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• Vitamin D deficiency major problem in the UK and is linked with ‘sudden infant death’

  
  Dr John Briffa's Blog — Authority: 104
  The BBC here in the UK has had a recent blitz on stories relating to vitamin D, particularly vitamin D deficiency in children and its potential to cause rickets (and the characteristic weakened, deformed bones prone to fracture). However, some doctors are suspicious that vitamin D deficiency may be an underlying ...
  1 day ago

• Asthma rate and costs from traffic-related air pollution are much higher than once believed

  
  Latest Breaking Health News & Information -RSS headlines- Health.am — Authority: 122
  A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt, with colleagues in California and Switzerland, have revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first time include the number of cases attributable to air pollution, in a study released this week in ...
  2 days ago

• The Other Distraction For Teen Drivers - Teen Passengers

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  A pair of studies by The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm® identify factors that may lead teens to drive with multiple peer passengers and, then, how those passengers may affect their drivers behavior just before a serious crash. The studies were published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. ...
  3 days ago

• In Determination Of Child Abuse, Socioeconomic Status More Influential Than Race

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  An Indiana University School of Medicine study has determined that a patients socioeconomic status has more influence than race on physician diagnosis of whether a childs injury was accidental or caused by abuse...
  4 days ago

• Brain scans spot early signs of dyslexia

  
  Latest Breaking Health News & Information -RSS headlines- Health.am — Authority: 122
  Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the reading problem even before children start school, long before they become labeled as poor students and begin to lose confidence in themselves.Although typically diagnosed during the second or third grade of school - ...
  4 days ago

• What Parents Need To Know About Helmets For Winter Play

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  Its not winter in Canada if children dont spend time speeding down the slopes! Canadian tobogganing is a tradition handed down from generation to generation. For a long time, its been considered one of the safest winter activities. Unfortunately, the arrival of winter is followed by an increase in visits to hospital ...
  5 days ago

• Presbyterians Pro-Life—Resources for Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 436
  Read it all and check out all that is available .
  6 days ago

• Alarming Number Of Texas Teens Playing The Choking Game

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  Nearly one out of seven college students surveyed at a Texas university has participated in the Choking Game, a dangerous behavior where blood flow is deliberately cut off to the brain in order to achieve a high, according to a study by The Crime Victims Institute at Sam Houston State University...
  1 week ago

• Caffeine Therapy Does Not Help Preterm Babies Long Term

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  According to an investigation published in the January 18 issue of JAMA, caffeine therapy, which has been demonstrated to lower the rate of cognitive delay and cerebral palsy at 18 months, did not considerably improve the rate of survival without disability at 5 years of age among very low birth weight infants with ...
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• When are obsessions and compulsions in children a problem?

  
  Harvard Health Blog — Authority: 513
  It is normal for children, at some points in their development, to be concerned about sameness and symmetry and having things perfect. They may insist on certain bedtime routines, or develop superstitions and rituals like avoiding cracks in the sidewalk. But as we describe in the January 2012 Harvard Mental Health ...
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• Cut Childrens Health Care?

  
  The Sog City Oracle — Authority: 116
  Cut childrens health care to replace a fraction of his cuts to public schools while not making wealthy corporations pay their fair share? Thats Rick Scotts budget plan, and we need to stop it right now. Join me and sign this petition to the Florida Legislature demanding a fair budget that doesnt cut childrens health ...
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• Increasing Care Needs For Children With Neurological Impairment

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  In this weeks PLoS Medicine, Jay Berry of Harvard Medical School, USA and colleagues report findings from an analysis of hospitalization data in the United States, examining the proportion of inpatient resources attributable to care for children with neurological impairment (NI). Their results indicate that children ...
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• Fewer Children Require Hospitalization Following Drowning-Related Incidents

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  Fewer children required hospitalization following a drowning incident over the last two decades, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. According to the study, pediatric hospitalizations from drowning-related incidents declined 51 percent from 1993 to 2008. The rates ...
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• Revised toy safety standards are in the works

  
  Consumer Reports News — Authority: 104
  As part of on-going efforts to deal with potential safety hazards in children’s toys, ASTM-International has recently sent revised specifications to the Consumer Product Safety Commission for adoption. These revisions primarily deal with heavy metals and how to measure those quantities; the stability of ride-on ...
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• Does Caffeine Therapy Help Preterm Infants? Not In The Long Term, It Seems

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 682
  According to an investigation published in the January 18 issue of JAMA, caffeine therapy, which has been demonstrated to lower the rate of cognitive delay and cerebral palsy at 18 months, did not considerably improve the rate of survival without disability at 5 years of age among very low birth weight infants with ...
  1 week ago

• Kids & bees at risk from synthetic flower power

  
  Pesticide Action Network North America - Advancing Alternatives to Pesticides Worldwide — Authority: 405
  When I worked in Kenya many years ago, I visited a small farm where they processed chrysanthemums for use as a natural pest killer. I vividly remember the powerful, not unpleasant smell rising from the mesh shelves where the flowers were drying in the sun. Youd think a pesticide based on flowers would be harmless, ...
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• Mobile Technologies for Child Protection

  
  MobileActive.org — Authority: 110
  Author:  Mattila, Mirkka Publication Type:  Report/White paper Publication Date:  Oct 2011 Publisher/Journal:  ...
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• Study suggests junk food in schools doesn’t cause weight gain among children

  
  Latest Breaking Health News & Information -RSS headlines- Health.am — Authority: 122
  While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that—at least for middle school students—weight gain has nothing to do with the candy, soda, chips, and other junk food they can purchase at school.“We were really surprised by ...
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• The Light at the End of the Tunnel (part 3 of our journey with Asperger’s)

  
  Denver Mile High Mamas — Authority: 464
  So….where was I? Oh right, we were wrapping up all our screenings and evaluations (still not sure what the difference is between those, but whatever). At this point, I’d gone part time at my job. To be honest, it sucked. I loved my job. I loved my team, the challenges, the intellectual curiosity, the ...
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• Mesothelioma Cancers

  
  Humor and Business — Authority: 104
  What are Mesothelioma Cancers ? Mesothelioma cancers are the cancers that spread in the mesothelium tissues. Mesothelium in general is the name of tissue that forms lining of different body organs such as heart, lungs, abdomen and reproductive organs. The lining around abdominal organs is known as peritoneal ...
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