AAP Parenting Tips – Back to School
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers tips to help children start the school year with ease.
Advice includes calming first-day jitters, traveling to and from school safely, avoiding backpack injuries and choosing healthy...Full
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AAP Parenting Tips - Back to School
On Aug 14, 2012
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Media, Technology & Children: How to Guide Learning
On Jul 20, 2012
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National Poison Prevention Week
On Mar 22, 2012
http://www.healthradio.net/show/kids-health
National Poison Prevention Week New! Featured Popular Guest(s):Deborah Ann Mulligan, MD FAAP FACEPTopic:Poison PreventionTopic Info:Each year, approximately 2.4 million people – more than half under age 6 – swallow or have
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Words Matter: Countering the Culture of Disrespect
On Feb 13, 2012
Guest Post by: Jeanine Swenson, MD, FAAP, FACC, LMFT
Things seem to be changing quickly in our world. Gradually obscenities have crept into interactions and our ever-expanding culture. Many of us value freedom of speech as an individual right, and this...Full Post -
School Growing Pains for Pediatrician Mom
On Nov 15, 2011
Our son just started kindergarten. It was really exciting! I didn’t cry, but was amazed by the flashbacks of when I was little girl in school. I loved to learn. It was great to be with other kids. Kindergarten was filled with playtime.
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Kindergarten sure isn’t playtime anymore. And, everyone doesn’t -
AAP is a partner in the ABC News Million Moms Challenge, along with the UN Fo...
On Nov 08, 2011
Join Moms and Pediatricians across the globe! Until 5:00 PM ET today, Babycenter.com is hosting a Twitter chat, which is being called the Baby Shower for Global Good. The AAP will be participating through its main Twitter feed @AmerAcadPeds. This is an opp
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Charlie Brown and The PEANUTS Gang Joins the National “got milk?” Campaign to...
On Oct 31, 2011
Peanuts says "We Got Chocolate Milk for Halloween"
This Halloween, with the help of Charles Schulz’s PEANUTS Gang, the National
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Teens, Multi-Tasking and Attention Span: The New Normal
On Oct 26, 2011
Have you ever thought about what’s really happening when teens are watching television, waiting for an appointment in an exam room, sitting in a classroom or talking to you? Most likely, it’s not just that one thing. Look carefully and you’ll see that our p
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Egads-iPads
On Oct 25, 2011
So how many of us have seen children 5-4-3- even 2 years commandeering their parents iPads for games, videos, painting, or downloading?
It’s hard not to mention that few of us have read the owners manual for this new digital toy- I mean tool. So here are a
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Helping Babies Breathe
On Dec 13, 2010
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) program "Helping Babies Breath", is an evidence-based educational program to teach neonatal resuscitation techniques in resource-limited areas. It is an initiative of the AAP in collaboration with the World Health Or
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