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Secondhand TV exposure harmful for kids

Just switching off the TV set may not you help keep your kids away from negative influence of the idiot-box, as indirect media exposure, i.e., having friends who watch TV, might be even more damaging for a teen, say researchers. Har [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Rep. Addia Wuchner proposes child health bills

State Rep. Addia Wuchner is proposing a package of legislative bills aimed at improving children's health and schooling across Kentucky. The Florence Republican lawmaker told The Kentucky Enquirer the state can't afford not to lo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Poverty hits children's health levels

Children's health is suffering because of the recession, with a "concerning" report revealing a rise in hospital admissions and prompting the children's commissioner to call for urgent action from the Government. Last y [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Portugal ranked 3rd for child health by Unicef

The report, entitled ‘The children left behind’ raises awareness of children who are at risk of not being included or protected by the healthy societies in which they live. “Whether it’s in healthcare, education o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Campaigners against sports cuts say children's health to suf...

CAMPAIGNERS say children are going to lose out after the government announced cuts of almost £470,000 from school sports in the borough. It is the result of education secretary Michael Gove's plans to scrap School Sports Partne [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Fears for kids' health as sports programmes are axed

Teachers fear that children will get fatter and lazier after the government axed sports programmes at schools across Macclesfield. The School Sports Partnership scheme, created 10 years ago by the Labour government, use [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Medical: As kids get bigger, youth sports injuries mount

Bigger, stronger, faster. If you don't happen to be the parent of a kid engaged in a competitive sport, this trend among youthful athletes of all ages may have gone unnoticed. Pewee football teams often have kids who 20 or 30 years a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Temple Street support for Children's Hospital

Donal Walsh, Chairman of the Children's University Hospital Temple Street, has restated his organisation's support for building the new National Children's Hospital adjacent to the Mater Hospital in Dublin's city centre. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Louisiana has earned since christ was born” on the Children’...

For the third year in a row, Louisiana has earned a "D" on the Children's Health Report Card from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Associate Executive Director Peter Katzmarzyk says that although there have been n [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

H-E-B supports children's health

An H-E-B grocery store, like life, is full of choices, some healthy, some not so. The company made a healthy choice that could affect the lives of children across Texas by expanding its Excellence in Education Awards to include a Fit Cam [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Reportlinker Adds Kids Health and Nutrition 2010

This report analyses the products launched from January 2009 to June 2010; these products directly target children aged between 5 and 12 years. Some children's dietary intake might contain a less than recommended amount of iron, calc [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 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

Medco report shows spending increase on drugs for kids

Prescription drug users are getting younger and younger. The amount of money spent on prescription drugs to treat kids for such chronic conditions as asthma, high cholesterol and hypertension soared by 10.8 percent last year — more [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Tobacco in candy form can poison kids

A new generation of smokeless, flavored tobacco products that look like breath mints or breath-freshening strips may be life-threatening for children who mistake them for candy, according to researchers from the Harvard School of P [...]