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Kids still exposed to toxins: pediatrician

It's been four years since a study on harmful chemicals in children's bodies, titled Polluted Children, Toxic Nation, showed that Canadians young and old tested positive for dozens of toxins in their blood and urine, regardless o [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Nearly third of children globally are couch potatoes

From Argentina to Zambia, Regina Guthold of the World Health Organization in Geneva and her colleagues found most children aren't getting enough exercise and it made no difference if they lived in a rich or a poor country. " [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 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

Powerful Special Interests Should Not Trump Children's Healt...

A theologian friend shared the story of taking her car to a Jiffy Lube for servicing. Not having anything to read, she picked up a manual on the coffee table about boating. A chapter on the rules for what happens when boats encounter one an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Health-Care Reform to Dump Poor Kids?

Oleta Fitzgerald, director of the Children's Defense Fund's Southern Regional Office, says she is concerned over the welfare of Mississippi children if either of the two health-care reform packages considered by the U.S. House and Senate ev [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

HIV-positive kids to get treatment from early age

To diagnose HIV at an early stage and thereby bring down the number of deaths among HIV infected kids below 18 months of age, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) will introduce the Early Infant Diagnosis Programme from January next ye [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Health alert over kids' popcorn

A large bag can have DOUBLE the safe daily limit. It even has more salt than is recommended for an adult.And a small bag contains more salt than a child should consume in a day. Regular popcorn treats can give kids "deadly" high b [...]