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Cochlear implant problems rare in children: Study

Problems with cochlear implants for deaf children are rare, with only some three percent of children who got the implants at one hospital needing new ones because of technical problems, Canadian researchers said. Their report, in the A [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Junk food companies use loopholes to advertise to children

Food companies including Kellogg's, Rowntree and Cadbury set up websites with games, cartoon characters and videos aimed at children. They also use social networking sites such as facebook Facebook and Twitter and even email children [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

3,663,626 children to be vaccinated in KP: Official

PESHAWAR: As many as 3,663,626 children under five-year of age would be vaccinated in three days polio eradication campaign, which will kick off simultaneously in 17 districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa from Monday. In Fata, anti-polio drops w [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's Health Initiative marks 10 years in Santa Clara C...

Ten years ago, at least 16 percent of all children in Santa Clara County did not have any health insurance; today that figure is less than 4 percent thanks to the Children's Health Initiative. CHI, which celebrated its 10-year anniver [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents Unaware of Children' Weight, Study Says

Childhood obesity is definitely a problem that should be addressed as early as possible, in order to stop it from growing out of control. Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds — but a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Study: Fewer children in U.S. lack health insurance

MIAMI – Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Children good reason to control diabetes?

CHILDREN are an excellent reason for controlling one's diabetes, admitted a mother and employee of the Ministry of Health (MoH) during an event to commemorate World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2011 in Brunei recently. Hamimah Hj Lamat, 37, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Get kids into school at age 2; study says children and the e...

An early childhood education study is recommending publicly funded preschool education for all Canadian kids beginning at age two. The report — authored by Margaret McCain, Dr. Fraser Mustard, who died last week, and Kerry McCuaig & [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Your Children's Health

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI), a government panel that’s part of the National Institutes of Health, has issued new recommendations on reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease in children. Parts will be no [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Children should be screened for cholesterol, panel says

As Americans — including even young children — continue to get fatter, their risk for heart disease is climbing too. So a panel of experts now is recommending that all kids have their cholesterol checked at least once between [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Children’s mental health program expands

Point in Time is continuing to help deal with children's mental health issues with an expansion of programming. The child and youth services provider rolled out a program called Working Together for Kids' Mental Health last year a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

No anthrax vaccine testing on children for now

Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children? It will be a while longer before the government decides. An advisory board said Friday that ethical issues need to be resolved — but if that can be accomplished the vaccine can be te [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Two grants issued to improve children’s health

Two projects in the Central Valley aimed at protecting children from environment health hazards were awarded $198,000 of grants on Wednesday. “Safeguarding the health of children is one of our most important responsibilities, and an [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Risk kids now or later? Ethical dilemma: Should feds test an...

Children would be largely unprotected in the event of an anthrax bioterrorism attack because no studies have been done on vaccine risk, benefits and effectiveness in a young population. On the other hand, subjecting children to vaccine in [...]