Archive for the 'Children's Health' Category

Jan 02 2008

Happy — and Healthy — New Year!

Tips to Ensure Your Family Has a Happy, Healthy and More Energized New Year
(ARA) - Every new year brings New Year’s resolutions — most of which are abandoned just a few weeks, and sometimes even days, into January! In 2008, skip resolutions that call for drastic measures. Instead, make a simple pledge that will be […]

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Nov 11 2007

Avoid bringing germs home from school

(NC)-The bell rings. School is over for the day. Home come: coats, backpacks, textbooks, homework assignments. and lots of germs.
“Children don’t always practise good hygiene habits,” says Shannon Coombs, President of the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association (CCSPA). “They constantly touch their eyes, noses and mouths, forget to cover their mouths when they cough or […]

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Nov 11 2007

Dos and don’ts for treating your child’s fever

Published by Jennifer under Children's Health

(NC)-In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Children’s Tylenol offers some hot tips to help cool your child down when he has a fever:
. Dress your child in loose, lightweight cotton clothing. Use only a sheet or light blanket for covering. Bundling a baby to “burn out” a fever can cause the fever to rise even […]

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