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Children's Health Campaigners Question Effectiveness Of ASA'...

Children's Health Campaigners Question Effectiveness Of ASA's Extended Remit: From 1 March 2011, the online marketing regulations of the Advertising Standards Association (ASA) will be extended to cover communications on advertis [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

WHO Says Mothers Milk Is Best for Babies

The World Health Organization says breast-feeding is key to saving children's lives. During this year's World Breast-feeding Week. WHO and other health agencies are highlighting 10 steps to successful breast-feeding. The Week [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Working to expand the child health safety net

At the Children’s Defense Fund, we have been working to secure health coverage for all children for more than three decades. During that time, we and many others have been slowly filling in gaps in our health care system to help co [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Health Officials Working To Keep Kids Safe At Public Pools

Health officials with the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say one in eight public swimming pools were shut down because they were not clean and some had missing safety equipment. Officials say kiddie pools had [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Keneally denies heaters unsafe for kids

NSW Premier Kristina Keneally denies gas heaters without flues pose a health risk to children, despite the state's Education Department halting their installation in public schools. The NSW government has stopped installing the heate [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

How safe are sunscreen products for kids?

Sunscreen can help prevent episodes of childhood sunburn, a risk factor for skin cancer later in life and is recommended for infants older than 6 months by everyone from the National Institutes of Health to the American Academy of Pediat [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Is veganism safe for kids?

Can a vegan diet damage your child's health? Social workers in Lewisham believe it can, which is why they tried to take a five-year-old who appeared to have rickets into care. The boy's parents have just won their legal batt [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids & Money: A larger safety net for family health care

Beyond the storm of controversy over health-care reform, here’s a talking point: Parents with young adult children should sleep a bit easier at night. That’s because the historic legislation provides a bigger family safe [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

H1N1 cough may last months, patient says

Canadians who contracted mild cases of swine flu may continue to cough for months. The majority of people infected with H1N1 worldwide showed symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, sore throat, runny nose, muscle aches and genera [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' Health - Playground Safety Tips For Toddlers and Schoo...

The playground is one of the fun places where kids can enjoy playing and also have fresh air compared to playing indoors. Not only it is fun but can largely contribute to good health. This is the reason why most parents would rather want [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Swimming Pool Safety at Home

If you have a pool in your home, then it should be a place of enjoyment and relaxation. However, the pool can be a danger zone and can turn an enjoyable moment into a nightmare. Swimming pool safety is important to have a pleasurable tim [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Doctors say kids in flu vaccine limbo are still partially pr...

Some children in Dane County are in swine flu vaccine limbo: They got one of two recommended doses before limited supply was directed at other groups, and now they can't get the second dose. Despite the uncertainty parents might feel, docto [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

$39bn can save 5.3mn kids from pneumonia

The World health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will join forces today, the first annual World Pneumonia Day, and launch a six-year global action plan to fight pneumonia in 68 developing countries, most [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

1 in 5 Kids Get Little Vitamin D, Study Says

At least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don't get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests.By a looser measure, almost 90 percent of bla [...]