Archive for the 'Children Health' Category

Top 10 Health Stories This Week: Valuable Health Advices

Top 10 Health Stories This Week: Valuable Health Advices. Don’t neglect health.
US: Maryland joins national Farm-To-School movement to put local food in school cafeterias
27 April 2008 - A new bill awaiting the Maryland governor’s signature aims to make it easier for schools to use local produce. It’s part of a national Farm-To-School movement to encourage [...]

Chemical in plastic can harm human growth: fetuses, babies and children at risk from bisphenol A

Chemical in plastic can influence human growth: fetuses, babies and children at risk from bisphenol A
A federal report finds ’some concern’ that fetuses, babies and children are at risk from bisphenol A. But plastics industry officials see no serious risk.
BornFree glass baby bottles are seen on display in the foreground as a mother shops at [...]

Austism spectrum - Experienced developmental pediatrician treats autistic symptoms and phychological anxiety

Austism spectrum - Experienced developmental pediatrician treats autistic symptoms and phychological anxiety
My son is almost 10 and I’ve always known he was never quite the same as other kids.  He’s exceptionally intelligent; he’s in the school district’s gifted program, but his social skills seem to have stopped developing at about age 7.  Even the school [...]

Medical cases and symptoms of Asperger syndrome and autism spectrum disorder

Medical cases and symptoms of Asperger syndrome and autism spectrum disorder
Symptoms makes me a ‘classic case’ I believe.
IF I had known all this early in life, I might have been enabled lived it far more successful than I have.
I have been acutely aware most of my 70 years that I was not ‘normal’ - whatever [...]

Asperger Syndrome and autism spectrum disorder: Symptoms and Treatment

Asperger Syndrome and autism spectrum disorder: Symptoms and Treatment
What is Asperger syndrome?
Asperger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder, a group of conditions that include autism and other disorders with similar symptoms, such as problems with language and communication, and repetitive or restrictive patterns of thoughts and behavior.
People with Asperger syndrome have autism-like problems in areas [...]

Kids Health: Disconnection in Children Overweight or Childhood Obesity

Kids Health: Disconnection in Children Overweight or Childhood Obesity
Parents of many children who would be considered as overweight or obese do not see their child as being too heavy; many actually think that their child is about the “right” weight. In research published in the February edition of Diabetes Care, Dr. Asheley Cockrell Skinner of [...]