Category: Health
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Physical Activity: A Key Ingredient to Keeping Kids at a Healthy Weight
About one in five (21 percent) Delaware children, ages 2-17, were obese in 2014, according to the most recent Delaware Survey of Children’s Health (DSCH) sponsored by Nemours Children’s Health System. The rate of obesity in 2014 is similar to the rate observed in 2011, when Nemours conducted the previous DSCH. Physical activity and sedentary…
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The most common pre-existing medical conditions
[dropcap] A[/dropcap]s many as one in two Americans has some kind of illness or condition that was, at one time, considered a pre-existing medical conditions condition by insurance companies before Obamacare. For older Americans, that percentage is even higher: About 86% of your aging parents and grandparents, Americans between the ages of 55 and 64,…
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What to know about a study of flu vaccine and miscarriage
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]esearchers studying the flu vaccine in pregnancy have found a hint of a possible link between miscarriage early in pregnancy and the flu vaccine in women who received a certain version of the vaccine two years in a row. It’s the first study to identify a potential link between miscarriage and the flu vaccine and the first to…
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Blythedale Children’s Hospital: The amazing journey of the formerly conjoined twins
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]lythedale Children’s Hospital – In a corner room of Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York, Jadon and Anias had recovered for the past nine months of extensive rehabilitation after the surgery to separate the formerly conjoined twins. The two boys captivated millions around the world when they underwent a 27-hour separation surgery in October.…
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What Women About to Give Birth Need to Hear Most
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ight years ago, I was a young, pregnant mother with a baby book in each hand. I read What to Expect When You’re Expecting and all the other popular how-tos from cover to cover. I wanted to be as prepared as possible when I walked into my first delivery. But by the time I finally waddled…
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Baldwin Park day care faces license suspension amid abuse allegations, lawsuits
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]aldwin Park – An Orlando day care faces a 90-day suspension after allegations that it failed to protect children from sexual abuse, the Department of Children and Families said. Bright Horizons at Baldwin Park also faces a $2,500 fine for violating state policies, including the failure to conduct an appropriate background check on an employee…
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Cake: Can eating ever really relieve stress?
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]rder a cake, she continues, and calmly tells “Weekend Update” host Colin Jost, “Just eat it, Colin. “OK, so everyone has different ways of managing stress. Wouldn’t it be nice if those coping mechanisms were always healthy? But most of us have, at some point, come home from a rough day at work and scarfed…