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More than 90% of these poisoning occur in the home, and a majority of these occur with children five years of age and younger. [3] Though calls regarding children still make up more than half of all calls to poison control centers, they only account for a small percent of the deaths due to poisoning.
A University of Missouri Health Care pediatrician says these healthy habits can help prevent childhood illness. Childhood illnesses spike as school year begins. Here's how to keep kids healthy
Most children are “generally ready” to stay home around 12 or 13 years old, according to Safe Kids Worldwide, a non-profit working to prevent childhood injury. But the organization advises ...
Herbert Leroy Needleman (December 13, 1927 – July 18, 2017) researched the neurodevelopmental damage caused by lead poisoning.He was a pediatrician, child psychiatrist, researcher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh, [1] an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, and the founder of the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (later known as the Alliance for Healthy Homes, it ...
The FDA said last month that parents should not buy the products as it investigates cases of lead poisoning in children, reports of which the agency said it began receiving in mid-October.
Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure prevention (PEP), is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order to prevent the infection from occurring. It should be contrasted with pre-exposure prophylaxis , which is used before the patient has been exposed to the infective agent.
With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children ...
Then, as the gathering winds down, Jessica and the other parents divvy up the leftovers. She wraps up burgers or pasta salad or birthday cake, drives her children home and waits for the moment when they are finally in bed. Then, when she’s alone, she eats all the leftovers by herself, in the dark. “It’s always hidden,” she says.