Search Results for 'Children'

Exercise Key to Children’s Mental Health

According to a new study published in Health Psychology, a regular exercise plan goes a long way in improving a child's ability to think and plan.In this recent study, researchers examined 171 overweight children between the ages of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's health inequalities continue

Forty four per cent of five-year-olds in England are falling behind in their development, according to the Marmot Review which also found serious inequalities in children's development across the country. In Hackney in London, for ex [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Dance marathon raises funding, awareness for children's heal...

During the next two months, members of the MSU Dance Marathon organization hope to have participants on the dance floor to raise funding for the MSU’s Children’s Health Initiative. MSU Dance Marathon 2011, slated for April 9, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Re-up of Children’s Health Insurance Law Turns Two, Helps Mi...

Two million more children nationwide covered under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). It's a victory many in Kentucky are celebrating on the two-year anniversary of the Children's Health Insurance Pr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Alabama Children Face Serious Health Risks

Morgan Hopkins, mother of two, does her best to help her kids stay active. But today, she's worried by recent findings on children's health in Alabama. "I see it getting worse if parents don't start to take it seriously, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's health scorecard finds room to improve in Illinoi...

A new report says that if Illinois improved its childhood vaccination rate to the level of the best-performing state, then 28,000 more young children would be up-to-date on six recommended shots. The Commonwealth Fund released a state-by [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

California parents urged to enroll children for health insur...

State officials on Tuesday urged parents to sign up their children for health insurance during an ongoing enrollment period established by a new state law that requires private insurers to offer children's coverage under all their po [...]

Posted On : Jan, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Fiji's health ministry to watch school children's diet

Fiji's Health Ministry on Sunday highlighted the importance of school children's diet, saying the government has decided to watch children's diet in schools for the safety of their health. The start of Fiji's 2011 school [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's Health: Benefits of breastfeeding for six months

Children who are mainly breastfed for the first six months (or longer) score considerably higher academically at 10 years of age, especially boys. A study followed 2,868 children born in Australia from 1989 to 1992. After adjusting for g [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

3-D may be bad for children's health

In a seeming blink of an eye, 3-D technology has advanced beyond imagination. Hollywood, TV manufacturers and video game makers say you have to see it to believe it. But the visual trickery that produces 3-D images can also lead to heada [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

National Childrens Study Begins Recruitment in San Diego

The National Children’s Study (NCS) has begun inviting women in San Diego to participate in the largest long-term examination of children’s health and development ever conducted in the United States. Researchers from the Univ [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Better Health Introduces Miami Children's Better Health, A M...

Better Health, LLC ("Better Health"), a provider service network, has announced an innovative Medicaid plan called Miami Children's Better Health, in collaboration with Miami Children's Hospital. Better Health operates [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Washington Awarded $17.6 Million For Progress On Children’s ...

Apple Health for Kids, Washington’s health coverage program for children, has won $17.6 million from the federal government − a timely windfall that could prevent thousands of children from losing their health coverage. The U [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Children's Doctors Need to Spread Out

While there are enough doctors for children in the U.S., they're oversaturated in wealthy areas and sometimes nonexistent in some areas, finds a study by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. According to s [...]