Posted on May 15, 2012 · 2 Comments
Welcome to Pediatric Safety’s weekly “Child Health & Safety News Roundup”- a recap of the past week’s child health and safety news headlines from around the world.
Each day we use Twitter to communicate relevant and timely health and safety information to the parents, medical professionals and other caregivers who follow us. Occasionally we may miss something, but we think overall we’re doing a pretty good job of 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 news-worthy events.
- Children Without Private Insurance Get Fewer Tests in ED http://t.co/y24w0KAp 2012-05-13
- Report: Almost Half of Recalls are For Kids Products | California Democrat http://t.co/44D2CxjG 2012-05-13
- Summer Camp and Sports Introduce New Adults Into to Your Kids’ Lives. How to know if your children are in Safe Hands? | http://t.co/ffw2jcT5 2012-05-11
- St Louis pediatric ER doc offers great advice on keeping children safe and healthy this summer http://t.co/g00urfgx 2012-05-11
- What HBO And iCarly Can Do To Get Kids Psyched About Veggies : NPR http://t.co/mUOgarRV 2012-05-11
PedSafe Headline of the Week:
We need safer drugs for our kids http://t.co/fpRSG0ms 4 of 5 kids hospitalized in the US are treated w/drugs not tested for kids!
- Energy Drinks Can Take Kids Teeth On An Irreversible Acid Trip : NPR http://t.co/rQQYtl6H 2012-05-11
- Feds Join Fight Against Whooping Cough In Washington : NPR http://t.co/TjvlAWmK 2012-05-11
- FDA Leans On Device Makers To Cut X-Ray Doses For Kids : NPR http://t.co/WfhYEmfa 2012-05-11
- Pessary Delays Births In Mothers at Risk of Premature Delivery – Option for Poorer Countries http://t.co/0BNzxFG7 2012-05-10
- Heart Risk in High School Athletes Is Gaining Attention http://t.co/JZ2Z6WbS 2012-05-10
- Prescription Opiate Drug Abuse Soars Among Pregnant Women http://t.co/kbVhdSKC 2012-05-10
- Insights in Human Knowledge, From the Minds of Babies http://t.co/CzvuyBra 2012-05-10
- Many drug labels missing dose, safety info for kids | Reuters http://t.co/qCeKfcDo 2012-05-09
- Teen gambling called ‘risky business’ – Health – CBC News http://t.co/OX0OV6K5 2012-05-09
- It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week–how aware are you? – MD Mama http://t.co/0CYZSLJx 2012-05-09
- If Obamacare is overruled millions of children risk losing healthcare – know the issues | Washington Times Communities http://t.co/7vdmDx9P 2012-05-09
- In Mom’s Eyes, Overweight Toddler May Not Be – US News and World Report http://t.co/UAEd59b8 2012-05-09
- Recall Alert: 1,737 Dorel Infant-Safety Seats http://t.co/tqAREQ4J 2012-05-09
- Bans on School Junk Food Pay Off in California http://t.co/tDLSifMM 2012-05-08
- Parents’ Mental Health Is Critical to Children’s Care- Read this for your kids’ sake http://t.co/sFsOMOoT 2012-05-08
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Completion Rates Are Low – for girls/young women http://t.co/mbkeO6Pn 2012-05-08
- CDC has yet to respond to lead-standards recommendation, but budget’s been cut by 94% – what can they do? http://t.co/9hwXvi0j 2012-05-07
- An average mom’s safety guide to biking with children http://t.co/6hyINzFq 2012-05-07
- UK’s popular IVF treatment in turmoil over report of 1 in 10 baby defects -source of problem undetermined http://t.co/DW6GmBFZ 2012-05-07
This is a very informative post! I love how you compiled all these. I wonder if you guys have updates about “Fetus Pills”? I read it somewhere but I was in such a hurry that time.
Thanks for sharing!
-Romero
Thanks Romero. btw – haven’t heard anything about those pills – sorry. Thanks again for stopping by…and for the nice comment! Best, Stefanie