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Phi Baby Kappa
We all want our babies to have the best start possible. How much do infant educational videos really help to boost the brain? Each hour of educational baby DVDs or videos that babies watch per day is associated with an additional 16.99 point...
1 year 19 weeks ago
Autism Detection: Look and See
All children should be screened for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at the 18-month and 24-month well child visit, according to November 2007 guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which replaces the original 2001 policy. Implementing...
2 years 2 weeks ago
Slash Your Child’s Cancer Risk!
Choices we make with our children can strongly influence their odds of getting cancer for the rest of their lives. Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective, released in November 2007, is comprehensive...
2 years 2 weeks ago
Tonsils, Time, Throats, and Outcomes
Taking out the tonsils for throat infections isn’t nearly as common as it used to be, but tonsillectomy remains one of the most common operations in kids. When is the procedure worth it? When might it be a mistake? There is general agreement that...
2 years 2 weeks ago
Babies' Social Insight
Young babies notice and assess the actions of those around them and use this to decide who they want as play partners, according to groundbreaking research described in the November 22, 2007 Nature. They learn to read people long before they learn...
2 years 2 weeks ago

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What Color is Your Laundry Room?
We're thrilled to have been tagged by Molly Pesce at Barnes and Nobles.com. Raising Baby Green is one of her top green picks for Earth Week 2008
2 years 9 weeks ago