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• Fiesta will celebrate dental health charitys birthday
  The Californian city of Santa Clarita is gearing up for a birthday party with a difference as residents mark 15 years of the Foundation for Childrens Dental Health.Celebrations are planned for September 13th at the home of local mayor Bob ...
• Baseball team to teach kids about dental health
  A Major League Baseball team is to help promote dental health in Kansas City on Saturday.Kansas City Royals are not enjoying the best of seasons on the diamond but officials from the TeamSmile campaign is hoping that two of their star playe...
• Health Tip Delayed Speech in Children
  Children who are slow to talk as much as others the same age may be affected by a problem called speech delay. Some children simply grow out of this problem while others may require treatment. Heres a list of common reasons for speech del...
• Too Much Cell Phone Time Takes Toll on Teen Sleep
  Teens who become addicted to their cell phones may be placing their health at risk by compromising their ability to sleep well a new Swedish study suggests. The finding was presented Monday at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies an...
• College Night Owls Have Lower Grades
  College students who are morning people tend to get better grades than those who are night owls according to University of North Texas researchers. They had 824 undergraduate students complete a health survey that included questions about ...
• Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse
  Teens with bipolar disorder are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse says a Massachusetts General Hospital MGH study that supports previous research. This work confirms that bipolar disorder in adolescents is a huge risk fact...
• Family History of Alcoholism Puts Student Drinkers at Risk
  College students with a dense family history of alcoholism have the highest risk of alcoholuse disorders a U.S. study says. While most university students tend to mature out of heavy drinking by the time theyre young adults some dev...
• Alcohol Drug Counseling Benefits Teens Too
  Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous offer benefits to adolescents even if they eventually stop attending meetings says a study that included 160 teens enrolled at two treatment centers in California. The teens with an average a...
• Being Born Small Early Raises Autism Risk
  Children who are born underweight or early have more than double the risk of developing autism new research shows. The risk was especially pronounced among lowbirthweight girls said the authors of the study which was published in the J...
• New York schools to require proof of dental health
  In September New York will become the latest US state to require proof of good dental health for schoolchildren it has emerged.Families will be obligated to provide a certificate demonstrating that kids have visited a dentist prior to ent...
• More Young People Going Without Health Insurance
  The number of young adults without health insurance rose again in 2006 so 38 percent of high school graduates and 34 percent of college graduates will spend some time uninsured in the year after graduation a new report shows. Weve been ...
• Brain May Ignore Bladder Signals Causing Bedwetting
  Much like the boy who cried wolf a bladder that constantly sends signals to arouse the brain may end up being ignored in its time of greatest need. Thats the theory of Hong Kong researchers who compared the amount of arousal in the cortic...
• States Scorecard Finds Big Differences in Kids Health Care
  The quality of childrens health care in America varies widely from state to state as does their access to insurance and care and the likelihood of living long and healthy lives. Thats the conclusion of a new scorecard produced by the Co...
• Childhood Obesity May Be Leveling Off
  In what may be the first good news in the battle against obesity among Americas children federal researchers report that the latest data suggest that the number of overweight kids may be leveling off. However experts caution theres sti...
• Health Tip Get Your Child Back to Bed
  If your child comes to your room in the middle of the night it may be tempting to allow the child to crawl into bed with you especially after a nightmare. Thats not recommended says the Nemours Foundation which offers these suggestions...
• Health Tip Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
  Just because a person isnt a smoker doesnt mean they are immune to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke. Children are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of secondhand smoke says the American Lung Association which offers this list ...
• Lung Trouble Associated With Sickle Cell in Kids
  Children with sickle cell disease lose lung function faster and more significantly as they age compared with other children of the same race and age according to new research. Contrary to previous research the difficulty in breathing ap...
• Health Tip Soothing a Childs Sunburn
  If your child has an uncomfortable sunburn here are suggestions to help it heal and to soothe the youngsters pain courtesy of the Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital:
  • Give the child a cool bath.
  • Apply a cool compress.