About 500 University of Nebraska students participated in a 12-hour dance marathon in Lincoln Friday night into Saturday morning that raised more than $35,000 for Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.
The event ran from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds will help the hospital’s Child-Life Program and Rainbow House.
“Child-Life Program just gives different opportunities for the kids while they’re staying at the hospital, Read the rest of this entry »
Raleigh, N.C. —
Childhood obesity is a growing problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 percent of children are overweight or obese. The new
is trying to beat those odds.
“At Hi 5, we work very hard on basically getting them active, that means anything that is moving,” said Susan Caldwell, with Hi 5 Fitness.
The children in the program are from 5-years-old to 18-years-old, and are taught about living Read the rest of this entry »
Washington (dbTechno) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found a link between drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hallucinations in children.
The FDA study focused on ADHD drugs such as Adderall XR, Focalin, Metadate CD, as well as Ritalin to see if they had any impact at all on the risk that children may suffer from hallucinations.
In total, they found over 850 instances where kids being treated with Read the rest of this entry »
don’t really need them, and kids who eat poorly and are most likely to benefit from nutritional supplements rarely get them, a new study reports.
The results surprised researchers, said lead author Dr. Ulfat Shaikh, a pediatrician at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine who treats children with nutritional problems.
,” she said. “We actually found the opposite.”
The children who used supplements the Read the rest of this entry »
FARGO (AP) â Parents of Fargo middle school students can soon test their children for drugs.
Project 7th Grade, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based group, provides the kits to school systems, police and other organizations at no charge. The tests rely on urine samples.
Sullivan Middle school is the only school in North Dakota participating in the project, officials said.
âNo family, no schools are exempt,â Fargo police officer Mike Clower Read the rest of this entry »
Teaming up with Gifts.com, Zac Efron gives away $10,000 worth of toys to patients at the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA in Los Angeles.
brought cheers to patients at the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA in Los Angeles when he took time Friday, December 19 to visit critically ill patients for approximately two hours. Teaming up with Gifts.com, he presented gifts, signed autographs and posed alongside his fans as he toured the wards.
Among Read the rest of this entry »
During the winter season, driving on icy roads is always challenging, but even more so when driving with young children. Each year thousands of young children are killed or injured in car crashes. You can help keep this from happening to your child by using car safety seats and seat belts correctly every time you drive even for short errands.
No car seat is the “best” or “safest.” The best seat is the one that fits your child’s size, is correctly Read the rest of this entry »
Clear a safe, open space to move and dance. Sit in this space with the children and discuss the moon and what it is.After the children have told what they know about the moon, describe it as a celestial object that orbits the earth.The moon is the earth’s natural satellite.
blast off, space flight, moonwalk, orbit, and splash down
.Have each child find his/her own perfect spot and explore the movements associated with each phase of the space Read the rest of this entry »
NORTH LAS VEGAS—Police say an infant and a toddler have been hospitalized after being found in a backyard pool at a home day care.
North Las Vegas police spokeswoman Chrissie Coon says a 1-year-old boy was unresponsive when medics arrived at the home about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. A 3-year-old also was treated and both boys were taken to University Medical Center.
Coon says the incident occurred at Marisela’s Family Day Care in North Las Read the rest of this entry »
Its National Pancake Day and local IHOP restaurants are chipping in for a good cause.
Local IHOP restaurants across South Florida will offer guests a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Tuesday in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network at Miami Children’s Hospital on National Pancake Day.
The company said that for every short stack of pancakes served, IHOP guests will be invited Read the rest of this entry »