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Blogs: One Little Bite
- 1 What's on Your Plate?
- If you live with foodies-in-training, check out What’s On Your Plate?, a documentary that follows two 11-year-old girls from Manhattan who go to the country, enjoy farm-fresh foods, and return to the city inspired to...
- Posted by Mireille Hyde
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- September 23, 2009
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- 2 30 Days, 30 Lunches: Idea 13
- Last year, on the first day of school, I found myself sitting around a preschool-size table with other parents trying to come up with a healthy-snack list. It was an awkward dance, all of...
- Posted by Adriana Velez
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- August 27, 2009
Blogs: Momwire
- 3 Agency Urges Caution on Estimates of Swine Flu
- The New York TimesAugust 26, 2009"Up to 90,000 deaths from swine flu in the United States, mostly among children and young people? Up to 1.8 million people hospitalized, with 50 percent to 100 percent of...
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- August 26, 2009
- 4 Kids Brushing Teeth
- Getting kids to brush their teeth can be the most difficult part of the day. So we asked you, our Cookie readers, for advice on how to wrangle the kids in each night. Here, we share our favorite of your tricks and tips for keeping teeth clean and evenings tantrum-free.
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- August 11, 2009
- 5 Kids' Dental Care
- Is brushing time at your house like a scene out of WWE's SmackDown? We feel your pain. Here, a guide to oral care (and easy brushing) for the feisty 5-and-under set.
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- August 11, 2009
Blogs: Momwire
- 6 Breast-Feeding Could Save 1.3 Million Lives
- MSNBC July 31, 2009 "Teaching new mothers how to breast-feed could save 1.3 million children's lives every year, but many women get no help and give up trying, the World Health Organization said on Friday....
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- July 31, 2009
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- 7 Restrictive Diets May Not Be Appropriate for Children With Autism
- The New York TimesJuly 27, 2009 "Many parents of autistic children have put their children on strict gluten-free or dairy-free diets, convinced that gastrointestinal problems are an underlying cause of the disorder. But a new...
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- July 27, 2009
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- 8 Medicaid Falls Short Just As Some Need It Most
- MSNBC July 27, 2009 "For weeks now, 2-year-old Ashley Soto's hair has been falling out in clumps and bunches. Doctors at the Maple City Health Care Center, a neighborhood clinic where the toddler's family receives...
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- July 27, 2009
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- 9 Do Autistic Children Have More Gut Problems
- The Chicago Tribune July 27, 2009 "A new study casts doubt on a commonly held but controversial belief that autistic children have more gut problems than their peers. The Mayo Clinic study, published Monday in...
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- July 27, 2009
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- 10 Swine Flu May Cause Seizures in Children
- The New York TimesJuly 24, 2009 "The nation's top public health officials are alerting doctors that swine flu may cause seizures, after four children were hospitalized in Texas for neurological complications. All four children fully...
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- July 24, 2009
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- 11 Study Links Exposure to Pollution with Lower IQ
- Time July 23, 2009 "Fossil fuel emissions are not just bad for the planet and bad for your lungs, they may also harm your baby's developing brain. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics...
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- July 23, 2009
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- 12 Parental Stress Increases Kids' Risk of Asthma
- Time July 23, 2009 "Asthma is one of the most common ailments of young childhood -- rates among children under age 5 have risen 160% from 1980 to 1994 in the U.S. But while the...
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- July 23, 2009
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- 13 Beachgoers Beware: Stomach Bugs Lurk In Sand
- MSNBCJuly 20, 2009 "Beach fun for most kids includes burrowing in the sand and being buried by friends and siblings. Parents figure that as long as the kids are within sight, they're safe. But a...
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- July 20, 2009
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- 14 Percentage of Underweight Kids in USA Drops
- USA TodayJuly 15, 2009 "The percentage of underweight U.S. children and adults has dropped significantly in the last 30 years, a new government study shows.Among the findings:3.3% of children and teens, ages 2 to 19,...
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- July 15, 2009
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- 15 Is Tylenol Bad For Your Kids?
- Examiner July 14, 2009 "A recent government warning has many parents asking if they are harming their children by giving them over-the-counter medications like Tylenol. An FDA advisory panel recently warned that overdoses of acetaminophen...
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- July 14, 2009
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- 16 Autism Tied to Autoimmune Diseases in Immediate Family
- USA TodayJuly 14, 2009 "Danish researchers have found another clue to the mysterious causes of autism, according to a study published online this month in Pediatrics. In a study of children born in Denmark from...
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- July 14, 2009
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- 17 Half Of All Bathtub Injuries Involve Toddlers
- MSNBCJuly 14, 2009 "Slips and falls in the tub and shower are sending injured U.S. kids to the emergency room at a surprising rate - 120 daily - with most injuries occurring in children under...
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- July 14, 2009
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- 18 Trying to Stop Swine Flu at Summer Camp
- SlateJuly 13, 2009 "For three summers, my 12-year-old son, Joshua, has attended Camp Modin, a beautiful camp in rural Maine. This year, when we dropped him off at the northbound bus, something was different: The...
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- July 13, 2009
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- 19 When it Comes to Kids, Embrace the Average
- The Los Angeles Times July 6, 2009 "When my son's preschool teachers recommended that we send him to speech therapy, I can't say that my husband and I were completely surprised. Clay wasn't entirely easy...
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- July 6, 2009
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- 20 EPA: Toxic Air in 600 U.S. Neighborhoods
- Time June 25, 2009 "Millions of people living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a much greater risk of contracting cancer, according to...
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- June 25, 2009
