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Kids Health Notes

Archive for the ‘Diseases and Medical Conditions’ Category

September 9th, 2008

Allergy Alert: Undeclared milk in cooking sauce

From The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network -
MILK ALLERGY ALERT
September 5, 2008
ACH Food Companies, Inc., is recalling “Patak’s Dopiaza Curry CookingSauce Mild”  and “Patak’s Rich Tomato and Onion Cooking Sauce Dopiaza (Mild)” due to undeclared milk.The products were distributed nationally through retail stores.The affected products have “best by” dates on or before February 2010.Consumers […]

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September 7th, 2008

Pollution in the womb can make children fat, study

A startling new research from the UK blames chemicals in the environment for the obesity epidemic in children.
Published in the current issue of the journal Acta Paediatrica, the study measured the levels of harmful chemicals or pollutants in the umbilical cords of some 400 children in Menorca, Spain. One of those chemicals is hexachlorobenzene […]

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September 4th, 2008

Autism-MMR link and a public hearing

For years, the fear that MMR vaccines cause autism has caused parents to forego giving the immunization to their infants. The myth started when a small study in 1899 suggested that the measles component in the MMR vaccine caused inflammation in the bowel, which released chemicals that promoted the development of autism in young […]

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September 4th, 2008

Stand Up to Cancer this Friday

Celebrities are taking matters into their own hands!
In a television event like no other, celebrities and ordinary folks will come together this Friday, September 5, in an unprecedented primetime show called Stand Up To Cancer to raise cutting-edge funds for cancer research.
When you tune in to the three major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC,  […]

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September 1st, 2008

Why 80% of babies with Down Syndrome are born to women below age 35

Stumbling upon the post at Womb Within had me reading about Sarah Palin, Down Syndrome and the rumor that the baby is not hers. But this post is not about the Alaskan governor or her family, it’s about Down Syndrome and maternal age.
It is true that a high percentage of children with Down syndrome […]

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August 30th, 2008

Allergy alert: Undeclared milk in QFC sandwiches

From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
MILK ALLERGY ALERTAugust 29, 2008

Quality Food Centers (QFC) is recalling “Tuna Pecan Salad,” “Tuna Salad-Stuffed Tomato,” “Gourmet Tuna Wrap,” “Custom-Prepared Whole Sandwich With Tuna Salad,” and “Custom-Prepared Half Sandwich With Tuna Salad” due to undeclared milk.
The products were distributed through Quality Food Centers stores in Oregon and Washington.
Tuna […]

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August 17th, 2008

Living with allergies, a personal perspective

In light of the recent debate on banning peanuts from schools, I thought sharing our story would give some personal perspective to the discussion.
When I enrolled my daughter at a local YMCA last year, I was relieved to find out that they didn’t serve peanut products, and that they discouraged parents to bring peanut butter […]

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August 17th, 2008

Peanut-free zones: schools first, then ballparks?

The hot debate this month asks -  Should peanuts be banned from schools?
Because peanut allergies can be a life-threatening reaction, more and more schools and daycare facilities across the country are banning peanuts and peanut products from school lunches. Among the food allergies, peanut is especially more dangerous because of three reasons. First, […]

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August 14th, 2008

Share your tips: How to keep other children healthy when one is sick

So my son has been sick for two weeks. First it was a virus, now its colds and cough. He is seven months old, active and drooling a lot from teething. I try to keep up by disinfecting as we go through the day but alas, since I can’t see the germs I don’t […]

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August 10th, 2008

Just a virus, or roseola?

When my son broke out in hives on Thursday, I thought he was allergic to soy which I had given him earlier that day. But then he registered a 100.8 deg F temperature.
The pediatrician said the rashes and fever might be caused by a virus, so we’re sort of quarantined for the next few […]

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