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Cracking the Autism Riddle: "Vaccine Theory" Fades as a New Idea Emerges

Harvey Karp | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism Debate, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Vaccines, Children, Personal Health, Childrens' Vaccines, Childrens Health, Vaccine, Parenting, Family, Living News

This is the first post in a series of three about autism and vaccines. If a foreign government were suspected of doing something that caused brain pr...

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New White House Playground Incorporates Potentially Toxic Materials Says EPA

AP | RITA BEAMISH | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Epa, Playground, White House, Children's Health, Personal Health, Health, Safety, Living News

SAN FRANCISCO — For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has endorsed the recycling of ground-up tires to cushion the surfaces of children...

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Rogue Mothering

Meredith Lopez | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Children, Brooklyn, Raising Children, Motherhood, Baby Books, Children's Health, Child Development Experts, Living News

There are many reasons why I'm going to Mommy Hell when I die, but the latest reason is this: I have stopped reading baby books.

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Shalita O'Neale Pays it Forward

Timothy Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Leadership, Shalita O'Neale, Leaders, Run DMC, Child Abuse, Child Watch, Children, Adopt, No Child Left Behind, Rock, Thought Leaders, Foster Care, Children's Health, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Adoption, Eyes & Ears News

Youth should be sitting around the table with the policy and decision-makers, as no one knows the foster care system better than the youth who've lived in it.

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Should a Former Playboy Model Trump an Experienced Health Care Expert? You Decide

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Jenny McCarthy, Mmr, Autism, Children's Health, Herd Immunity, Vaccines, Vaccinations, Autism Vaccines, Health, Living News

I am an internist, and I know many important things about vaccinations, but the bottom line is they save lives. And there's no evidence that they cause autism.

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Band of Brothers Creates A Brother's Bond

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Autism, Joe Jonas, Living With Autism, Siblings, Raising Children, Disney, Children's Health, Living News

Autism has been the strangest experience of my life. Positives and negatives, hope and despair, triumphs and defeat, laughter and tears.

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Water for the World Act of 2009: Stopping the Second Biggest Killer of Children

John Sauer | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Children's Health, Water Crisis, Sanitation, World News, Diarrhea, Foreign Affairs, Health, Water for the World Act of 2009, Water Shortages, Advocacy, World News

Even those of us in the international development field have pretty much neglected the fact that diarrhea is still fatal in many parts of the world. It kills 1.6 million children each year.

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It's Legalized Neglect: Low-Income Children at Risk (VIDEO)

Rinku Sen | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Women, Video, Poverty, Race, Children's Health, Children, Childcare, Politics News

As our state legislatures struggle with impending budget deficits, American families are going to be presented with a bunch of terrible "choices." Do ...

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Insurance CEOs Get Rich While Denying Health Coverage to Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Children's Health Insurance Program, Texas, Uninsured, Health Insurance, Children's Health, Childrens Health Insurance, Living News

Why should we continue to let children fall between the chasm of profit-driven health insurance companies and income-restrictive Medicaid and CHIP programs?

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Michelle Obama's Sesame Street PSA: "You're Your Child's Best Role Model" (VIDEO)

Sesame Street | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Michelle Obama Elmo, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Sesame Street Psa, Michelle Obama Psa, Parenting, Michelle Obama Sesame Street, Sesame Street, Children's Health, Wellness, Living News

This past Tuesday, Michelle Obama stopped by Sesame Street to tape a Public Service Announcement with everyone's favorite muppet, Elmo. The PSA, part ...

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Why Are We Americans So Fat?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Marketing, Children, Health, Nutrition, Food, Weight Loss, Obesity, Diet, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News

The food industry has spent 25 million dollars a day selling kids frosted pop tarts, sugary cereal and candy.

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An Open Letter to Michelle Obama, Mother-In-Chief

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Adhd, Peanut Allergy, Michelle Obama, Children, Food Politics, Asthma, Food Safety, Food Regulation, Food Scare, Diabetes, Obesity, Children's Health, Allergies, Living News

As you crusade for the health of our children, please know that mothers around the country stand beside you. Our collective abilities can and will bring the change that our children deserve.

