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Many families and some health professionals mistakenly believe that participation of children in early education and child care causes most of their episodes of seasonal ...
Read More »Does ‘Daycare Syndrome’ Really Lead to Childhood Illness?
Video Games Maturing To Legitimate Educational Tool For Kids
By Brad Broker Video games are here to stay, so it’s time to embrace them as a viable, legitimate educational tool. No one is suggesting ...
Read More »Why Do So Many Kids Have Food Allergies? They’re Too Clean.
By Bill Miller, Ph.D. When I was growing up, I never knew any child with a food allergy. Allergies of any kind seemed rare. Yet ...
Read More »Daily After School Activity Improves Kids’ Attention, Cognitive Skills
By ALAN LYNDON If you need a reason to encourage your kids to get outside, here’s a good one: Children who get at least an ...
Read More »Amazing 11-year-old Girl Invents ‘Chemo Backpack’ for Kids With Cancer
By Brad Broker Kylie Simonds, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, was 8 years old when she was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma — a rare, malignant, soft tissue tumor attached ...
Read More »Playing Video Games Every Day Can Actually Be Good For Kids
By Brad Broker This Physicians News story can be republished for free. (See details) Every few months, research shows that video games are either great ...
Read More »Doctors Ask For Ban On E-Cigarettes To Kids
By Bruce A. MacLeod, MD and Allen Nussbaum, MD Electronic cigarettes could be a “gateway” that introduces youth to smoking. That’s what researchers from the Center ...
Read More »Autism Declines By One-Third, But Only Due To New Definition
By Brad Broker A new study finds that Autism may decline by as much as one-third. But the reduction is not due to a cure ...
Read More »20 kids hospitalized every day from gun violence
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that 20 children are hospitalized every day due to firearm injuries. Among young children in the ...
Read More »IOM to Begin Study on Youth Sports Concussions
By Brad Broker The Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, will conduct a study on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary ...
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