MASON CITY — Kits are readily available for parents to test their children at home for illegal drug use — but should they be used? Under what conditions is it worth raising serious issues about trust?
“I think they have their place,” said Tim Leibrand, pharmacy manager at Hy-Vee Drugstore in Mason City. “But like everything, they can probably be abused.”
Hy-Vee Drugstore has carried the kits for at least five years, Read the rest of this entry »
Expansion Of SCHIP Passes, Millions Of Kids Get Health Insurance
Washington (dbTechno) – The Senate has agreed with the House and has approved an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), supplying millions of low-income children with health insurance.
The Senate voted 66-32 in favor of the expansion of the childrens’ health insurance program.
The idea is to help families who earn too much money to fall 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 »
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Four Colorado children have died of complications from the flu since mid-January, making this the worst flu season for children in five years.
Colorado health officials said Thursday that two of the children had not been vaccinated, while the other two had received one of two recommended flu vaccinations.
Two of the children died in the Denver area and two died on the Western Slope. At least two had other serious Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Living in a stressful household may raise a child’s risk of becoming obese, according to findings from a study of Swedish families.
Compared with 5- to 6-year-old children living in families with low stress levels, age-matched children from “high-stress” families had about twice the risk for obesity, the study team found.
“Families can probably deal with some stress or stressors, but not with several at the same time,” Read the rest of this entry »
, a collection of ills that may include high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol, high blood sugar, abdominal obesity or high triglycerides, and when doctors see those problems in kids they should be treated, but the child should also be encouraged to diet and exercise. A report in the journal Circulation said that the
and parents and doctors should do what they can to reverse childhood obesity in order to prevent future health problems.
Watch Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday, January 13, WWMT Television, print and other electronic media will join forces with public and private medical services to promote increased health care coverage for southwest Michigan children.
“Caring for Kids,” an all-day phone-a-thon to be aired on WWMT, will encourage parents to sign-up to MIChild, a low-cost state health insurance program that provides medical, dental and vision coverage to eligible children 18 years Read the rest of this entry »
The state still has lots of flu vaccine for kids and teens.
For help finding an immunization clinic in your area, call the Family Health Hotline at 1-800-322-2588.
Flu season unusually peaks between January and March, state health officials say, so it’s not too late to get a shot.
Annual flu shots are recommended for all children between 6 months and 18 years. Last year, two children died from the flu in the state.
It’s especially important Read the rest of this entry »
Published:Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:00 a.m.
BOARDMAN — Humility of Mary Health Partners is offering a nutrition and fitness eduction program for overweight children ages 8 to 12 at St. Elizabeth’s Boardman Health Center, 8401 Market St. and the Davis Family YMCA, 45 McClurg Road, Boardman.
Two sessions of six classes will be available from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The first session will be on Mondays beginning Jan. 12 through Feb. 16 and the Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES — After a Christmas Eve slaying in suburban Covina that left nine people dead, surviving family members on Sunday were grappling with how to best care for the victims’ children.
At least 13 young people were orphaned after the shooting and two others lost a parent, according to a family attorney.
“We have to help them,” said Jose Castillo, a relative who came out to the crime scene on Sunday to pay his respects.
The shooting Read the rest of this entry »