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Students get hands-on experience during annual event
Staff WritersGroundhog Job Shadow Day was celebrated by agencies and businesses across the Imperial Valley on Friday in hopes students would see themselves as future members of the workforce. Through the national initiative, 10th- through 12th-grade students had...Tags: Students, Medical Specialization, U.S. Border Patrol, Religion and Belief, Psychology
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Doctor says cold medicines don't work for young kids
When a young child comes down with a cold — congestion, a scratchy sore throat and runny nose, maybe with greenish goo — many parents head straight for the drugstore for a bottle of children's cold medicine. Don't bother. It's worth it...
Tags: Botulism, Authors, Honey, Coughing, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Young children should have hearing tested more frequently: study
Parul Bhatia, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, remembers the patient well. The girl was 3 years old and profoundly deaf. Even though she had failed a hearing test at birth, she hadn’t been treated for hearing loss....
Tags: Hearing Impairment, Medical Procedures and Tests, David Geffen, Hospitals and Clinics
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Toddlers who snore: Is there cause for worry?
Does your child snore? If so, have your discussed their snoring with your pediatrician? A new study published in Pediatrics supported the routine screening and tracking of snoring among preschoolers. Pediatricians should routinely be inquiring about...
Tags: Sleep Apnea
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More Children are Getting This Disease and It is Preventable
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterMost parents would do anything to protect their children, but many may not be protecting their children from one disease. An alarming statistic shows more children than ever before are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. One in three new cases of Type...Tags: Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, Diabetes, Obesity, Gainesville
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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 ...... -
Does childhood TV viewing lead to criminal behavior?
Two recent studies linking childhood television viewing to antisocial behavior and criminal acts as adults are prompting some pediatricians to call for a national boob tube intervention. A commentary published alongside the studies in the journal...
Tags: Medical Specialization, New Zealand, Mental Health, Criminals, University of Washington
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Recess 'crucial' for school kids, pediatricians say
Give kids a break, doctors said Monday — or you might find that they have trouble paying attention in the classroom. In a policy statement released on Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on School Health, pediatricians...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Schools, Medical Procedures and Tests, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elementary Schools
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Educational TV tied to fewer behavior problems
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Upping the educational value of what young kids watch on television may help improve their behavior, a new study suggests. It can be hard to encourage families of preschoolers to turn off the TV, but there are plenty of high-...Tags: Medical Specialization, American Academy of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Television, Science and Technology
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Hand-Foot-Mouth menace
When Jonah Posner developed a fever last spring, his mother, Tracy, didn’t think much of it. The then-2-year-old was eating, drinking and sleeping as he usually did. “He had no other symptoms besides the fever,” Tracy Posner says....
Tags: Hand, foot and mouth disease, Pain, Howard County General Hospital, Health Organizations, Diseases and Illnesses
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Avera offering walk-in pediatric clinic
Anna Weisser's doctor was already booked when her 6-year-old son, Mason, woke with an earache. He'd been complaining of headaches for a few days, and Weisser wanted to take him to the family's doctor as quickly as possible. Nurses suggested she try...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Earache, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics
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Pediatricians should talk to kids about energy drinks and alcohol
Doctors need to talk to their adolescent patients about energy drinks -- especially energy drinks that are mixed with alcohol -- to make sure they understand the risks from consuming them, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. “When mixed...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Herbal Supplements, American Academy of Pediatrics, Energy Drinks, Colleges and Universities
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