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Poison ivy: Treatment tips from the trenches
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| Until the last couple of summers, I had very little experience with poison ivy. I had trouble even identifying it! It's not that poison ivy didn't exist in my home state, it... |
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Get kids to eat more whole grains
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| Does your son run hiding at the mention of "whole grains"? Shriek at the sight of multigrain wraps? Boggle over the unusual shapes of different cooked grains? Well, like it or... |
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How eating organic improves your child's health
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| You may have already made the organic transition, but have your children? Eating organic means consuming food without the assistance of man-made chemicals. And while the organic... |
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Deciding if cloth diapers are for you
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| How are you going to diaper your baby? For most of us, it's more a question of which disposable diaper brand we'll use. After all, disposables are SO common and convenient. And... |
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Length of children's sleep duration varies; can influence...
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| The duration of a child’s sleep can vary, depending on the time of day, week and year. Further, children who don’t get enough nightly sleep are more likely to be overweight... |
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Are headbanging toddlers at risk for autism or other disorders?
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| Why is your child -- who seems perfectly normal -- all of the sudden banging his head on the wall every time he gets mad? (And no, he's not listening to hardcore music when... |
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Eating disorders: A mom and daughter let us inside
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| Eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating are serious emotional and physical conditions that can have life-threatening consequences. Kayla and Kim offered to... |
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Summer fun okay for asthma suffers, too!
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| For many kids, summer vacation can be like one long recess, with games of tag, hiking and bicycling. But for the nine million children under the age of 18 who’ve been... |
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Excerpts from David Zinczenko's Eat This, Not That on losing...
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| Just as the waistline of the average adult American is expanding at a belt-breaking rate, so too are those of this country's youth. It doesn't take a nutritionist to see that... |
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Uninvited guests (scratch, scratch)
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| A few months ago, I arrived earlier than usual to pick up Sunshine from school. Her class was out on the playground in the late afternoon sunshine, so I decided to get her... |
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Grocery store shopping carts: Safe for kids?
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| As shopping cart-related injuries are common and can result in severe injury or even death, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents consider... |
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The devastation of disappointment - Helping children cope with...
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| If you still cringe when thinking back to not making the dance troupe in high school, it's no wonder you fear your child's first disappointment. When upset strikes – here's... |
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The Tooth Fairy's second wave: What my son didn't inherit from me
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| Alfs has been losing teeth again, and it's been freaking me out. Yes, I know he is supposed to do this; it's the last of the baby teeth making way for the final round of adult... |
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The Mercury-Autism Link
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| Remember the days in high school when kids would break thermometers and play with the beads of mercury, much to the teacher’s chagrin? Well, mercury isn't for fun and games.... |
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Keeping kids active in winter
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| Winter weather poses an obstacle to normally active children when it's no longer easy to jump on a bike and ride or play outside. The American Council on Exercise (ACE) offers... |
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Constipation most common cause of children's abdominal pain
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| A new study led by a University of Iowa researcher showed that acute and chronic constipation together accounted for nearly half of all cases of acute abdominal pain in children... |
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Honey may help relieve children's cough, improve sleep during...
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| A single dose of buckwheat honey before bedtime provided the greatest relief from cough and sleep difficulty compared with no treatment and an over-the-counter cough medicine in... |
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Kids' bike injuries are a major concern
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| A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital concludes that bicycle-related injuries among children and... |
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Tips for getting bugs to buzz off and how to deal with bites...
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| Like it or not, bugs -- from mosquitoes to fire ants -- are as much a part of summer as barbeques and apple pie. Since you can't always avoid the little critters, which insect... |
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Tips for parents: Make sure your kids take breaks at the...
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| Get some quick tips on how you really need to keep cool -- even when you're in the pool. |
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Help reset your child's internal clock before school starts
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| I have fond memories of my children excitedly preparing for each new school year. With a brand-new pair of tennis shoes and backpack, they looked forward to the new school year... |
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Fast summer meals for kids on the go
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Asthma and anesthesia: A safe combination?
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Will ear tubes help my child overcome speech delays
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Blue lips in children symptom diagnosis and treatment
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