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Why You Need To Stop Worrying About Your Children

Salon Life | Katharine Mieszkowski | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Protective Parenting, Parenting, Children's Health, Living News

Over the past year, syndicated columnist Lenore Skenazy, 49, has become something of a heretic. She's an American mother of two boys, now 11 and 13, w...

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A Forgotten Glass Ceiling: A Safe Drink of Water

John Sauer | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Children, Gender and Development, Water-Related Diseases, Water and Sanitation, Water Crisis, Water and Health, Sanitation, Education, Diarrhea, Women's Health, Water, Environment, Children's Health, International-Development, World News

If people joined together to support water and sanitation projects they could immediately help woman shatter the most basic of glass ceilings -- access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

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Rocket Fuel & Perchlorates: The Antidote

Barbara Dehn | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Iodine, Rocket Fuel, Breastfeeding, Baby Formula, Perchlorate, Thyroid Medication, Children's Health, Product Safety, Children's Safety, Health, Living News

Perchlorate, aka Rocket Fuel, is a component of fireworks, munitions and yes, rocket fuel. It can also be found in drinking water, milk, lettuce, and human breast milk.

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Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst? Ha.

Kyrina McCormick | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting Strategies, Hard Decisions, Mental Illness, Autism, Overmedication, Children's Health, Living News

One of the things I would dearly love to pass on to parents with young children with autism of whatever nature is that they will age but not necessarily grow.

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Tamra Davis Cooking Show - Granola (Mom With Camera Makes Hip and Healthy Cooking Show)

Tamra Davis | Posted 05.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Healthy Eating, Cooking Recipes, Children's Health, Cooking, Cooking With Kids, Tamra Davis, Living News

What started out as an experiment in what happens when a filmmaker who is a mom winds up in a kitchen, ended with me making my own little reality cooking shows. No crew, just a camera, my life and a good recipe.

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The G-20 and the Class of 2020

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Poverty, Children's Health, US Poverty, Children, G-20, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

While we all want the leaders gathered in London to deliver recovery in the months and years ahead, they should also act on the enduring lesson of this economic catastrophe: prevention.

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Autism, Love, and Revolution

Amanda Copeland | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Entertainment, Living-With-Autism, Film, Children's Health, Vaccines, Living News

My mission is to bring relief to world today beset with autism, an epidemic that has steadily and sharply risen in numbers since its inception, and has never plateaued.

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Drive Down Healthcare Costs By Driving Down Obesity

Duncan Quirk | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

While Obama outline ways in which the American people have already made and continue to make sacrifices, he's missed out on the opportunity to ask for a sacrifice of time, energy, and our excess weight.

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Study: Kidney Stones In Kids On The Rise, Fast Food May Be Culprit

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Kidney Stone Causes, Parenting, Children's Health, Kidney Stones, Living News

CHICAGO — Doctors are puzzling over what seems to be an increase in the number of children with kidney stones, a condition some blame on kids' l...

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The Science Behind Your Child's Sweet Tooth

news.yahoo.com | Jennifer ThomasHealthDay Reporter | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Sugar and Children, Sweet Tooth, Sugar Study, Parenting, Children's Health, Living News

Ever wonder why your children will eat only a few bites of dinner but have no problem scarfing down a big bowl of ice cream? Blame it on their grow...

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Howard Dean on the Imperative of Health Care Reform

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Children's Health, Health Care, Health, Healthcare, Politics News

In his interview with NOW on PBS, Howard Dean talked to us about his support of Medicaid, the need to cover young people, and why we can't afford to put off health care reform.

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Who Needs the Brothers Grimm When We Have Teen Screen?

Anne Dunev | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, School Shooting, Political Psychology, Mental Health, Children, Fairy-Tale, Psychiatric Drugs, Raising Children, Teen Suicide, Fairy Tale, Schools, Europe, Children's Health, New York, Psychopharmacology, Teenagers, Living News

The test: TeenScreen. Its mission: to test all American school children. The treatment? Psychotropic drugs that carry the all too real risks of suicide, suicidal ideation, homicide and homicidal ideation.

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Study Finds Carcinogens In Kids' Bath Prodcuts

usatoday.com | Posted 04.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Carcinogens Kids Products, Parenting, Children's Health, Living News

Many children's bath products contain chemicals that may cause cancer and skin allergies, according to a report released Thursday by the Campaign for ...

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