Fw: Children's Health Issue

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>This Week's Issue

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>*Many Accidental Child Deaths Are Preventable

>*Kids Still Uninsured As Rates Fall

>*Children Grade Their Working Parents

>*Poll: Teens Fear Violent Rampages

>*Education Starting In Infancy Has Lasting, Positive Effect

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>This Week's Stories

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>Many Accidental Child Deaths Are Preventable

>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Many of the accidents that kill

>children in the US are preventable, according to a report

>released Wednesday. Four key risk factors — cars, drugs

>alcohol, and guns — account for the majority of preventable

>injuries and deaths among children, but the " most important

>threats to children's health are not being matched with the most

>effective preventive measures, " according to the Public Health

>Policy Advisory Board

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?247036

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>Kids Still Uninsured As Rates Fall

>WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured children remains at 11

>million despite the strong economy and a new program that has

>been enrolling them for nearly two years, according to two

>reports

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?247110

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>Children Grade Their Working Parents

>(The Boston Globe) — Children whose parents spend at least six

>hours a day with them on work days give their mothers and fathers

>top grades for making them feel loved and important

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?247119

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>Poll: Teens Fear Violent Rampages

>NEW YORK (AP) — Half the teen-agers in a poll out today believe a

>murderous rampage like the killings at Columbine High School

>could happen in their school

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?247003

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>Education Starting In Infancy Has Lasting, Positive Effect

>(The Medical Tribune) — A new study found that children who were

>enrolled in an educational child-care program from infancy grew

>up to be more successful than their peers raised without an early

>educational program

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?247121

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>This Week's Issue

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>*Asthma Allergens Prevalent In US Elementary Schools

>*Lawmaker Urges Safer Pesticide Use In Schools

>*Children Follow Parents' Lead In Weight-Loss Programs

>*Hopkins: Context Is Everything

>*Child Burn Survivors Report Good Quality Of Life

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>This Week's Stories

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>Asthma Allergens Prevalent In US Elementary Schools

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>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Nearly 3 out of every 4 Texas

>elementary school classrooms contain high levels of four or more

>allergens known to be triggers for asthma, researchers report.

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?261570

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>Lawmaker Urges Safer Pesticide Use In Schools

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>WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Gaps in government health and safety rules

>may threaten children whose developing bodies are especially

>vulnerable to pesticides used in many schools to control insects,

>federal officials said Tuesday.

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?261419

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>Children Follow Parents' Lead In Weight-Loss Programs

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>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — When parents take the lead in helping

>an obese child lose weight, they may benefit too — by dropping

>pounds and improving cardiac health, researchers suggest.

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?261549

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>Hopkins: Context Is Everything

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>(s Hopkins) - Any law student will tell you: hearsay

>testimony is inadmissible. But not always in the case of

>children. In many jurisdictions, a parent, social worker or

>psychologist can take the stand and testify that " ny told me

>this " or " Sally said that. " But can the adult's memory be

>trusted?

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?261174

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>Child Burn Survivors Report Good Quality Of Life

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>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Children who survive serious burns

>have a quality of life similar to that of other children, even

>when the burns survivors have lingering physical disabilities,

>Boston researchers report.

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>http://www.intelihealth.com/enews?261412

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