Free Dental Work For Low-Income Kids Offered During Dental H...

Free Dental Work Report — Free dental work for Minnesota kids and adults February 3-5. University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry to Host Free Community Dental Work Events During Children’s Dental Health [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

New USDA guidelines a giant step for child health

Strangely, in the current climate of political gamesmanship, it has become a matter of debate whether to raise nutritional standards in school cafeterias, even in the face of alarming statistics about child obesity and child diseases lin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

A giant step for child health

Strangely, in the current climate of political gamesmanship, it has become a matter of debate whether to raise nutritional standards in school cafeterias, even in the face of alarming statistics about child obesity and child diseases lin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Smoking & DNA Damage, Gaming & Kids Health

SMOKING & DNA: Smoking damages DNA within minutes. Even the researchers say they were surprised. They looked at something called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-- these are known cancer causing agents in cigarette smoke. They labele [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Do video games fuel mental health problems?

There might be trouble brewing behind the glassy eyes of kids who spend too much time and energy on video games, according to a controversial new study. In the 2-year study of more than 3,000 school children in Singapore, researchers fou [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's Health: Benefits of breastfeeding for six months

Children who are mainly breastfed for the first six months (or longer) score considerably higher academically at 10 years of age, especially boys. A study followed 2,868 children born in Australia from 1989 to 1992. After adjusting for g [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Is 3D Gaming Bad For Young Kids' Health? Nintendo President ...

Nintendo has recently expressed concerns about 3D technology and its effect on children under the age of 6 after experts consulted by the company suggested that 3D could cause young children to suffer from stunted eye development. So how [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

3-D may be bad for children's health

In a seeming blink of an eye, 3-D technology has advanced beyond imagination. Hollywood, TV manufacturers and video game makers say you have to see it to believe it. But the visual trickery that produces 3-D images can also lead to heada [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' health, policy trump junk science

An article in a medical journal urges lawmakers not to let science get in the way of sound policy when it comes to laws on children's exposure to second-hand smoke in cars. Smoking in cars carrying children should be banned whether o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Better Health Introduces Miami Children's Better Health, A M...

Better Health, LLC ("Better Health"), a provider service network, has announced an innovative Medicaid plan called Miami Children's Better Health, in collaboration with Miami Children's Hospital. Better Health operates [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids’ Lifestyle Changes Bring Later Heart Health

Encouraging children to make healthy lifestyle changes before they reach adulthood, including regular exercise and not smoking, can help lower the children’s blood cholesterol levels and potentially reverse their risk of developing [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' Health Habits Affect Later Cholesterol Risk

Unhealthy habits -- including packing on extra pounds and smoking -- acquired during a child's middle years may help predict the likelihood of having unhealthy cholesterol levels in early adulthood, researchers reported. In a lo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

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- [...]

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