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Rising pollution takes a toll on kids’ health

JAIPUR: Being born in a big city is always considered a privilege given the access to good schooling, exposure to high standards of living, all of which go into making children confident and ready to take on the world. However, there&# [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Positive parenting prevents obesity in kids

Positive parenting during the child's formative years could help prevent obesity among them. Today, one out of five US children is obese. They are five times more likely than their peers to be obese by adolescence, facing higher risk [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

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

Obesity in Teens Linked to Poor Relationships at Home With M...

Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new U.S. study shows. Tracking nearly 1,000 kids into their teens, researchers found more than a quarter of those who scored l [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

New report: NC kids' health shows good progress

A report on the health of North Carolina's children has encouraging news, but warns that the future will likely be more challenging. Action for Children North Carolina and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine released on Thursday [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

San Francisco is nation’s top spot for trick-or-treating

The Giants didn’t make the play-offs, the mayor’s race drags on (and on), and our Indian summer seemed like more of a fortnight. But here’s a little autumnal sweetness: San Francisco is the country’s best city for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Polio virus confirmed in 5 NWA children

Police virus has been confirmed in five children of different areas of North Waziristan Agency, Geo News reported. According to Agency Incharge Anti-polio campaign Dr Khandad polio virus has been confirmed in five children including four [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Playing politics with our children's health

Over last few weeks I have questioned the intent of Maine's Senator Susan Collins in her drive to overturn school-nutrition recommendations made by our nation’s most recognized medical authority, the National Academies' Inst [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Poor countries lead in mother, child spending

Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal and some of the world’s other poorest countries helped lead the way over the past year as U.N. member states began meeting their unprecedented pledge of more than $40 billion for maternal and child health [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Milwaukee child hospitalized with measles, health department...

A Milwaukee child is hospitalized with a confirmed case of highly contagious measles, the Milwaukee Health Department reported Wednesday afternoon. The child is a refugee whose family moved to the city at the end of August, according t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Two kids test positive for E. coli at Lynnwood day care

An infant and a toddler from the same day care have tested positive for E. coli, though their symptoms have been mild, the Snohomish Health District and the childcare center said. Tests are pending on two other children from Precious Chil [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Child health: Report says there are issues

The first national snapshot of children’s health reveals kids in remote, poor and Indigenous communities are more likely to be obese, die and have learning problems. While the report found the overall health of Australia’s 3.7 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids Health Too Important to Overlook

Compared to the rest of the world, America is a fat country. We're no longer a country full of fat adults, we also now have issues with overweight and obese children. Try as they might, it seems that fad diets and reality TV [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Structured and Unstructured Play Both Important for Kids' He...

Children should be getting an hour of physical activity every day, health organizations agree. That needed 60 minutes does not need to be all in one sitting, however. The exercise can come in small increments throughout the day, and consi [...]