Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Concern has been raised by The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association regarding the negative influence advertising has on children's food choices. Several health care professionals and parents are worried about how direct advertising affects children. A new investigation that examines the connection between parental influence, fast ...
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Sunday, September 11th, 2011
The World Health Organization says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has surged in Vietnam, killing 98 children and sickening more than 42,000 others this year.
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Researchers found that many very old people — age 95 and older — could be poster children for bad health behavior with their smoking, drinking, poor diet, obesity and lack of exercise.
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
A mere 4% of hospitals in America provide mothers with the full range of support they need to be able to breastfeed, says a new Vital Signs report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors stressed that providing full hospital support to mothers and their ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
According to a report published in the July 13 issue of JAMA, between the years 2000 and 2008, although children and adolescents in the U.S that had higher Medicaid payment levels to dentists were more likely to receive dental care, they still received dental care less often compared to children ...
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