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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 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Drug-using mothers can care for kids - researcher

Many mothers with a history of serious drug use are still capable of caring for their children given the right support, an Australian study has found. But most mothers in New South Wales' methadone programmes were not getting the serv [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids’ health planned in TT Singh

TOBA TEK SINGH - The Punjab govt has formed a committee to supervise School Health Programme in the district. DCO Javed Iqbal will head the committee while its members include executive district officers. It will review the progress of t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

SA must do more to save kids from HIV

And healthcare costs for these children are increasing. Dr Anban Pillay, director of health financing and economics in the Department of Health, said: "The cost of [preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV] is far lower than li [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Dental Care For Kids Funded By the Annual Thanksgiving Servi...

Healthy Smiles, the organization which operates a free dental clinic twice a month, was funded by the Spartanburg Community so that the organization will be able to offer free dental services for children who are in need. It is importa [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids waiting too long for surgery

Kids endure long waits for surgery in Hamilton despite converting McMaster primarily into a children’s hospital. Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) failed to meet the provincial target for six of eight pediatric procedures tracked by th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 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

Parents strong watchdogs for kids' hospital care: Study

Perhaps no one is more worried than a parent with a sick child in the hospital. But families are doing more than just venting their fears and frustrations when they complain about the care their child is receiving, a new Canadian study su [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Louisville kids get healthy dose of heart training

Randi Calbert worries that kids today are becoming too sedentary for their own good. That’s why she brought her 7-year-old son to the American Heart Association’s Healthy Family Training Camp at the KFC YUM! Center. &ldqu [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Family health: New research on pregnancy, kids

Bullying Children Kids who make frequent trips to the nurse may not be sick – they may simply be bullied, says recent research from the University of Kansas. In the study, the children who were bullied made the most trips to the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' weight, mental-health issues still priorities

Obesity and mental-health issues among schoolchildren continue to be the focus of initiatives to promote an all-rounded education system here. And efforts by the Ministry of Education (MOE), such as increasing physical-education (PE) curr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' Heart Health Is Faulted

A new analysis of federal data provides a dismal picture of children's cardiovascular health that suggests the current generation of teenagers could be at risk of increased heart disease. The study, which examined children between [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Expert Panel says Kids need Cholesterol Checks too

The new guidelines, published in the journal Pediatrics, are an effort to prevent the burden of cardiovascular disease that starts in youth through early intervention. The authors write: "Atherosclerosis begins in youth, and this [...]