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.
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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.
Police: Kids taken 31 years ago are found, mom is arrested
… Kelly, now 32, and Kimberly, now 35, were not living with their mother but are in the Houston area and are in good health, Philbin said. The girls’ father, Russell Yates, was told of her arrest immediately after it happened and is relieved, Philbin …
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.
Mums will fall ill 324 times during their children’s younger years
… and bugs can usually be traced back to the kids, leaving them suffering days after nursing their children back to health. Dr Sarah Brewer, GP and Medicial Director at Healthspan said: “Mums are often on the front line when it comes to the family’s …
Backyard banter: All the cool kids wear sunscreen
The Kiwi attitude of ‘she’ll be right’ could mean we take a relaxed approach to the sun’s dangers. When I was a kid, my mum did her best to smother me with sunscreen before I went outside.
Healthful Hints: Vaccine can halt HPV, a cause of some cancers
… pre-teens vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical cancer. The Rock County Public Health Department is working on a “Close the Door to Cancer” campaign in order to raise awareness and educate the public about HPV. …
CDC: widespread flu in North Carolina –
Flu-related deaths are rising in North Carolina, according to a statement issued by the state Department of Health and Human Services earlier this week.
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.
Millennials are falling behind their boomer parents
In this Jan. 9, 2017, photo, Andrea Ledesma, left, talks with her mother, Cheryl Romanowski, at Classic Slice pizza restaurant, where Ledesma works, in Milwaukee. Ledesma, 28, says her parents owned a house and were raising kids by her age.
Victims of Incarceration: The life-altering impact of WWII Japanese camps
… immigrants today reminds them of the racism they encountered decades ago and how damaging the experience was to the health and well-being of their community. Some imprisoned Japanese-Americans killed themselves. Many couldn’t find jobs. Others lost …
Defying Autism: Dr. Temple Grandin speaks in New Hampton
Imagine living with a disorder that changes the way you think and react to the world around you; making it difficult for others to understand you. More than three million Americans are living with some form of Autism, including so many people here, in Eastern Iowa.
Health Claims On The Rise For Kids’ With Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity-Related Conditions
… that will be necessary to address this emerging situation,” said Robin Gelburd, president of the nonprofit Fair Health, a national clearing house for claims data that offers free medical cost comparison tools to consumers and sells data to insurers …
Practicing the Good Life: south Forsyth yoga instructor teaches healing
This article was originally published in the December 2016/January 2017 issue of The Life-400 North, a publication of the Forsyth County News. To read the entire magazine, click here .
Nearly 41,000 kids have their rotten teeth taken out in hospital:…
… tax will go some way to cutting the sugar consumption that leads to tooth decay but it also needs to support public health campaigns that remind parents of good oral health. ‘We need to drum home the message that by brushing teeth regularly with …
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.
Exercise: An antidote for behavioral issues in students?
… to be taken out of the classroom for unacceptable behavior,” said Bowling, who is now an assistant professor of health sciences at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass. “That’s important for their learning, and for their relationships with their …
Study finds 200% increase in consumption of low-calorie sweeteners among U.S. children
… professor of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). “The findings are important, especially for children, because some studies suggest a link between …
Defunding Planned Parenthood could harm Iowa social program
… family planning money is used to fund abortions, and the state’s funding for Planned Parenthood goes to other women’s health services such as birth control counseling and health exams. Iowa receives more than $3 million in federal Medicaid funding …
‘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.
Discover Dinosaurs exhibit just right for little kids
Approach “Discover the Dinosaurs UNLEASHED” as a thoughtful carnival and you are unlikely to be disappointed by the two-day exhibit. There are serious-looking dino robots that growl and snarl and bob their heads like meat-eating horses.
Feed Babies Peanut-Based Foods as Early as Possible to Avoid Peanut Allergies
… years of age was recommended. All this introduction of peanuts ought to take place under the close supervision of a health professional. It is not to be done on one’s own and in a haphazard manner. Those who have peanut allergy ought to be very …
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.
Stewartville woman adopts, helps medically challenged kids
… kids whose lives had been scarred by pre-natal substance abuse, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and other mental health issues. They were kids who repeatedly cycled through the foster care system. Some had been rejected by earlier adoptive parents …
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.
Omega-3 supplements for mothers cut asthma risk in kids
… blood samples of 695 Danish women at 24 weeks’ gestation and one week after delivery. They then monitored the health status of each participating child for five years, which is the age asthma symptoms can be clinically established. The study used …
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.
King-Harris a great example of what dedication can do
As the holiday season starts to wrap up and the sweets and treats have all been eaten, people tend to look to the new year as a time of health and fitness. Shelisha King-Harris did not wait for a new year to come around when she started her weight loss journey in May 2011.
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 …
They’ll be home for Christmas: Five homeless children get a holiday surprise
… he was diagnosed with M.S. about five years ago, and had to give up his job as a shoe-store manager because of his health. She learned that Reese – who left high school at age 15 when she and Montague had their first child together – had spent the …
Only on Abc-7: Principal’s cancer diagnosis brings campus together
Canyon Hills M.S. principal Jennifer DeGraaf greets students as they enter the cafeteria for lunch. DeGraaf said the high-five greeting is an interaction with the kids she looks forward to daily.
For Ear Infections, Shorter Antibiotic Course Isn’t Better
Doctors hoping that it might be possible to take it a little easy on treating babies with antibiotics got bad news Wednesday: A shorter treatment course didn’t work as well as 10 full days of drugs. The experiment involved babies and young toddlers with ear infection.
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 …
This week’s Savannah pets for adoption
Heath is a domestic short hair kitten. Heath is a love and very easy to please. Neutered, current on vaccines and microchipped.
More and more, boomers just say yes to pot, alcohol
… ballooned by a whopping 250 percent. The study, based on over 45,000 responses to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health , isn’t the first to note that marijuana use is increasing rapidly among older adults. But it digs more deeply into the …
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.