Posted on February 11, 2014 · 3 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 15 events & stories.
- Celebrating Five Years – Achievements of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) http://t.co/trXUCr5LTl 2014-02-09
- First pharmacogenomics study launches in attempt to make personalized, safer medication choices for kids http://t.co/6CiXD5Oyb7 2014-02-09
- Vitamin A deficiency associated with more frequent childhood gastrointestinal and respiratory illness http://t.co/R80HKCzXEQ 2014-02-08
- Surgeon General: Scary Information on Kids and Smoking http://t.co/3No285Oblb 2014-02-07
- CVS Plans to Phase Out Sale of Cigarettes Makes Big News, But Where is Rite Aid? Walgreens? http://t.co/stwR25VFGP 2014-02-07
PedSafe Headline of the Week:
Children’s Hospital doctor warns of the dangers of hair straighteners to youngsters after burn cases double in one year http://t.co/w3tLIDjNYP
- 5 Myths About Teens and Technology Every Parent Should Ignore http://ow.ly/tuzvD – wonderful “must read” article 2014-02-07
- Pediatric Research | Study suggests probiotic might aid colicky babies http://t.co/sIpSUuvXar 2014-02-07
- Study Suggests Misplaced Fears in Longer Childbirths http://t.co/LCIbDRS9Vs 2014-02-06
- Fever-Related Seizures in Kids Eased by Epilepsy Drug: Study http://t.co/HnPlCVur9G 2014-02-06
- Tapping into Your Home-Grown Tech Guru | A Platform for Good http://t.co/8MjsZOCvr8 2014-02-05
- Why Mobile Bullying Is So Destructive http://t.co/5jvcCyH0hD great article! 2014-02-05
- Putting an End to Battles with Your Kids http://t.co/yRHBZZvsWN 2014-02-05
- In preparation for #WorldCancerDay, do you know the signs of cancer in children? http://t.co/TPlfXCRdl9 2014-02-03
- Drive Safe / Bicycle Safe – For Your Kids’ Sake: http://t.co/SR9snFymNL 2014-02-03