Search Results for 'KIDS'

Positive parenting prevents obesity in kids

Positive parenting during the child's formative years could help prevent obesity among them. Today, one out of five US children is obese. They are five times more likely than their peers to be obese by adolescence, facing higher risk [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Docs more likely to suspect abuse in poor kids

When a toddler has a broken bone, pediatricians may be more likely to suspect abuse if the family is lower-income, a new study finds. Researchers found that pediatricians who read a fictional case report of a toddler with a leg fracture w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

State steps up health care coverage for kids

Alabama's successful efforts to increase the number of children with health care coverage has made it a standout in the region, according to a national study released Wednesday. The study by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Keeping kids active helps them be healthy

Some students in the Mid-Ohio Valley have gym class a few times a week, but others attend a school where gym class is offered just one semester out of the school year. When you also consider that school recesses have been trimmed, you see [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

The Kids Therapy Center focuses on mental health of rural ch...

UNDERWOOD Some might look at it as playing in a sand box, but at The Kids Therapy Center, it is a form of exercising mental health. Sand tray therapy is one of the many forms of therapy that can be found at The Kids Therapy Center, which [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Enrollment in Kids’ Health Insurance Programs Grow Under Med...

Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded 23 states approximately $296 million in bonuses for increasing the number of children enrolled in health insurance programs. The bonuses, funded by the Children’s H [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Juggling college and the kids

There aren’t enough hours in the day for parents who pursue the mature student life, writes SHEILA WAYMAN WITH THE CAO deadline looming on February 1st, parents all over the State are trying to concentrate the minds of Leaving Cert [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Editorial: Kids’ health, education get a boost from Uncle

He didn’t wrap them in festive paper and affix glittery bows, but Uncle Sam did deliver a couple of huge gifts to Washington state this holiday season. First out of the sack was $60 million to help the state expand its eff [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids' Week: Healthy chocolate options for the kids

DURHAM -- If you want to avoid sugar-high induced screaming without denying your kids their annual Christmas chocolate indulgence, try an all-natural homemade option. Miranda Gibson, a culinary nutritionist and Your Life expert, recommend [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Keep Kids Healthier And Give Them More Fun

If your kid eats healthy food, active in exercises and has age-suited weight then he is living a healthy life. Living a healthy life means that your kid's body works naturally, he stays pleasant and is active in his life. Majorly p [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids` leukemia risk tied to dads` smoking

Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds. "Paternal smoking seems to be real" as a risk factor, said Patricia Buffl [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

New Britain school getting health center for kids

One of Connecticut's largest school districts is opening a health center in one of its schools, placing it among a growing number of school-based clinics in the state and nation. Administrators at New Britain's Smalley Academy wil [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetic mums-to-be put kids’ health at risk

Women who develop diabetes while they are pregnant, or become pregnant while being overweight, put the long-term health of their children at risk, experts have warned. Babies are being born addicted to sugar because their mothers eat too [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

CDC sees improving flu vaccine uptake in kids, health worker...

Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today they see promising signs of increased flu vaccine uptake in children and healthcare workers so far this year, adding that they hope to boost less impressive [...]