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Society of St. Stephen joins Houston Food Bank to help local families
The Society of St. Stephen in Kingwood has partnered this summer with the Texas Food Bank Network and The Houston Food Bank in their Recession Assistance Box Program. This federally funded program is designed to help fill the gap in childhood nutrition during the difficult summer months when at-risk children do not have access to school meal programs.
PTSD Study: Kids also Vulnerable to Stress, Depression
Popular wisdom has long held that young children survive traumatic events better than adults do, in part because they're too young to suffer. But new research suggests otherwise
Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria cause death of 6 million of world's poorest children
A Johns Hopkins University scientist, whose team of researchers recently identified pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria as the primary causes of death of 6 million of the world's poorest children, today called on leaders in donor and developing nations to take action to address the terrible death toll.
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HEALTH IS WEALTH Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought about by boredom and disappointment. Cyril Connoly
Study: Why In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Is Linked With Kids' Cancer Risk
A new study associates in vitro fertilization with children's cancer risk, but the authors believe the real cause may be a factor related to the parents' infertility, not the treatment itself
Is Picky Eating an Early Sign of Autism?
A new study finds that finicky eating does not seem to affect growth in autistic children, but such feeding problems, which can appear in infancy, may be an early symptom of the disorder
Conservative Warns: Dont Underestimate Barack Obama!
*To casual observers and Obama haters the past few months have seemingly been not too kind to the president. His overall popularity numbers are tanking and the war in Afghanistan is losing more and more support from the public. And lets not even mention the Gulf oil spill crises. And even though the oil seems [...]
CDC director gives health system failing grade on prevention
Memphis Commercial Appeal: "The American health care system gets an 'F' when it comes to acting on a handful of prevention methods that have the potential to save the most lives. That failing grade came from Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a Wednesday speech to members of the National Association of County and City Health Officials gathered here ...
Longboarders deserve public support
Re: Bowen's hills a near fatal attraction for longboarder, July 9 2010. Articles like this cause skateboarding bans and those kids without access to skateboard parks lose skateboarding as a form of exercise due to bans.
Saving Our Children
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