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Harder For Heavy Moms To See Child's Weight Status

The ability of a mother to identify a weight problem in her child appears to be dependent on her own weight, with overweight mothers tending to underestimate her child's weight.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Kids, Family

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Science Daily

Importance Of Developmental Screening Tool For Identifying Delays In Pre-term Children Shown

The study was a collaboration between physicians at PeaceHealth Medical Group, led by pediatrician Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, University of Oregon

Thu Jul 02, 2009

MediLexicon

Medarex To Receive Milestone Payment For The Approval Of Ilaris For...

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 02 Jul 2009 Medarex, Inc.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Medarex, Healthcare Industry, Marketing, Food and Drug Administration

Wed Jul 01, 2009

MediLexicon

Activities That Get Children 2 Months To 48 Months Talking Are Most Conducive To Language Acquisition

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 Adult-child conversations have a more significant impact on language development than exposing children to language through one-on-one reading alone, according to a new study in the July issue of Pediatrics , the journal of the American ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, CPU, Science / Technology, Health

MediLexicon

Infants Should Be Screened For Hip Trouble

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Bones / Orthopaedics Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 Developmental hip dysplasia is the most common congenital defect in newborns.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Arthritis, Health

Tue Jun 30, 2009

EurekAlert!

Conversing helps language development more than reading alone

UCLA study finds that activities that get children 2 months to 48 months talking are most conducive to language acquisition Adult-child conversations have a more significant impact on language development than exposing children to language through one-on-one reading alone, according to a new study in the July issue of Pediatrics , the journal of ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Science / Technology, CPU

Mon Jun 29, 2009

News9 Oklahoma City

Talk with kids, not at them

If you want to help children develop language and speech skills, UCLA researchers say, listening to what they have to say is just as important as talking to them.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Medicine, UC Los Angeles

Middletown Journal

Judge sets pediatrician's trial date

A fall trial date has been set for one of the twin Hamilton-area pediatricians facing felony sex and bribery charges two weeks after the 12th District Court of Appeals declined to hear a motion filed by the prosecution to consolidate the cases of Drs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hamilton, OH, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Desert Sun

Here's the juice on kids' drinks

Product: First Juice, organic fruit & veggie beverage, $4.99 for 32 fluid ounces at Whole Foods Market, Babies R Us, Target and http://firstjuice.elsstore.com. Key ingredients: Purified water, organic pear, organic apple, organic purple carrot, organic peach, organic carrot juice concentrate, calcium lactate, malic acid, and vitamins C, A and D3.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Vegetables, Medicine

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Medical News Today

ADPH Recognizes Three Hospitals For Newborn Screening Reliability, Alabama, USA

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 - 7:00 PDT Two years ago more than one in four newborns screened for metabolic and other inherited disorders in Alabama had to be retested.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Alabama, Medicine, Mobile County, AL, Health

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Medical News Today

Utah Bill Would Offer Parents Choice Of Two Sex Education Options

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 - 6:00 PDT A bill before the Utah Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee would allow parents to choose between two sex education curriculums, the Salt Lake City Deseret News reports.

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Medicine, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Women's Health, Health

Fri Jun 26, 2009

SiliconValley.com

Cassidy: One woman's dream: new fund to help stop Silicon Valley...

Anh Tran holds her dog, Jack, age 8, in her home in Santa Clara. Anh Tran, of Santa Clara, is involved with helping homeowners who face foreclosure.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Silicon Valley Bancshares, Santa Clara, CA, Foreclosures, Medicine, Non-Profit

MediLexicon

University Of Miami Receives Grant To Improve Maternal And Infant Health In Haiti

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 26 Jun 2009 The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $98,000 grant from the Pan American Health and Education Foundation for an initiative designed to address issues of maternal and infant health in Haiti.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, University of Miami, Medicine, Nursing, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Health

Thu Jun 25, 2009

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: AustinHealth: Swimmer's ear

It's that time again when pediatricians see a spike in ear infections.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Video, Health, Fitness

WXOW-TV La Crosse

Autism Screening Test

An autism diagnosis can be devastating for parents. Early intervention is key in helping these young kids.

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Related Topix: Health, Autism, Kids, Family, Medicine

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Newswise

HIV Antibody Tests Unreliable for Early Infections in Teens

A previously healthy teenager shows up at the doctor's office with a sore throat, fever, aches and general malaise.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Family, Teenagers

Charleston Daily Mail

State study would help identify pregnancy risks from subtance abuse

West Virginia health care professionals hope to learn more about how many pregnant women use drugs or alcohol and what kind of substance abuse occurs so they can provide earlier and better care for mothers and newborns.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse), Health, Medicine, Huntington, WV

Tue Jun 23, 2009

BlackBerryToday

Academy of Pediatrics Red Book Unbound

Unbound Medicine has released a wireless and web edition of the American Academy of Pediatrics Redbook, now in its 28th edition.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Fairview Post

Debate over nuclear panel members continues

It seems to be a tactic of the nuclear industry that whenever someone disagrees with their position on nuclear power, that person is attacked as being ignorant or emotional.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Biology, Science, Medicine, Leukemia, Health

Medical News Today

Study Shows Teen Contraception Use Declining, Level Of Sexual Activity Unchanged

Main Category: Sexual Health / STDs Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 22 Jun 2009 - 4:00 PDT After years of declining teenage pregnancy rates and improved teen contraception use during the 1990s and early 2000s, the trends appeared to have flattened or even reversed among some groups of teens in recent years, according ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Columbia University, George Bush, Human Sexuality

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