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Pediatricians: Toxics Endanger Kids Health

Discussions of toxic chemicals tend to feel pretty abstract. We can't really see these things, after all, and even if someone tries to point out that these chemicals go into the manufacturing of just about everything we consume -- fro [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Alberta teachers raise awareness of children's mental health

Teachers across the province are teaming up with the Canadian Mental Health Association and Global TV to raise awareness of children's mental health and to fight the stigma associated with mental illness. 15 per cent of Canadian [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

National Children's Mental Health Day Teaches Lessons in Res...

Resilience was the theme when the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) held its Sixth Annual National Children's Mental Health Day Tuesday. ABC News spoke with Kathryn Powers, director of the agency [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Family Eating Together Better For Children's Health And Body...

Children who regularly sit down with their families to eat tend to enjoy better health, have a considerably lower risk of becoming obese, and develop healthy eating habits, researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign rev [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Cutting tobacco tax could hurt kids' health

In the recent discussion around the proposed cuts of tobacco taxes in the state of New Hampshire, I have noticed that nobody is talking about the effect such a move might have on our kids’ health. Last year, New Jersey proposed red [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Health Department: Dodgeball No Longer a Risk To Kids’ Healt...

The state Health Department abruptly dumped new regulations this afternoon on what it deemed a day camp after it was heavily criticized for including games like tag, Wiffleball and kickball as posing a “significant risk of injury&r [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

5 Ways Parents May Be Sabotaging Their Kids' Health

In a recent survey sponsored by the YMCA, 9 out of 10 parents of children aged 5 to 10 rated themselves as good or excellent at providing a healthy home environment. But there's something amiss: while 89% of parents think they are pr [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Ryan budget plan dangerous to kids' health

Earlier this year, in an address to the nation after the horrific shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., President Barack Obama implored Americans to work together, saying, "All of us — we should do everything we can to make sure th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Grants for Kids' Health Care Costs

The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is seeking grant applications from families in need of financial assistance to help pay for their child’s health care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or only p [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

International Children’s Health Conference today

Twentieth International Children’s Health Conference with the theme of ‘Anti-Microbial Resistance and its Global Spread’ will be held here at a local hotel on Wednesday (today) under the aegis of Hamdard Public School a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Study considers mining impact on child health

Researchers from Edith Cowan University are looking into children's exposure to dust and metals in Port and South Hedland. They are trying to recruit 100 children aged nine to 12 to take part in the study. Participants are asked [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Is Eating Cartoon-Colored Food Bad for Kids' Health?

When I was growing up, my mother cruelly denied my sister and I all sorts of delicious packaged, processed, artificially-colored foods. My dream sandwich was creamy peanut butter with bright purple grape jelly, on fluffy, snow-white [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Snapshots of People at Work | Jan Winter, publishing for chi...

At an IdeaFestival a few years ago, Jan Winter, 52, had an idea. The founder and president of Wordsworth Publishing was inspired to do something about the rapid decline of children's health. She now she publishes the FIT4FUN Reader i [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Nurse shortage a 'child health risk'

WA children are missing out on vital health checks because of a shortage of child health nurses. The State still needs more than 100 child health nurses despite a damning Auditor-General's report on the problem in November and three [...]