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Child health
It's not OK to smack children
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) lecturer in child youth and family welfare strongly endorses a recent call by leading paediatricians to outlaw physical chastisement of children.
Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse
By Karen N. Peart - In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. ...New research will investigate role of hygiene in infant growth
Dr Andrew Prendergast, Senior Clinical Lecturer in paediatric infection and immunity at Queen Mary, University of London, has been awarded a Fellowship by the Wellcome Trust to study the effect of improved sanitation on the health of infants in developing countries....Child abuse and neglect cost the United States $124 billion
Rivals cost of other high profile public health problems...Assessing the Value of BMI Screening and Surveillance in Schools
New Rochelle, NY - The value of routine body mass index (BMI) screening in schools has been a topic of ongoing controversy. ...New partnership aims to curb childhood obesity
Effort promotes healthy diet, exercise in preschoolers....UC Davis Children's Hospital infant cooling program reaches a milestone
More than 50 children treated with novel therapy to reduce disability due to birth asphyxia...Lifelong payoff for attentive kindergarten kids
Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of “work-oriented” skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. ...Children's influence growing in digital age
Digital media such as social networks and mobile devices are giving children more influence than in previous generations, a new book argues....Online parenting guide helps kids deal with wild weather
Parents can help their child cope with the wild weather that is currently wreaking havoc across South East Queensland by accessing a free, online survival guide developed by The University of Queensland. ...
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Jon
on
12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
on
07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
on
06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
on
29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
lo chung yin
on
28/09/2011 04:57:08
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