| More Parents 'Redshirting' Kindergartners
(LiveScience.com) |
LiveScience.com - As schools start back into session around the country, some parents of young children face a difficult question: Send their little ones to kindergarten as soon as they become age-eligible, or hold them back in hopes that an additional year of maturity will give them an academic boost? |
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| Parents Can Take Steps to Boost Kids' Health, Well-Being
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HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As children head back to
school, parents can help make sure their little ones stay healthy and
happy all year, an expert suggests. |
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| Sickle Cell Kids at Greater Risk of 'Swine Flu'
Complications
(HealthDay) |
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children with sickle cell
disease experience more life-threatening complications from the H1N1 swine
flu than from seasonal flu, a new study has found. |
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| Lower Risk of Surgery Than Thought for Kids With Crohn's
(HealthDay) |
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of bowel surgery for
children with Crohn's disease is much lower than reported in previous
studies, according to new findings. |
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| Timer may help kids' bladder control problems
(Reuters) |
Reuters - Wearing a programmable wristwatch could help children manage their daytime bladder control problems, a new study suggests. |
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| Program Tracks Preschoolers with Electronic Tags
(LiveScience.com) |
LiveScience.com - Officials in Contra Costa County, California are using RFID (radio
frequency identification) technology to track some 240 preschoolers as
part of a new Head Start program to keep the children safe and to make
better use of its teachers.
But the plan is not going over well with some privacy groups. |
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| U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report
(Reuters) |
Reuters - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report. |
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| Safety groups find no Pampers link to rash cases
(Reuters) |
Reuters - Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes. |
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| Women, children most vulnerable in Pakistan crisis
(Reuters) |
Reuters - Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk. |
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| Text messages little help in remembering the Pill
(Reuters) |
Reuters - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests. |
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| Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit
(AFP) |
 AFP - A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday.
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| Study on Forced Pregnancy: Help for Women Who Face Threat
(Time.com) |
Time.com - A new study suggests that a few simple questions from health care providers can protect women whose partners want to force them to have children, known as reproductive coercion |
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