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Pediatricians warn families against trampolines
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids should stay off trampolines at home and at the playground, U.S. pediatricians urged Monday, saying emergency departments across the country see nearly 100,000 injuries from the bouncy mats each year. The new statement...Tags: Gymnastics, Family, Parenting, American Academy of Pediatrics, Ankles
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Pediatricians may skip kids' blood pressure checks
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite recommendations to check children's blood pressure, pediatricians may often skip it, a U.S. study suggests. Using government survey data, researchers found that pediatricians failed to take kids' blood pressure at...Tags: Family, Diseases and Illnesses, Politics, National Government, Science and Technology
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Pediatricians advise on rice consumption for children
New reports that rice products may contain "worrisome levels" of carcinogenic arsenic — especially from rice grown in certain states — have American pediatricians offering new advice for parents feeding children. "I think a prudent...
Tags: Family, American Academy of Pediatrics, Food and Drug Administration, Medical Specialization, Consumers
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FDA tests find arsenic in rice
Many name-brand rice and rice products contain varying levels of carcinogenic arsenic, according to the results of separate sets of tests announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationand Consumer Reports. In conjunction with the Consumer...Tags: Margaret Hamburg, Justice System, Healthy Diet, Lawyers, Lisa Madigan
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Helping kids be more sun-safe is a challenge: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians' offices that offer more extensive counseling and information on safer sun practices are no more likely to have parents who follow that advice than offices that offer less intensive counseling, according to a...Tags: University of South Florida, Drugs and Medicines, Family, Sunburn, Northwestern University
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Researchers say order of introducing food to babies plays no role in developing food allergies
When Elyse Anders had her first child five years ago, her doctor recommended withholding seafood, peanut products and strawberries from her infant son's diet to avoid food allergies. But when she had a daughter three years later, the advice had changed...
Tags: Immune System, Drugs and Medicines, Family, Healthy Diet, Physical Conditions
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Business people - Aug. 26
Eastern Panhandle Anesthesia Associates MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Dr. Christopher M. Spiess, anesthesiologist, recently joined Eastern Panhandle Anesthesia Associates, based at City Hospital in Martinsburg. Spiess recently completed a residency in...
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Justice System, Environmental Issues, University of Maryland, College Park, Conservation
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Dr. Jeff Sperring
As president and chief executive officer, Dr. Sperring is responsible for providing overall strategic direction and leadership for pediatric services throughout IU Health, which includes direct operational and strategic oversight of pediatric programs,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Colleges and Universities, Vanderbilt University , American Academy of Pediatrics
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Maryland begins process to ban bumper pads in cribs
Maryland health officials continued their push to become the first state to ban the sale of bumper pads that line the inside of baby cribs, introducing proposed language Friday for regulations that could go into effect next year.
The regulations would...Tags: Toys, Services and Shopping, Health, Parenting, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Web information on safe infant sleep often wrong
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents who search the Internet for advice on how to put their infants to sleep may often find misinformation, a new study suggests. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other experts have long had recommendations on...Tags: Washington, DC, Family, Injuries and Wounds, American Academy of Pediatrics, Google Inc.
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Decline in circumcisions costing health care system billions, study finds
A 20-year decline in male circumcision has cost the country $2 billion in medical costs that could have been prevented, Johns Hopkins researchers say in a study released Monday.
In what is believed to be the first look at the economic impact of male...Tags: Human papillomavirus, Urinary System, Medicaid, Georgetown University, Union Memorial Hospital
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Ads may spur unhappy kids to embrace materialism
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Unhappy kids who watch a lot of TV ads may come to believe that material possessions are the key to feeling better, new research hints. A number of studies in adults have suggested that unhappiness and materialism can create a...Tags: Philosophy, American Academy of Pediatrics, Television, Religion and Belief, Human Interest
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