Helping Parents Succeed
Tips on how to raise a happy and healthy family.
When your child has to be hospitalized for some unavoidable reason, there are things that you can do to prepare him for this unwelcome experience.
Though this is no simple task (especially for young children), that doesn’t mean you can’t help the little ones have “a pleasant stay” in the hospital.
LONDON – Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says.
Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three decades longer than in the past. Surprisingly, the trend shows little sign of slowing down.
In an article published Friday in the medical journal Lancet, the researchers write that the process of aging may be "modifiable."
Full story: Many babies born this century may live to 100
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The American Lung Association has advised its affiliated camps to close, including one in Colorado that was scheduled to begin next week. Champ Camp in Ward was a traditional sleep-away weeklong camp for boys and girls with asthma — no campfires allowed.
The decision came after four campers were hospitalized when they became sick at an affiliated camp in Julian, Calif., said Heather Grzelka, spokeswoman for the Washington-based Lung Association.
Grzelka said the association has about 50 affiliated camps nationwide, but that they are not run by her group and that she wasn't sure how many would close.
Full story: Swine flu fears close more summer camps
By Abel Cheng
This has never happened to my children.
For some strange reason, just within a day, my toddler son K coughed continuously (also known as non-stop! It’s that bad that you wanted to hide your face from his flying sliver) yesterday. It even disrupted his daily nap.
A predisposition to adult snoring can be established very early in life. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research describes possible childhood risk factors, including exposure to animals, early respiratory or ear infections and growing up in a large family.
Karl A Franklin from University Hospital Umeå, Sweden, and a team of Nordic researchers questioned more than sixteen thousand randomly selected people from Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Estonia about their childhood and their snoring habits. According to Franklin "A total of 15,556 subjects answered the questions on snoring. Habitual snoring, defined as loud and disturbing snoring at least three nights a week, was reported by 18%".
Full story: Kids with pets grow up to be snorers