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Fruit juice targeted in war on obesity
Over the past decade, the nation's war on obesity has targeted some fairly obvious culprits, including fast food, pastries, fried foods and soda. But recent scientific studies and a new government-sponsored documentary that aired last week on HBO have...
Tags: Folic Acid, Science and Technology, Vitamin C, Overweight, Schools
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Lehigh Valley Health Network adds children's hospital designation
Lehigh Valley Health Network on Tuesday officially rebranded as the region's first children's hospital — a hospital-within-a-hospital designation that is the culmination of decades of improvements in specialized children's health care, officials...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Healthcare Provider, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Children's Health
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Future heart-health alarm rises with new statistics on kids
American adolescents already carry a heavy burden of future heart disease risk, and while obesity has contributed mightily to their poorer health prospects, normal-weight kids are by no means off the hook, a study produced by the Centers for Disease...
Tags: Family, Overweight, Health, Heart Disease, Stroke
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Many babies with development delays may go untreated
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About one out of every three infants who scores well below average on a test of developmental skills -- and is therefore considered at a high risk of having delays -- does not get referred to early intervention services,...Tags: Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, School Examinations, Health
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'Pre-diabetes' diabetes rising among U.S. teens
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of U.S. teenagers with "pre-diabetes" or full-blown type 2 diabetes has more than doubled in recent years — though obesity and other heart risk factors have held steady, government researchers reported...Tags: Heart Attack, Science and Technology, Overweight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Entertainment Events, Preventative Medicine, Genes and Chromosomes, Metal and Mineral, Culture
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The Morning Call Sports Calendar
Items for the calendar must be typed and received at least 10 days in advance of your proposed publishing date at: Sports Calendar, The Morning Call, P.O. Box 1260, Allentown, PA 18105. They may be faxed to the sports department at 610-820-8654 or sent...Tags: Entertainment Events, WILLOW, Juvenile Delinquency, Metal and Mineral, Safety of Citizens
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Save the dates for these Lehigh Valley events
BARD FESTIVAL GALA: Luminosity, the Pa. Shakespeare Festival annual gala, begins at 6 p.m. June 2 in the University Center at DeSales University in Center Valley. The "evening of elegance and radiance" includes dinner, silent and special auctions, and...Tags: Golf, Entertainment Events, Woody Guthrie, Arts and Culture, College Sports
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Breastfed babies may gain less weight
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies who are fed milk from their mothers' breasts gain less weight over their first year compared to babies fed milk — breast or formula — from a bottle, suggests a new study. The lead author said the...Tags: Family, University of Washington, Science and Technology, Overweight, Human Body
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Breastfed babies may gain less weight: study
ReutersMay 18 (Reuters) - Babies who are breastfed gain less weight over their first year of life compared to babies fed either breast milk or formula from a bottle, according to a U.S. study. The report, in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,...Tags: Weight, University of Washington, Science and Technology, Obesity, Drugs and Medicines
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Maryland doctors probe old cases for lead exposure
A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files.
The...Tags: Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Painting, Arts and Culture, Health
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Children at risk as "button" battery use grows-study
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - Children face a growing risk from "button" batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past two decades as the objects can cause electrical or chemical burns if swallowed. Most of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Electronics, American Academy of Pediatrics, Human Body
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