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Health & Wellness News tagged with Children

Superfood or Seriously Scary? The Truth About Soy
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, diet, disease, food, health, humans, illness, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - divinecaroline.com
My best friend, Alex, was sixteen when she decided to stop eating meat. Her love of animals and her distaste for the sinewy feeling of meat between her teeth left her seeking vegetarian alternatives to her old steak and chicken staples. When she discovere
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Campbell's Soup: Stop Poisoning Our Food!- Take Action
Health & Wellness  (tags: petition, warning, protection, humans, illness, health, food, family, diet, children, nutrition, safety )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - change.org
Consumer Reports has found that major canned food companies including Campbell's Soup are using cans that leach Bisphenol A (BPA) into food. BPA is linked to many health risks including reproductive abnormalities, neurological effects, height
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Take Action-Tell the RBGH Profiteers Why You Buy Organic to Avoid Genetically Modified Bovine Growth Hormone
Health & Wellness  (tags: petition, children, diet, drugs, family, food, government, health, humans, nutrition, prevention, risks )

Daphna
- 3 days ago - organicconsumers.org
Following up on our successful campaign against Yoplait and Dannon, the Organic Consumers Association is now asking our members to write to ice cream companies that still allow the use of genetically modified bovine growth hormone (Dreyer's, Edy's
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End the Global Gag Rule for Good and Increase Funding!-TAKE ACTION !!!!!!!!!!
Health & Wellness  (tags: women, protection, safety, medicine, health, healthcare, children )

Tierney
- 5 days ago - secure2.convio.net
Two important issues for women around the world are coming before Congress this fall: a permanent repeal of the Global Gag Rule and an increase for family planning funding. Both will be part of the FY2010 budget that will be voted on in the next few mont
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These Days, a Sneeze Is Not Just a Sneeze
Health & Wellness  (tags: sneezing, H1N1 flu, illness, health, children )

Lone
- 5 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
If "achoo!" makes you jumpy these days, you're not alone. The swine flu pandemic has made people much more reactive when they hear or see someone sneeze, according to a new study. It found that public sneezing
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Take Action- Support Chemical Security Legislation!
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, death, diet, environment, family, food, government, health, humans, illness, protection, safety, prevention )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - momsrising.democracyinaction.org
The House of Representatives will soon vote on chemical security legislation that will reduce the risks associated with industrial chemical accidents and terrorism, and improve safety and security for American families.
10 comments
As Donors Focus on AIDS, Child Illnesses Languish
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, AIDS, children, disease, illness, death, prevention, protection, treatment )

Dee
- 5 days ago - nytimes.com
JOHANNESBURG- Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries - more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined -- but only 4 in 10 of those who need the oral rehydration solution that can prevent death for pennies get it.
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Scientists Claim Junk Food Is as Addictive as Heroin
Health & Wellness  (tags: junk, food, heroin, addiction, drugs, obesity, health, healthcare, humans, research, warning, risks, illness, science, study, medicine, prevention, interesting, disease, diet, investigation, society, government, children, nutrition, family )

Tom
- 7 days ago - grist.org
Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. "This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings."
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Chasing the Junk Food Dragon: How Junk Food Affects Brain Like Heroin
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, diet, drugs, family, food, health, humans, investigation, nutrition, prevention )

Daphna
- 7 days ago - treehugger.com
Before you or your child dig into that plastic jack-o-lantern (or its post-consumer equivalent) full of sugary snacks, you might do well to check out former FDA Commissioner David Kessler's new book The End of Overeating. The book highlights the addictive
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The Benefits of Honey: A Remedy for Sore Throats, Wound Care and More
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, children, diet, drugs, family, food, health, healthcare, humans, interesting, nutrition, prevention, protection, treatment )

Daphna
- 8 days ago - motherearthnews.com
Spring brings a picture-perfect day. You're enjoying yourself on a well-deserved vacation. Then you fall, a victim of loose gravel. Your leg is a mess. At the local hospital, you're given a cream to apply two times a day to keep infection at bay. Returnin
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Camp Hope Gives Kids With Cancer a Chance Just to Be Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, cancer, health, Good News, Body-Mind-Spirit, family, healthcare, environment, video )

Barbaroca
- 8 days ago - abc6.com
For seven worry-free, fun-filled, days kids with cancer can just be kids thanks to Camp Hope and all the wonderful counselors who work there. Please watch video and pass on to anyone who has a kid with cancer!
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Side Effect of Plastic: Aggressive Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, children, diet, disease, family, food, government, health, humans, illness, nutrition, news, protection, research, society, warning )

Daphna
- 8 days ago - enn.com
Plastics containing Bisphenol-A have been linked to child misbehavior Yes we know, everything causes cancer, nothing is safe for our kids, a lot of paranoia, right? Sometimes these concerns are for real. A chemical of significant
4 comments
H1N1 Families Face Financial Challenges
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, society, healthcare, americans, healthcare, illness, children, healthcare )

Cal
- 10 days ago - cbsnews.com
Parents of Children Who Were Seriously Sick Tackle Massive Hospital Bills and Possible Insurance Caps
4 comments
Oh, Snap: City Attorney Demands Proof of Cocoa Krispies' Immunity-Boosting Claim
Health & Wellness  (tags: protection, humans, illness, nutrition, health, family, ethics, children, diet, disease, food )

Daphna
- 10 days ago - blogs.sfweekly.com
Kellogg's just can't get a break. First, one pissed-off cereal consumer realizes that Froot Loops cereal contains no actual fruit and decides to sue for false advertising. Now Kellogg's is dealing with more false advertising claims, this time from San Fra
4 comments
A Cleaner-Smelling House Makes for Better Manners
Health & Wellness  (tags: study, research, prevention, interesting, health, humans, family, environment, children )

Daphna
- 10 days ago - gimundo.com
It's never a bad thing to have a clean home or office. But according to a recent study from Brigham Young University, keeping your environment sparkly clean isn't just good for hygienic reasons--it can also help everyone around you stay on their best beha
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