Child Information - December 1, 2008

Health Organization Releases New Food-Handling Guidelines

October 13, 2005 - Topics food, child, fda, education and research

"Our research shows that consumers are familiar with Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill, the core Fight BAC! food safety recommendations, but they need more guidance about how to do these properly," says Partnership for Food Safety Education Chairman, Tim Hammonds

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Arkansas Mom Gives Birth To 16th Child

October 12, 2005 - Topics child, women and father
Women across the country are currently asking the question "where does she find the strength?", in regards to an Arkansas woman who gives birth for the sixteenth-time.

Believe it or not, 39-year old Michellle Duggar says she is looking forward to doing it again

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Yoga for Kids Growing In Popularity

October 11, 2005 - Topics obesity, men, disorder, exercise and child
In a society of high intensity soccer games and after-school swim practices, yoga is growing favor as both an alternative and a complement to traditional sports kids play.

Nancy Wile, the founder of Yoga to Go says, "Yoga is proving to be great for both competitive and non-competitive children. Because it helps strengthen the body and reduce anxiety, it's ideal for developing bodies

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It's Flu Shot Season Again

October 9, 2005 - Topics flu, disease, asthma, diabetes and immune
Federal health officials are offering strong advice. It's time for a lot of people to get their flu shots. The Centers for Disease Control says there will be enough vaccine available for everyone who needs to get it and only at-risk people should be vaccinated between now and October 24.

The CDC wants a two-tier plan to get people vaccinated. Between now and October 24th, they're advising some high priority groups to get the vaccine

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Youngest Cancer Patients Granted Right To Die

October 6, 2005 - Topics cancer, research, study, disease and hospital
According to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Sydney Children's Hospital pediatric cancer, patients as young as 10 years old, who know that their disease is incurable, have the ability to participate in talks about their own end-of-life care with family members and health care professionals.

The children studied understood their deaths as an outcome of their decisions to limit treatment, understood that they were actively participating in decisions about the end of their own lives. Researchers said the children recognized the consequences of their decisions

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