Posted on March 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Welcome to Pediatric Safety’s “Weekly Tweet Roundup”– a recap of the past week’s child health and safety news from around the world.
Each day we strive to tweet relevant and timely health and safety information for parents, medical professionals and other caregivers. Occasionally we may miss something, but we think overall we’re doing pretty well at keeping you informed. But for our friends and colleagues who are not on Twitter (or who are but may have missed something), we offer you a recap of the past week’s top 25 tweet-worthy events.
- Prenatal Pollutants Linked to Childhood Anxiety, ADHD by the time they reach school age http://t.co/Ixz32Ios 2012-03-24
- Common Respiratory Virus Affecting Many Young Children – No vaccine but hand washing can help prevent spread http://t.co/aHWxvwNF 2012-03-24
- Navigating a Sunscreen Wonderland | Healthy Child Healthy World http://t.co/44sDjltS 2012-03-23
- Family Volley: Centering-Part 3 of 5 how to “be in the moment” with your kids… http://t.co/4KEY11Ia Nice! 2012-03-23
PedSafe Tweet of the Week:
**RECALL: CPSC recalls over 1 million Safety 1st Push ‘N Snap child safety cabinet locks http://t.co/oZHNWWvi
- Research Reveals Medications Are the Leading Cause of Accidental Poisoning Deaths Among Children Today http://t.co/4vN78sgY 2012-03-22
- RT: An infant can drown in 2″ of Water – please share this wonderful public service announcement http://t.co/Sf945d14 via @YouTube 2012-03-22
- RT @ems1: Paramedics deliver twins in ambulance http://t.co/LbzucxLT Always nice to share good news!! 2012-03-22
- RT @safekidsusa: If you have an #emergency related to poisoning call 1-800-222-1222 or get connected w/ the poison control hotline… 2012-03-22
- Euro NCAP improves child safety tests | Introduces larger crash test dummies representing older kids http://t.co/WrcTQesl 2012-03-22
- Report: Synthetic marijuana a health danger to teens http://t.co/UP79MWYj 2012-03-22
- Colds vs. Allergies: how do you know? | Confessions of a Dr. Mom http://t.co/Koq97utd 2012-03-22
- Eight Steps to Purging Toxic Chemicals from Your Home | Healthy Child Healthy World http://t.co/upbENbDi 2012-03-22
- Mysterious nodding disease in Uganda debilitates children – http://t.co/zL3dEia5 http://t.co/KzPo2Fkz 2012-03-21
- RSV Prevention & Baby Etiquette 101 – Leslie Loves Veggies http://t.co/qXGxwi0b Wonderful Post! Please Read & RT!! 2012-03-21
- Schools retool mental health counseling tack – Private therapists enlisted to help troubled students http://t.co/Onq2xh6p thoughts?? 2012-03-21
- Cell phone radiation during pregnancy: Effect on newborns needs authentic research http://t.co/i6nMGBAG 2012-03-20
- Advocates push for better insurance coverage for NY children with bleeding disorders | http://t.co/O19ukqRf 2012-03-19
- This week the FDA considers a BPA ban: Join @healthy_child & support EWG petition! http://t.co/u6TgfL2k 2012-03-19
- Utah to fund pilot program for autism treatment without mandate http://t.co/1DcuHcIq Well done! 2012-03-19
- New study: Families of kids with Autism earn 28% less (moms earn 56% less) than those with no health problems http://t.co/UbUUvrQu Wow! 2012-03-19
- Child safety: How to protect kids from stair-related injuries http://t.co/dJfv6fnm 2012-03-19
- 10 Easy baby safety steps for baby proofing http://t.co/QqU5USdk most are common sense, but never hurts to have reminders 2012-03-19
- Lead Poisoning Prevention Funding Slashed, Costly Consequences For Children’s Health http://t.co/xPYy3VDY 2012-03-19
- A holistic approach to child health care | Fox News http://t.co/M96fAmIO 2012-03-19
