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University of Montreal study: Aggressive behavior in toddlers may have...
Moi wrote in Study: Consumption of soft drinks may be linked to aggression in children The Center for Sport Policy and Conduct (Sport Center) at Indiana University, Bloomington has excellent capsule...
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Preventable diseases are on the rise because of fears of vaccines
Michaeleen Doucleff reported in the NPR story, How Vaccine Fears Fueled The Resurgence Of Preventable Diseases: For most of us, measles and whooping cough are diseases of the past. You get a few shots...
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School personnel must be aware of epilepsy among children with physical...
The Epilepsy Foundation has a great synopsis of the issues for schools regarding children with epilepsy. In Educators, the Epilepsy Foundation says: About 300,000 American children and adolescents have...
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States getting tough about requiring childhood vaccinations
Michaeleen Doucleff reported in the NPR story, How Vaccine Fears Fueled The Resurgence Of Preventable Diseases: For most of us, measles and whooping cough are diseases of the past. You get a few shots...
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Massachusetts study: School nurses provide economic benefit
The National Association of School Nurses provides the following information about school nurses: How many school nurses are there in the United States? According to the Health Resources and Services...
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NBER working paper: Medicaid expansion leads to fewer high school dropouts
Moi blogs about education issues so the reader could be perplexed sometimes because moi often writes about other things like nutrition, families, and personal responsibility issues. Why? The reader...
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University of California San Diego School of Medicine study: Parents...
The “Weight of the Nation” conference focused on the public health aspects of obesity. Obesity is an important issue for schools because many children are obese and aside from health risks, these...
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Georgetown Institute of Reproductive Health study: Ten is not too young to...
It is time for some speak the truth, get down discussion. An acquaintance who practices family law told me this story about paternity. A young man left Seattle one summer to fish in Alaska. He worked...
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Centers for Disease Control report: Nearly 8 in 10 children miss...
The goal of this society should be to raise healthy and happy children who will grow into concerned and involved adults who care about their fellow citizens and environment. A physical examination is...
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Northwestern University study: Heavier babies do better in school
The Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services explains why healthy babies are important. “Healthy babies are more likely to develop into healthy children, and healthy children are more likely to...
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Columbia University study: Common household chemicals link to drop in child IQ
The goal of this society should be to raise healthy and happy children who will grow into concerned and involved adults who care about their fellow citizens and environment. Science Daily reported in...
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Ohio State University study: Fast food linked to lower test scores in 8th...
Patti Neighmond reported in the NPR story, It Takes More Than A Produce Aisle To Refresh A Food Desert: “The next part of the intervention is to create demand,” he says, “so the community wants to come...
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Baylor University study: ‘Violence Free Zone’ program can be effective
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) collects statistics about school violence. According to School Violence: Data & Statistics, the CDC reports: The first step in preventing school violence is to...
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Multicenter European study: Bleach use in homes linked to higher childhood...
Medline Plus has some good basic information on infectious diseases: Infectious diseases kill more people worldwide than any other single cause. Infectious diseases are caused by germs. Germs are tiny...
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Mercy Children’s Hospital study: Children with asthma often have undiagnosed...
More children seem to have peanut allergies. Ross Brenneman wrote in the Education Week article, How Peanuts Became Public Health Enemy #1: Researchers aren’t sure why, but over the past several years,...
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center study: Exposure to pesticide...
Many parents will be presented with a diagnosis of ADHD regarding their child. Yahoo medical reported in the article, Top 10 Myths About ADHD: Myth #1: Only kids have ADHD. Although about 10% of kids 5...
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Inserm and Pierre and Marie Curie University study: Early exposure to tobacco...
There are numerous reasons why smoking is considered bad for an individual and there are numerous research studies which list the reasons. Studies are showing how bad second hand smoke is for children....
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study: More time for school lunches...
Moi wrote about the limited amount of time some students get to eat lunch in Do kids get enough time to eat lunch? Given the amount that must be packed into the school day, it is no surprise that the...
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Mc Gill University study: Fathers have a profound effect on the genetics of...
Benedict Carey reports in the New York Times article, Father’s Age Is Linked to Risk of Autism and Schizophrenia: Older men are more likely than young ones to father a child who develops autism or...
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Kyoto University study: Secondhand smoke in infancy may harm kids’ teeth
There are numerous reasons why smoking is considered bad for an individual and there are numerous research studies which list the reasons. Studies are showing how bad second hand smoke is for children....
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