Child Health and Safety:
Child Health Articles, Baby Health, Infant Care, Child Safety
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Nov 2nd, 2009
Children sell their Halloween candy to dentists and the dentists in turn send the candy in care packages to troops overseas.
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Oct 28th, 2009
Halloween is a time to be scared, but your fears should not be about the face paints your children are using. A new report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics warns parents that many popular face paints for kids contain lead and other toxins that can cause contact dermatitis and skin sensitization that can last a lifetime.
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Oct 28th, 2009
Metallica joins the hunt to find missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington who attended their concert last week.
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Oct 27th, 2009
Parents who want to keep track of their children can place a small GPS device into the backpack, coat pocket, or lunch box of their son or daughter and wait for signals sent to them on their computer or smart phone. The Little Buddy Child Tracker is the newest addition to the child tracking market. A previously released tracking device, called the Kinderguard, was introduced in Great Britain several years ago.
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Oct 27th, 2009
Children abused prior to age 12 are at increased risk for early sexual intercourse.
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Oct 23rd, 2009
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (October 18-24) is a good time to remind parents that lead poisoning is still a very real threat to children. Potential lead poisoning in children has been brought to light recently because of recalls of toy, school supplies, and other items intended for children because they contain lead.
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Oct 16th, 2009
Infants who develop a fever after receiving vaccines should not be given acetaminophen (Tylenol), say scientists in an article in the October 17 issue of Lancet. The international research team notes that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, reduces infants’ immune responses to vaccines.
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Oct 12th, 2009
Children who use guided imagery are nearly three times more likely to reduce their functional abdominal pain than those who use medical care alone, say researchers in a study published in the November 2009 issue of Pediatrics. This inexpensive approach to treatment of functional abdominal pain provides benefits for at least six months.
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Oct 12th, 2009
Child passenger restraint systems (CPRSs) are widely available, but according to results of a new study, caregivers need more education to keep children safe from deaths from motor vehicle accidents. Too many caregivers do not make child safety restraints a normal part of their routine.
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Sep 30th, 2009
The number of children with lead poisoning dropped by 19% in New York City last year.
