Posted on December 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
In this week’s Child Health News: Major Study Indicates That Therapy Dogs Provide Significant Benefits to Families of Children Undergoing Treatment for Cancer prn.to/2BqTxpq
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 social media to communicate relevant and timely health and safety information to the parents, medical professionals and caregivers who follow us. Occasionally we overlook something, but overall we think we’re doing a pretty good job of keeping you informed. Still, quite a bit happens every day – so to make sure you don’t miss anything, we offer you a recap of this week’s top 15 events & stories.
- ‘I regularly see rickets’: diseases of Victorian-era poverty return to UK http://bit.ly/2ByHTsv 2017-12-24
- 16 percent of newborns exposed to opioids in womb, born with neonatal abstinence syndrome http://bit.ly/2C5ORGq 2017-12-23
- Top Health Concern for Parents: Bullying, Cyberbullying and Internet Safety http://bit.ly/2l8MLOf 2017-12-22
- How To Simplify Your Family’s Holiday Season zpr.io/nzVqb 2017-12-22
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Sensory Friendly at AMC: 12/23 & 12/26 zpr.io/nzVqu 2017-12-22
PedSafe Child Health & Safety News Headline of the Week:
Simple Tool May Expedite Transplants in Kids with Kidney Failure http://bit.ly/2Ca4BuH
- The Practice of Gratitude: Now and Beyond the Holiday Season bit.ly/2BpwoYk 2017-12-21
- Mindful Meditation for Families – Calm the Chaos – Thurs Time Capsule bit.ly/2BRzO5x 2017-12-21
- Youth football and concussions: some good news? bit.ly/2CGNCN5 2017-12-20
- My Teenager Has Mono (Glandular Fever) – Should I Worry? zpr.io/nzFwY 2017-12-20
- Quarter of NZ early childhood teachers wouldn’t endorse their own centre http://bit.ly/2BBO8vK 2017-12-19
- Fostering Hope—Becoming a Foster Family is Challenging but Rewarding ow.ly/j7Ec30hbwyu 2017-12-19BC Children’s Hospital tips for holiday child safety http://bit.ly/2l9TZBq 2017-12-18
- Why You Should NOT Get Your Child a Puppy for the Holidays zpr.io/nzxdw 2017-12-18