Future Uncertain for National Children's Study - US

Lisa Gillespie, Kaiser Health News, writes: What was once considered a ground-breaking U.S. study to track the health of children from birth to adulthood may be stopped before its official start, causing alarm for advocates and researchers who say its findings are crucial to developing prevention strategies for childhood conditions like asthma, autism and attention deficit disorder.

Researchers for the National Children's Study, devised by Congress in 2000, say the study could eventually influence a range of parental choices — from what foods kids eat to the household products or medications they are exposed to. Study advocates also say the potential findings are endless, and will likely go beyond advice given to parents, to have an impact on insurance-coverage decisions and even broader public policy questions.

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