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C. diff on Rise in Kids -- and Outside Hospital
Tue, 22 May 2012 22:08:04 -0700
Title: C. diff on Rise in Kids -- and Outside Hospital Category: Health News Created: 5/22/2012 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Talent show for kids, teens set for library's main branch
Tue, 22 May 2012 21:09:18 -0700
The Reading Public Library main facility at Fifth and Franklin streets is hosting a talent show for children and teenagers today at 4 p.m. Registration forms are available at the library or www.reading.lib.pa.us/index.htm.
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California teens eat fewer calories in school
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:47 -0700
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study. "We were definitely pleased by the size of the differences, particularly for calories and sugar," said Daniel Taber, the study's lead author and a professor at the University of ...
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Movie Review: Watching "Bully" Is Not Enough To Make A Difference Says Bullying Prevention Expert
Wed, 23 May 2012 04:30:24 -0700
Irene van der Zande, child safety and bullying prevention expert, reviews the movie "Bully," offering advice and caution to adults about letting kids watch the movie and five practical, upbeat actions adults can take right away to help stop bullying and keep kids safe.Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 Bullying prevention expert/pubDate>
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Has Diabetes or Prediabetes
Mon, 21 May 2012 06:49:45 -0700
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. teens is on the fast track to diabetes, if they don’t already have the disease, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published Monday in Pediatrics. In less than a decade, the proportion of kids ages 12 to 19 with diabetes or prediabetes [...]
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CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
Mon, 21 May 2012 05:53:08 -0700
Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says.And ...
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'Tough love' keeps teens from binge drinking
Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:10 -0700
The headlines state that one in ten teens are binge drinkers and graphic photos of them vomiting in the street paint an unflattering picture of a sub-culture out of control.
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Grace Dent: Personally, I'd fire bullying teens from a cannon and relocate the 'feral' kids to Chipping Norton
Tue, 22 May 2012 12:36:27 -0700
To the utter indifference of social nuisances UK-wide, Theresa May has announced changes to Britain's antisocial behaviour policies. Out with the Asbo, in with the Crimbo, the criminal behaviour order. Five individual complaints and you're offski. It's a chirpier, more festive sounding instrument of control. Until yesterday Crimbo was simply a bastardisation of "Christmas", one of those words it ...
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Teens raise money for foster family needs
Tue, 22 May 2012 20:14:04 -0700
BRUNSWICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Two teenagers from the Midcoast are joining forces to help foster and adoptive families provide basic necessities for their children.
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