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Sore Throat Soothers: Natural Remedies Help Kids Heal

Sep 30, 2016 07:59AM ● By Kathleen Barnes

Salt water, lemon juice, honey and sage are some of the low-cost and highly effective ways to treat a child’s painful throat.

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Bio-Touch Offers Autism Workshop

Aug 31, 2016 11:13PM

In keeping with its new program of presenting monthly workshops on specific health conditions, the Bio-Touch organization will focus on auti...

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Autism and Homeopathy

Aug 31, 2016 10:59PM ● By Melanie Chimes

Autism is the single most common permanent, pervasive developmental disability affecting our children today. Approximately 1.5 percent of al...

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Integrative Pediatric Care for the Developing Child

Aug 31, 2016 10:51PM ● By Sharon McDonough-Means

Integrative developmental pediatric care is healing-oriented care for the whole child and family—body, mind and spirit. It is health care fo...

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Raising a Music Lover: Kids Thrive to Rhythms of Head and Heart

Aug 31, 2016 11:07AM ● By Randy Kambic

Adding an M for music to the three R’s boosts students’ self-confidence and bolsters not only their appreciation of music but also vocabulary and math skills.

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Vegan Diet Benefits Kids’ Heart Health: Promoting Plant-Based Foods for Children

Aug 31, 2016 10:44AM

Obese youngsters between the ages of 9 and 18 fared better in heart-health markers when adhering to a vegan plant-based diet than their counterparts following the American Heart Association diet.

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Breast Milk Supports Preemies’ Developing Brains: Increases Premature Babies' Brain Sizes

Aug 31, 2016 10:44AM

In a study of 77 premature infants, those that received at least half of their diet from breast milk had larger brain volumes, a possible indicator of better cognitive development.

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Kinesthetic Kids: New Desks Aid Learning via Movement

Aug 31, 2016 10:44AM

Students in a South Carolina school learn their spelling and math by rotating through 15 stations that combine learning exercises with play-ready basketball hoops or exercise bikes.

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Breastfed Babies Have Fewer Colds and Ear Infections: Prolonged Nursing Provides Protection

Aug 16, 2016 10:53AM

A six-year Texan study found that prolonged breastfeeding reduces both sniffles and painful earaches in newborns.

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Empowering Youth through Dedication to Wonder

Aug 02, 2016 11:20AM ● By Linda Joy Stone

How do we empower youth? How do we bridge their technological captivation with the non-technical natural world? Who are the youth of today a...

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Goodwill’s GoodGuides Program Recruiting for School-Based Mentoring

Aug 02, 2016 11:18AM

Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona’s GoodGuides youth mentoring program seeks to partner supportive adults with at-risk youth, to help ...

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Growing Up Empowered: Helping Kids Step into Their Best Selves

Jul 29, 2016 10:30AM ● By Judith Fertig

We build confidence in our children by encouraging their unique strengths, fostering their dreams, allowing healthy risks and engaging them in community service.

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Delayed Kindergarten Reduces Attention Deficit: Reason to Push Back Starting School

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Danish children that start kindergarten at age 6 instead of 5 are far less likely to be inattentive or hyperactive five years later.

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Prenatal Sun Exposure Lowers Asthma Risk: Increased Vitamin D Reduces Likelihood

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Perhaps because of the natural vitamin D supplied by sunlight, researchers found that children are less likely to have asthma if their mothers lived in a sunny location during the second trimester of pregnancy.

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Young Adult Insomnia Linked to Chronic Pain: Lack of Sleep Early On Leads to Complications Later in Life

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

About two in five Dutch adults between the ages of 19 and 22 that reported problems sleeping had chronic pain three years later.

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