Category: Children’s Health

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The National Commission on Children and Disasters has partnered with the American Red Cross to develop a set of standards to address children’s needs in emergency shelters. The shelter standards are being made available to American Red Cross shelter managers, staff and volunteers throughout this hurricane season, and other local agencies that manage emergency shelters.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Philadelphia, Pa.–Picking out the latest and greatest backpack is an end of summer tradition for many young students, but this essential back-to-school item has the potential to cause a lifetime of back and neck ailments.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Philadelphia, Pa.–Picking out the latest and greatest backpack is an end of summer tradition for many young students, but this essential back-to-school item has the potential to cause a lifetime of back and neck ailments.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Tough economic times mean less disposable income for most people, and as a result, otherwise generous families are forced to curtail their charitable donations.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Tough economic times mean less disposable income for most people, and as a result, otherwise generous families are forced to curtail their charitable donations.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn., — Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are reported in the current issue of the journal Anesthesiology.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn., — Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are reported in the current issue of the journal Anesthesiology.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every parent has a little anxiety as a new school year approaches. Will my daughter like her teacher? Will my son be able to keep up with his homework? But for parents of a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the stakes can feel much higher.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every parent has a little anxiety as a new school year approaches. Will my daughter like her teacher? Will my son be able to keep up with his homework? But for parents of a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the stakes can feel much higher.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, Ga. – There’s more to preparing your child for another school year than just outfitting them with backpacks and school supplies. As you begin making your back-to-school to-do list this summer, consider your child’s health needs, too.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, Ga. – There’s more to preparing your child for another school year than just outfitting them with backpacks and school supplies. As you begin making your back-to-school to-do list this summer, consider your child’s health needs, too.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, Ga. – When you purchase back-to-school supplies for your children, the last thing you’d expect is to buy something dangerous. However, the parents of 6,000 children do just that each year.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, Ga. – When you purchase back-to-school supplies for your children, the last thing you’d expect is to buy something dangerous. However, the parents of 6,000 children do just that each year.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most children experience some fears and anxieties as each new school year begins. They worry they won’t be able to read fast enough, and fret that older, popular kids will think they’re geeks.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most children experience some fears and anxieties as each new school year begins. They worry they won’t be able to read fast enough, and fret that older, popular kids will think they’re geeks.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Oak Brook, Ill. — You wouldn’t send your children to school with a lunchbox full of candy bars, but you might be packing almost as much sugar when you send them off with some of the popular lunch time classics. Considering that most children brush their teeth in the morning and again before bed, the sugar they put in their mouths at lunch time could stay in there for a while, and that worries some dentists.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Oak Brook, Ill. — You wouldn’t send your children to school with a lunchbox full of candy bars, but you might be packing almost as much sugar when you send them off with some of the popular lunch time classics. Considering that most children brush their teeth in the morning and again before bed, the sugar they put in their mouths at lunch time could stay in there for a while, and that worries some dentists.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, Ga. — While at least one celebrity mother and a few news reporters have suggested that there is a link between autism and immunizations, pediatricians and numerous health organizations maintain that vaccines are safe and recommend that vaccines be administered on schedule to keep your children safe from a variety of vaccine-preventable diseases.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Augusta, Ga. — While at least one celebrity mother and a few news reporters have suggested that there is a link between autism and immunizations, pediatricians and numerous health organizations maintain that vaccines are safe and recommend that vaccines be administered on schedule to keep your children safe from a variety of vaccine-preventable diseases.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As parents watch their child walk through the door to kindergarten for the first time, the backpack almost dwarfing the little body, the moment is bittersweet. It may also include tears, and that’s normal, experts say.