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Oral health for children

The American Dental Association (ADA) has declared February as National Children's Dental Health Month (NCDHM).(1) This is an annual event each February, and the goal is to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. Messages [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Most off-reserve aboriginal kids in excellent health

Most First Nations and Métis children living off reserve reported excellent or very good health but factors like poor housing conditions and access to medical care seem to make a difference, a report suggests. Statistics Canada rep [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Rising pollution takes a toll on kids’ health

JAIPUR: Being born in a big city is always considered a privilege given the access to good schooling, exposure to high standards of living, all of which go into making children confident and ready to take on the world. However, there&# [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

RB partnering globally with ‘Save the Children’

Islamabad—A Million Brighter Futures: Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is partnering globally with “Save the Children” to help save the lives of children around the world. Under the program of “A Million Brighter Futures&rdq [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Breastfeeding 'fends off asthma'

An international team, led by the University of Otago, has shown that breastfeeding of infants has a clear protective effect against the children developing asthma or wheezing up to six years of age, 'The Journal of Paediatrics' r [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Georgia's child obesity ads aim to create movement out of co...

It started with the denial of a growing health crisis. Nearly 40% of Georgia's children are overweight or obese -- the second-highest rate in the nation -- yet 50% of Georgians don't consider child obesity a problem. What's mo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Positive parenting prevents obesity in kids

Positive parenting during the child's formative years could help prevent obesity among them. Today, one out of five US children is obese. They are five times more likely than their peers to be obese by adolescence, facing higher risk [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Dental school provides free care for local children

Before Ostrow School of Dentistry’s Give Kids a Smile Day on Friday, Jessica Garcia had never been to the dentist. “They were nice,” said Garcia, 5, a kindergarten student at the James A. Foshay Learning Center. “I [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Heartburn drugs don’t help children’s hard-to-control asthma...

CHICAGO — An acid reflux drug often used for hard-to-treat asthma doesn’t help children with the breathing disease and may cause side effects, a study in 300 children found. The results echo recent research showing that a simi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Conjoined twins die at NICH

The conjoined twin babies born to a woman Wajida wife of Mazhar Ali Lakhair, resident of Nau Goth of Mehar Taluka at Shaikh Zayed Hospital for Women in Larkana on Thursday last and were shifted to National Institute of Child Health NICH K [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Docs more likely to suspect abuse in poor kids

When a toddler has a broken bone, pediatricians may be more likely to suspect abuse if the family is lower-income, a new study finds. Researchers found that pediatricians who read a fictional case report of a toddler with a leg fracture w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

State steps up health care coverage for kids

Alabama's successful efforts to increase the number of children with health care coverage has made it a standout in the region, according to a national study released Wednesday. The study by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Keeping kids active helps them be healthy

Some students in the Mid-Ohio Valley have gym class a few times a week, but others attend a school where gym class is offered just one semester out of the school year. When you also consider that school recesses have been trimmed, you see [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Kate Eason: On health, we can learn from children

I had an incredible experience the other night. A group of middle school students came to talk to me about childhood obesity. They were doing a school project and wanted to know specific activities they could teach other kids to help them [...]