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Clean Jeans: Laundry Machines Boost School Attendance

Feb 28, 2017 09:25AM

More than 90 percent of struggling middle-school kids attended classes more often when they were able to bring their dirty clothes to school for washing in Whirlpool-donated machines.

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Silencing Cyberbullies: How to Defuse Bad Actors

Feb 28, 2017 09:25AM ● By April Thompson

A shocking 43 percent of middle-school students report being targeted by cyberbullies, but actions by students and adults can mute mean-kid attacks.

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Junior Achievement: Take the Kids to Work

Feb 28, 2017 09:25AM

On April 26, more than 3.5 million American workplaces will open to their doors to their employees’ children for memory-making experiences sure to last a lifetime.

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Infants Breathing Bad Air May Suffer as Teens: Study Links Air Pollutants to Lung Function

Jan 31, 2017 09:46AM

A Swedish study found that 15-year-olds that had been exposed as 1-year-olds to high levels of air pollutants had more difficulty getting air through their lungs.

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Keep Decay Away: Kids Do Best with Holistic Dentistry

Jan 31, 2017 09:45AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Simple preventive measures such as xylitol lollipops, teething rings, and not licking a spoon before offering little ones food can prevent painful dental surgery for children.

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Parents Use Complementary Health Care for Kids: Children Taking Part in Alternative Medicine or Practices

Dec 28, 2016 10:43AM

The latest American survey on the subject found that almost one in nine children used complementary medicine or practices, such as fish oil, probiotics, chiropractic care and yoga, in the previous year.

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Early-to-Bed Kids at Less Risk of Obesity: Keeping a Healthy Bedtime Schedule

Dec 28, 2016 10:43AM

Young children that were tucked into bed before 8 p.m., when examined 10 years later, had less than half the obesity rate of those that had gone to bed after 9 p.m.

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The Wild and Wooly Teen Brain: What Kids Need from Us to Grow Wise

Dec 28, 2016 10:43AM ● By April Thompson

Adolescent brains are wired for high emotions and thrill-seeking, which is why teens need honesty, trust and calm understanding from the adults in their lives.

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Autism Risk Linked to Banned Chemicals: Prenatal Exposure Increases Odds

Dec 28, 2016 10:43AM

Children born to mothers with high exposures to PCBs, DDT and other banned-but-still-present chemicals had a 50 to 82 percent greater chance of being born with autism.

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Teens Hooked on Ear Buds Prone to Tinnitus: Ringing in Ears Linked to Headphones

Nov 30, 2016 09:34AM

Half of a group of 170 teenagers that used ear buds reported bouts of ringing or buzzing in their ears.

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