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Reports warns of risks to kids' health in energy renovations

Home energy renovations and retrofits may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut costs, but a new report urges greater education and care to avoid the release of toxic substances during the process. Children are most susceptib [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Alabama Children Face Serious Health Risks

Morgan Hopkins, mother of two, does her best to help her kids stay active. But today, she's worried by recent findings on children's health in Alabama. "I see it getting worse if parents don't start to take it seriously, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Easing limits on chemicals puts our kids’ health at risk

I was worried when Paul LePage became governor with only 38 percent of the vote, but I decided to “give the man a chance.”Even with his crude mouth and his inability to think on his feet with reporters, I kept telling myself [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Dangers of fluoride: Are your kids at risk?

Fluoridation of water has long been controversial, and now the government is suggesting lower levels because of potential problems for your kids. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says some kids are showing splotches on th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 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

UN accused of risking women and children's health

If World Aids Day on December 1st felt like a bit of a love-in over achievements to date against the disease, a Canada-based organisation has brought us earthwards with a bump. Aids-Free World, founded by the redoubtable Stephen Lewis an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Study sees health risks for black, Latino boys

Black and Hispanic boys in California are twice as likely to have poor health as Caucasian boys, and chronic poverty and exposure to violence in the neighborhoods where they live affects their health, researchers said this week. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Babies born a week early at greater risk of autism

Babies born at 39 weeks – the point at which most planned caesareans are carried out – are more likely to go on to have learning difficulties than those born at 40 weeks, scientists found. Researchers analysing the birth [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' Metal Charm Bracelets Recalled for Confirmed Health Ri...

2010, Claire’s Boutiques Incorporated issued a recall on children’s jewelry. The company discovered that the kid’s bracelets contained high levels of cadmium. The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a report [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' drugs at risk

IN MANY if not most medicine cabinets in U.S. households with infants or young children, there is at least one open bottle of over-the-counter pediatric medicine that was made at a Pennsylvania plant that has had serious quality control [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Obese kids face added health risks

Life expectancy will fall and health care costs will soar unless we address a worsening epidemic of childhood obesity. From 2003 to 2007, the percentage of overweight children ages 10 to 17 increased from 30.6 percent to 31.6 percent. Wi [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

To Your Health Kids at Risk

There is something wrong with our children. They weren’t like this 30 years ago. Today, one-third of our kids are officially overweight, and one out of five is seriously obese. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preve [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Rise in marriages between cousins ‘is putting children’s hea...

The dangers of marriage between first cousins are to be highlighted by a leading professor, with a warning that their children are at risk of genetic defects. Baroness Deech, a family law professor and crossbencher, will call next week f [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Europe vows to cut environmental risks to children's health

Parma, Italy - Europe's 53 member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday pledged to implement national programmes aimed at providing equal health opportunities to children in their countries by 2020. In a final [...]