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New recommendations of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association are intended to reduce the growing incidence of sports-related physical injuries among young people.
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An international team of researchers analyzed 58 studies involving more than 480,000 children and teens aged 4 to 18.
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Rhode Island is cited as the healthiest state for women and children, followed by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut.
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Example: All kids 5 and under should avoid drinking flavored milks, toddler formulas, plant-based/non-dairy milks, caffeinated beverages and sugar- and low-calorie sweetened beverages.
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“We need to develop air pollution standards which protect the most vulnerable of the population,” said researcher Tim Nawrot.
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Most nonfatal TBIs in children are the result of falls, motor vehicle crashes, being struck by a moving or stationery object, and assault. Football was the leading cause of TBIs among 15- to 19-year-olds.
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Most of the injuries (86 percent) were poisonings, which resulted when the child swallowed the products. The remaining injuries (14 percent) were chemical burns.
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Aging not only affects a man’s fertility, the study found, but becoming a father late in life also increases the risk that the mother of the child will have complications during pregnancy and that the child will have health problems.
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Water remains the best option for kids and young adults.
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The “grandmother hypothesis” is the evolutionary proposition that women live long past their reproductive years in order to help their grandchildren survive and pass on their DNA.
