Farmington Lions Club offers free eye exams

Farmington Lions Club offers free eye exams Each year, members of the Farmington Lions Club administer free eye exams to San Juan County children. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: Zoie Herbert has her eyes checked by a scammer held by Farmington Evening Lions Club member Marilyn Montoya, right, on Wednesday at Central Primary School in Bloomfield.

Ontario children and youth with ADHD often prescribed antipsychotics, study finds

A study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences found almost 12 per cent of kids and youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, were prescribed antipsychotics like Risperdal, Zyprexa and Seroquel. One in 20 Ontario children and youth have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and many are prescribed antipsychotic drugs, despite having no other mental health diagnoses, researchers have found.

School bias against HIV kids

New Delhi, Jan. 16: The Supreme Court today indicated it would balance the interests of HIV-affected children or children of such parents with those of healthy children before laying down any guidelines for educational institutions to ensure that no child is discriminated against. The court was dealing with a PIL filed in 2014 by an NGO, alleging that HIV-affected students or children born to such parents were not being admitted in regular schools by the managements, which amounted to discrimination and violation of the fundamental right to free and compulsory education for all children.

Mumps outbreak

A health crisis is affecting our state. 36 people in Spokane now have the mumps and, some kids who haven’t been immunized against the disease won’t be allowed in school for weeks at a time.

Low-calorie sweetener use in kids jumps 200%, study finds

The consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumped a whopping 200% among children and 54% among adults from 1999 to 2012, according to a study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Tuesday. “We were somewhat surprised,” said Allison Sylvetsky, assistant professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, who was lead author of the study.

‘I don’t think I’m the only woman to use it that way’: Dannii…

‘I don’t think I’m the only woman to use it that way’: Dannii Minogue reveals she’s had Botox during traumatic times in her life And now Dannii Minogue has revealed she has used Botox during traumatic times in her life to hide the signs. The 47-year-old, who is a judge on new BBC talent show Let It Shine, said she believes many women undergo the cosmetic treatment as a ‘subconscious’ reaction to being unhappy.

New guideline primes San Diego pediatricians for peanuts

Released this week, the set of guidelines from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recommends that doctors begin introducing some infants to peanut-containing foods as early as four months of age to reduce their chances of peanut allergy. The sweeping recommendation follows a seminal paper published in 2015 that showed early introduction of peanuts can desensitize the immune systems of children who are particularly susceptible to the allergy, preventing many from ever developing a dangerous and often-isolating condition which, in extreme cases, can cause deadly anaphylactic shock.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016 – Portrait of Tabitha Wegner and her children Gage, 9 and Nevaeh, 10 at their Windsor home on December 22, 2016. Tabitha Wegner won’t see her children grow up and fall in love.

Working Together to Keep America Moving Forward

In this week’s address, President Obama reflected on the significant progress we’ve made since he took office in 2009. Over the past eight years, we’ve turned the recession into recovery; 20 million more Americans have health insurance; we’ve brought 165,000 troops from Iraq and Afghanistan; we took out Osama bin Laden; and we brought nearly 200 nations together around a climate agreement that could save the planet for our kids.

Mum of poorly youngster to volunteer at Florida resort

THE mother of a six-year-old girl with a life-threatening condition said her family will volunteer at a resort for sick children. Sasha-Marie Gill, mother of Harlee-Jae Procter, will work at ‘Give Kids The World Village’ in Florida, a non-profit retreat that provides free holidays for sick children and their families.

Silent disorder under radar

… education” on eating disorders, including teaching resources and strategies through the Australian Curriculum’s Health and Physical Education learning area. The spokesman said “a large number” of schools incorporated the Kids Matter approach, which …

Double or Nothing?

… children in the U.S. have been diagnosed as bipolar. According to a study commissioned by the National Institutes of Health, the frequency of doctor’s-office visits resulting in bipolar diagnoses among people under 20 has increased by 40-fold since …

GAS Omapere is Proudly Tobacco-free

… that there are other choices,” says Taryn Taurima. Taryn and Joeseph were acknowledged by Northland District Health Board and Cancer Society Northland with the presentation of a Tobacco-free Retailer Award for their decision to no longer sell …

Boy in remission from cancer helps spread Christmas cheer to kids still fighting

After her son young son, P.J. Moura, battled childhood cancer for three years, Sarah Montgomery realized the thing that made him happy in those days in the hospital was when people brought him toys. Now in remission, P.J., his mother and a group of volunteers – brought together by a Facebook post by Montgomery - came together over the weekend to fill stockings and wrap presents that will be presented to children still battling cancer.

West Michigan High School students deliver gifts to kids with cancer

Children with pediatric cancer who will be staying at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital over the holidays received some very special care packages from a group of Jennison High School students. It all started with a group of students taking part in the ‘Bigger Than You’ class at the high school which is best described as a philanthropy class where students pick out something they are passionate about, get into groups, and do something that betters the community.

Christmas wish appeal

In the flight simulator: Mitchell was awarded a surprise internship with Virgin Australia, Starlight’s official Wishgranting partner, to kick start his career in aviation. Starlight Children’s Foundation has launched its 2016 Christmas Appeal, calling on Australians to help raise more than $526,000 to grant 80 life-changing Starlight Wishes for seriously ill children and young people across the country.