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Study Finds Carpooling Parents Forgo Kids' Booster Seats
KickingTiresMore than 50% of carpooling parents allow the 4- to 8-year-olds in their car ??? even their own kids ??? to skip booster seats, according to a national survey published in the February 2012 edition of the journal Pediatrics. Nearly......Tags: Medical Specialization, Health, Research, Surveys, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Study: Kids are Safer Driving with Grandma
KickingTiresChildren in grandparent-driven cars are half as likely to be injured during a crash compared with car accidents that occur with the child???s own parents, according to a recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study, published in......Tags: Health, Injuries and Wounds, Transportation Accidents, Medical Specialization, Disasters and Accidents
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Guns, courts and book deals are on readers' minds
You folks are fired up about everything from Gov. Rick Scott to my communist tendencies. I can understand the concern for both.
But we'll start with the hot topic of the week — how the NRA and Florida legislators have teamed up to take on the most...Tags: Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice, Florida, Politics, Laws
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One for the record books
HealthThere are all sorts of stories lurking in the piles of data compiled by government and scientific researchers, but you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to see some major implications in the birth data reported recently in the journal Pediatrics. According... -
Cartoons, characters linked to kids’ bad behavior: Power Rangers again
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesA new study on children's behavior has found that certain TV programming beats other programming when you're trying to calm ...... -
Two 1970s hit soft-rockers, '80s hit blues rockers to top free Levitt Pavilion season
Lehigh Valley MusicTwo soft-rock groups that had multiple hits in the 1970s and one blues-rock group that had hits in the 1980s top this summer's season of more than 50 free shows that will be offered at the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks...... -
Attorneys say new reports suggest wrongful conviction in 'Shaken Baby' case
L.A. NOWNew reports from the Los Angeles County coroner's office and a prominent UCLA pediatrician have cast doubt on the reliability of forensic evidence used to convict a grandmother of shaking her 7-week-old grandson to death in Van Nuys 15 years...... -
Lice outbreaks common, harmless, experts say
TribLocal - Plainfield » NewsSchool reaction to lice outbreaks has relaxed in recent years –– in sharp contrast to previous generations when students were subjected to mass inspections every …... -
Kids getting too many antibiotics
HealthMillions of antibiotic prescriptions for children are inappropriately prescribed, a new study has found. According to researchers from the University of Utah, 23 percent of all the antibiotics for children were to treat respiratory conditions for which... -
Don't market junk food to kids, doctors say
Money & CompanyThe American Academy of Pediatrics has come out in favor of a ban on advertising junk food to children. In a statement Monday, the organization said ads for junk food are pervasive on children's television and online. Children already are...... -
UF names leukemia doctor head of pediatric cancer department
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelDr. William Slayton, a children’s oncologist and an associate professor of pediatrics in the University of Florida College of Medicine, has been named chief of the division of pediatric hematology and oncology after a nationwide search. Slayton, who... -
Are pre-schoolers soaking up too much Spongebob?
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelEducators for the past several years have been noting an increase in attention deficit disorders among some students and general lack of concentration among others and wondered why. Blame it on SpongeBob SquarePants? The respected journal Pediatrics...
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