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Kids, playgrounds, toys and sports equipment — why it is not safe during a pandemic

March 26, 2020 sarah Jonas activities with children, Children, children activities, Corona, corona virus, COVID-19, kids

UAB expert Samisksha Raut, Ph.D., explains the importance of keeping kids away from playgrounds and from touching various toys and sports equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.

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UCLA pediatrician discusses how COVID-19 affects children and those around them

March 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and children, kids

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Chiropractors Suggest Limits, Good Habits to Prevent Video Game Injuries

January 9, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Back Pain, Children, Injury Prevention, kids, Neck Pain, Video Games

Taking steps to help kids prevent common gaming injuries can reduce pain today and potentially reduce the risk of long-term damage.

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Kids who specialize in a single sport more than 8 months in a year are more likely to get injured.

October 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Baseball, Basketball, kids, Pediatric, Soccer

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Decoding how kids get into hacking

September 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments BEHAVIOR, cyber abuse, Digital literacy, Education, Hackers, Hacking, K-12, kids, Parenting, Video Game

New research from Michigan State University is the first to identify characteristics and gender-specific behaviors in kids that could lead kids to become juvenile hackers.

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Moderate to Heavy Drinking During Pregnancy Alters Genes in Newborns, Mothers

August 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Alcohol, Behavioral, Binge Drinking, Biological Clock, biomarkers, Blood, booze, Child Development, Children, Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Cortisol, Disabilities, DNA, drinking, Early Intervention, FASD, Fetal, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Fetuses, genes, Genetics, Health, heavy drinking, Immune System, Indicators, Infants, intellectual disabilities, kids, Learning, Medicine, Mothers, New Jersey, Newborns, NJ, PER2, POMC, Pregnancy, Pregnant Women, Prenatal alcohol exposure, Prevention, proteins, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Stress Hormones, stress-response system, Treatment, U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Umbilical Cord, womb, Women

Mothers who drink moderate to high levels of alcohol during pregnancy may be changing their babies’ DNA, according to a Rutgers-led study.

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Summertime Safety for Kids

June 20, 2019March 13, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments American Academcy of Pediatric, Families, kids, Pediactrics, Pediatrician, Primary Care, Summer Safety

Safety tips for outdoor activities, heat and sun, and water safety By Jay D’Orso, MD, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Western

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