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PurFlo mattress can reduce asthma and eczema
Parents of babies and young children suffering from conditions such as asthma and eczema will be relieved to know there is a breakthrough product available that can drastically reduce their child’s misery and symptoms. The PurFlo mattress is a unique concept that dispels the common household dust mite (HDM) often associated with asthma, eczema and similar allergies. The mattress consists of a fully breathable mesh SleepSurface™ fitted over a h... [more]
Top car seats at the very best prices from Bambino Direct
Bambino Direct offers a great range of high quality car seats at the very best prices. Safety in the car is crucial when young children and babies are involved. With the leading brands in car seats and baby products they have a great selection for you to choose from. The below are the top selling car seats at the moment at Bambino Direct. [more]
MMR and rubella explained
What is rubella? Rubella is a highly contagious disease. It is easily spread from person to person by close contact or by droplets in the air. Children who catch rubella may experience a mild rash and a sore throat and adults (particularly pregnant women and their unborn babies) may be vulnerable to much more serious consequences. Women who contract the virus usually do so through contact with their own children or children of their friends... [more]
Help to fund therapy programmes devised for children with cerebral palsy with stamps postcards and cigarette cards
Brainwave is appealing to everyone to save their stamps (UK and foreign), spare coins, postcards and cigarette cards and bring or send them to one of three of its national Centres where the charity will turn them into "gold" - gold that is for the hundreds of families across the country that benefit from the home based therapy programmes specially devised for children with cerebral palsy and other conditions such as development delay. Money r... [more]
Fewer than half of children now get enough physical activity to produce health benefits
According to statistics, one in 25 deaths (1.9 million) results from inactivity at a cost of £8.3 billion per year. A team of experts from the University of Essex has come up with a ten point plan to put children back in touch with nature, tackle the growing problem of obesity and save society millions of pounds. In a new report called Nature, Childhood, Health and Life Pathways, Professor Jules Pretty and colleagues from the Interdisciplinary... [more]
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VCU Health System and Children’s Hospital plan joint operation (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The VCU Health System hopes to expand its already considerable footprint. The health system will assume operations of the Children’s Hospital on July 1—if negotiations under way go as planned. About 300 employees at the specialty children’s facility at 2924 Brook Road in North Richmond will become VCU Health System employees under the planned arrangement.
Children’s Health Fair (Jackson Free Press)
At Center Stage and in the Community Meeting Room. Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, local elementary students and others will have access to traditional health screenings. Adults can participate in a "Lunch and Learn" focused on children’s mental health.
Children's National Medical Center Selects Streamline Health to Improve Efficiency of Enterprise Compliance (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, will be implementing its Audit Integrity Manager Solution for more efficient enterprise compliance with government and healthcare related regulations. Â
VCU Health System to operate Children’s Hospital (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The VCU Health System will assume operations of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond on Brook Road on July 1 if negotiations under way go as planned.
VCU Health System, children's hospital plan merger (NBC 12 Richmond)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The VCU Health System is in negotiations to acquire Children's Hospital of Richmond. Children's Hospital CEO and President Leslie G. Wyatt says the facility would operate under VCU's umbrella.
Mississippi Faces Suit Over Children's Mental Health (CommonDreams.org)
The state of Mississippi is facing a federal lawsuit alleging its failure to provide community-based mental health services to its children is denying them access to care and increasing their odds of being institutionalized. The Southern Poverty Law Center Mississippi Youth Justice Project , the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and local civil rights attorney Rob McDuff are suing the state ...
Letters: Shift focus to children's health (USA Today)
Shift focus to children's health Lolita M. McDavid, M.D. - Cleveland Although it is a step in the right direction to focus on the benefits of providing health insurance to young adults, we will never beat the clock on the...
VCU Health System, children's hospital plan merger (WVVA Bluefield)
Associated Press - March 10, 2010 4:05 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The VCU Health System is in negotiations to acquire Children's Hospital of Richmond.
First Time Research On Long-term Consequences Of Intravenous Nutrition On Children's Health (Medical News Today)
No work is known in the literature to date which provides a long-term and generalised evaluation of the health of children fed intravenously in their own home. There have been, for example, articles that have made mention of a concrete case of a child who had received such treatment and had suffered a pulmonary thromboembolism but there has not been any work investigating the relationship ...
Samaritan Center Hosts "Be In Health" Health Expo (The Chattanoogan)
The “Be in Health” Health Expo will take place in the parking lot of the Samaritan Center on On April 17-18 from 12-5 p.m. The Health Expo is free to the community and will consist of two parts: one for children and the other for adults.
