Multiple CT scans in kids triples cancer risk, but researchers caution overall risk low
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- June 9, 2012
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READ MORE‘Smash Your Food’ iPad game lets kids virtually pulverize food to learn about nutrition
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- May 30, 2012
NY Daily News, 5/30/2012
READ MORETinkerers Unite! How Parents Enable Kids’ Creativity
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- May 26, 2012
Parents encourage creativity in kids by helping them tinker. But kids, as they get older, spend more time with videogames, cell phones and computers and less time tinkering. Now, a growing number of like-minded parents are fighting back by encouraging unstructured, hands-on creativity. The Wall Street Journal, 5/24/2012
READ MOREFinal resting place: Cemeteries lack oversight
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- May 22, 2012
Is enough being done to protect bereaved families? Anderson Cooper investigates big profits and big problems in the burial business. He uncovers the unfortunate truth that at some cemeteries, graves have been desecrated, with workers digging up hundreds of bodies and dumping them into mass grades in order to resell the plots. 60 Minutes, 5/20/2012
READ MOREUmbilical cord blood test could reveal how susceptible your baby will be to colds
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- May 22, 2012
Washington University School of Medicine has developed a technique for testing that has found that babies are more likely to suffer from viruses if they produce low levels of a specific immune boosting protein. Daily Mail, 5/18/2012
READ MOREKeep an Ailing Relative at Home, Almost
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- May 14, 2012
A growing number of elderly people — 88 percent of those over 65 — say they want to live in their own homes, in their own communities, as they age, according to a 2010 AARP survey. 'Granny pods,' although expensive, provide an alternative for those who don't want nursing homes. The New York Times, 5/8/2012
READ MORETweens’ Secret Lives Online
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- May 3, 2012
Parents checking Facebook are seeing only the tip of the iceberg. Katherine Rosman looks at all the other places where kids go online and the new groups that are teaching kids to better navigate this world. The Wall Street Journal, 5/2/2012
READ MOREHeavy Backpacks Can Spell Chronic Back Pain for Children
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- April 28, 2012
The New York Times, 4/23/2012
READ MOREIs Your Child Playing the ‘Choking Game’?
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- April 19, 2012
A new survey has found that 6% of Oregon 8th graders have tried a potentially deadly activity called "the choking game," data which is consistent with previous studies from other states and Canada. Players apply pressure to the main artery in their neck, with a belt, towel, rope, or other item, to limit oxygen and
READ MORECan Prescriptions For Nature Defeat Childhood Obesity?
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- April 13, 2012
With so much research indicating that unstructured outdoor activities can improve children’s health, it seems obvious that health professionals should play a part in encouraging outdoor play, and they are starting to do so. Georgia’s "Rx for Fitness" program serves just that purpose: if a health care professional thinks your child needs more exercise, he
READ MORERare Disease Mimics Child Abuse and Tears Family Apart
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- April 10, 2012
In 2008, false child abuse charges triggered a murder-suicide in Colorado when authorities confused a baby's broken bones, actually caused by a genetic disorder, for abuse. Now, four years later, after all lawsuits have been unsuccessful, the baby's maternal grandparents are leading an awareness campaign, saying the tragedy could have been averted if doctors knew
READ MOREToo Few Kids Getting Outdoors With Mom or Dad
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- April 9, 2012
Researchers reported Monday that nearly half of all U.S. preschool-age children don’t get outdoors at least once a day for parent-supervised playtime, causing concern among experts who say early exercise habits could protect children from obesity later in life. Dr. Pooja Tandon, a pediatrician with the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle
READ MORESearching for the why behind rising autism rate
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- April 2, 2012
New government research shows that the rate of autism has increased. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its newest study on the rate of autism among 8-year-olds, showing that 1 in 88 has some form of the disorder. Previously, it was 1 in 110. Researchers are trying to find out the
READ MORESibling Rivalry Grows Up
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- March 22, 2012
Even after siblings grow up, rivalry and one-upmanship often continue to crop up. There are several ways, however, that brothers and sisters can end adult sibling rivalry and stop conflict from driving them apart. The Wall Street Journal, 3/20/2012
READ MOREDo Babies Know What’s Fair?
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- March 21, 2012
Psychologists have found that children have a sense of fairness by the time they start pre-school, when they’re three or four years old. And within the past few years, a small but growing body of research has indicated that kids have a moral compass while they’re just toddlers, suggesting that a sense of fairness might
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