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No-Mercury-Added Flu Vaccines
More children than ever before are expected to get the flu vaccine for the 2004-2005 flu season, both because of new recommendations and because last year's rough flu season still lingers in many people's memories. Preservative-free flu vaccine is...
1 year 22 weeks ago
Got Exercise?
Throughout childhood and the teen years, kids are building bones to last for a lifetime. The symptoms of osteoporosis usually don't start until later in life, but the issue has often been settled by the quality of bones girls build before they ever...
2 years 1 week ago
Natural Insect Repellant Alternatives
Because West Nile virus has made preventing mosquito bites more important in the United States, and because some insecticides are toxic, people have become increasingly concerned with finding gentle and effective solutions at preventing mosquito...
2 years 1 week ago
Nutrition, Behavior, and Hyperactivity
A change in eating that is as strong as attention deficit drugs?! Researchers at the University of Southampton studied over 1800 three-year-old children, some with and some without ADHD, some with and some without allergies. After initial behavioral...
2 years 1 week ago
Poop Problems: The Chicken or The Egg
When young children refuse to poop on the potty, they have often fallen in to what I call the D-D-D cycle, for Discomfort > Dread > Delay. They might enter the cycle from any point, perhaps from waiting to poop because they don't want to...
2 years 1 week ago
Reducing Caesarean Sections
Because of the high rate of caesarean sections in Latin America, researchers thought they might be able to reduce the c-section rate by 25 percent (without any additional complications) by instituting a policy requiring a mandatory second opinion...
2 years 1 week ago
Using DEET on Children
The recommendations for kids' using insect repellants containing DEET have changed, allowing higher concentrations than before. Within the last year, the Committee on Environmental Health of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) concluded that...
2 years 1 week ago
West Nile Virus 2004
Along with nice weather, West Nile virus is arriving for the summer. On June 8, the first 2004 case of West Nile virus in California was reported. Other cases had already been found in people in Arizona and New Mexico, and in flocks of birds from...
2 years 2 weeks ago