Search Results for 'Abuse'

Docs more likely to suspect abuse in poor kids

When a toddler has a broken bone, pediatricians may be more likely to suspect abuse if the family is lower-income, a new study finds. Researchers found that pediatricians who read a fictional case report of a toddler with a leg fracture w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Drug Abuse, Obesity Top List of Kids' Health Concerns

Drug abuse and childhood obesity ranked highest on a new survey of health concerns for children. Both of those health issues were rated as a "big problem" by 33 percent of adults surveyed. The surv [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Dental neglect 'child abuse'

The state of children's oral health in the MidCentral district is "tantamount to child abuse", says the region's dental chief. At the opening of a new oral health clinic in Levin, the DHB's clinical director for dent [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Parents who smoke around kids are child abusers

Parents who smoke around their children are putting them at early death risk, says a British doctor. Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said that adults could outlive their children if they neg [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

HEALTH CARE AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

Child abuse. The mere thought of it sends chills down your spine and makes your hair stand on end. For those who suffer it, the nightmare continues for a lifetime, or until death at an early age. For those who are guilty of perpetrating [...]