Search Results for 'Kid'

Nintendo reaffirms 3DS kids' health warning

Nintendo has made its 3DS health warnings official with a statement on the main Nintendo site almost two months before the console's release. It says that young gamers under the age of six are advised not the use the 3D mode on Ninte [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

The Dome that has kids’ health covered

When walking into the 96,000 square-foot dome of the Adirondack Sports Complex with its 75,600 square-foot indoor field, one can’t help but think run. How that thought gets magnified in the eyes of a child is one of the reasons co- [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

New health care program for kids provides relief for some pa...

A new program called Kids Health Link is proving to be very beneficial. The state’s economic situation has forced some drastic cuts to Arizona's Medicaid Program. Many people say they are not eligible and have no way of paying [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Federal grant saves kids health care from budget cuts

Children enrolled in Apple Health for Kids, the state’s health insurance program, received a financial boost from the federal government to help keep their coverage. The program for children in low-income families received a $17.6 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

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

Festive and fun way to promote kid's health

The community came together for a fun and festive way to help promote children's health and fitness. St. Andrew's Episcopal School, for a second year in a roll Saturday, held a Rudolph Run The run started with a 5K run/race/walk. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 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 [...]