Researchers at Public Health Ontario and the Institute for Clinical Evaluation Sciences (ICES) say...
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Rotavirus Vaccine – Saving Lives and $1 Billion Dollars in Health Care Costs
Back in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending a new vaccine – the...
Pennsylvania Toddler Found To Have Blood-Alcohol Level Over Four Times Legal Limit
For police in Pennsylvania, the million dollar question is how exactly does a one year-old girl...
Study: Concussion Symptoms in Children Can Linger Months after Injury
We all want active, healthy children. But sometimes, that activity can result in injury – breaks...
Study: Despite Warnings Thousands of Children Still Being Given Codeine
Despite warning against the use of codeine in children a new study has found that many emergency...
Study: Shopping Carts Pose Serious Injury Risk to Young Children
If you’re like most busy moms, you consider the shopping cart your very best friend while at the...
Study: More Children Visiting the Emergency Room Because of Magnets than in 2002
More children are swallowing magnets now than in 2002, a new study says. This was determined by...
Study: Music may Help Ease Pain of Children Undergoing Medical Procedures
Since the primitive beginnings of music, people have felt its effects to be healing. A new study...
Neighborhoods may soon be the New Pediatric Vital Sign
Pulse: check. Breath rate: check. Temperature: check. Neighborhood information? Yes, it does sound...
Magical Expanding Ball Removed from Baby’s Intestines – Doctors Warn of the Danger
Parents have been warned of the dangers that button batteries, magnetic balls, legos and detergent...
Child Battery-Related Emergencies Double in Twenty Years
Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in...