediatrician’s group says parents need to know that unrestricted media use can have serious consequences.

CHANCES are you haven’t had too much trouble coaxing your kids outdoors during the fine summer we’ve been having.

THE gamer community had a near-miss this week in Ohio when a 15-year-old boy collapsed after playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for up to five days straight.

A greater investment in research and a focus on early intervention treatments to help those with autism is required urgently, writes Dr Geraldine Leader

A LARGE group of American doctors have urged children and teens to avoid energy drinks and only consume sports drinks in limited amounts.

A SIMPLE checklist that parents fill out in the waiting room may help doctors to some day screen for warning signs of autism as early as a baby’s first birthday.

PARENTS are being warned against giving children paracetamol and ibuprofen for mild fevers.

France has banned TV shows aimed at children under three years old to protect them.

LETTING infants swim in pools during the first year of life may increase the risk of diarrhoea and middle ear infections, a new study has found.

PARENTS in Britain are being advised to give dummies to newborns on the grounds that they can cut the risk of cot death.

PARENTS are being urged to think twice before using a shopping trolley to carry a small child after a study revealed the dangers involved.

Babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents’ room – but not in their beds – in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the Untied States’ largest group of paediatricians says.