Search Results for 'KIDS'

A determined ex-smoker wants kids to shun cigarettes

In 1992, Debi Austin had a laryngectomy after she was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. Austin had smoked her first cigarette at 13 and, even after surgery, remained a two- to three-pack-a-day smoker. The image of her smoking thr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids health plan to get federal cash bonus

Just when Washington state's budget news couldn't get worse, it got slightly better. Details are due Monday on the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' award of a bonus payment to this state's Apple Health [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Sick kids priced out of health insurance

Though not on everyone’s Christmas list, the previously unattainable gift of private health insurance was something Becky Smith had hoped to purchase this month for her 12-year-old son, Nathan. Under President Barack Obama’s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids brush up on dental health to keep city smiling

More than half of four and five-year-olds in the Greater Glasgow health board area had no obvious signs of decay in the last year. The city and surrounding areas still has one of the poorest dental record in Scotland but it has improved [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' Health Insurance Cheaper Than You Think

When Los Angeles single mother of two "Nadia" learned that close to 5 million children actually qualified for free or heavily reduced health insurance and didn’t have it, she was astounded. "I don’t understand [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Insurers, state split over rules for kids' health coverage

Families with individual health-insurance policies have until Dec. 15 to add children under 19 to their policies under new rules set in place this year. After that, insurers say they won't accept children on those policies, except in [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Food outlets sending vouchers to kids in mail-outs

Now fast food outlets are sending direct mailers to kids under the age of 12 as part of online marketing campaigns to pre-teens that include special offers, free food vouchers and competitions. Outlet names like Hungry Jacks and Taco Bil [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

State-wide school kids' health check-up drive from Dec 3

The Gujarat government has kickstarted its state-wide health check-up drive for school children. The drive will cover 1.52 crore school going kids. Talking to the media, health minister Jayanarayan Vyas said, "The drive will see par [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Probiotics may have some benefits for kids

A leading medical group says there's some evidence that probiotics, or "good" bacteria, may have limited benefits for certain illnesses in children. But the group says the science isn't yet strong enough to advocate inf [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids often victims of secondhand smoke

There's a new warning out about secondhand smoke. Researchers say second hand smoke kills 600,000 people a year worldwide and the World Health Organization reports 165,000 of those deaths are children. Researchers say kids whose pare [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Kane County focuses on Fit for Kids program

Kane County is moving forward with a program that targets childhood obesity and health issues affecting young people. The county board public health committee this week recommended that the board renew the contract of Jane Maxwell, a die [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Fears for kids' health as sports programmes are axed

Teachers fear that children will get fatter and lazier after the government axed sports programmes at schools across Macclesfield. The School Sports Partnership scheme, created 10 years ago by the Labour government, use [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Parental Stress Makes Kids Unhealthier

Does it feel like your “stress temperature” has gone up around ten degrees the last few years? According to the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey, your kids are feeling it too. The new [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Waist size says a lot about kids' health

Waist size may communicate more about a child's cardiovascular health than measuring height, weight and body mass index, according to new research. With the number of children who are overweight and obese on the rise, it's n [...]