http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Kids' Health 60 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:52 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1324938.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1324938.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Nadia Czekajewski got braces on her teeth when she was 8. Now she's in third grade, turning 9, and ``she'll be done before she begins fourth grade,'' says her father, Tomasz Czekajewski. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279053.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Today's babies will be tomorrow's centenarians. A new report says that reaching the age of 100 may become ordinary for most American babies born since 2000. How will living for a century affect our kids? And what quality of life awaits those who live this long? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279559.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279559.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The H1N1 influenza virus is so new it's not entirely understood, South Florida doctors say. It can be as mild as a cold or, rarely, so severe that blood pressure rapidly plummets, lungs collapse and kidneys fail, sometimes causing death. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1267794.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1267794.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Shauna Davis dances every day, all styles. The teenager has been dancing since she was 3 -- and suffering the aches and pains that go along with it. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1256714.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1256714.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Beth and Brad Besner of Davie are still struggling with grief over the loss of their son Ian, who died 3 1/2 years ago at age 11 of complications from leukemia. But they have more than their own heartache to deal with. Their sons Grant, now 12, and Noah, 10, are also trying to make sense of the death of their big brother. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1239515.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1239515.html Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Amid last week's news of the president indoctrinating our children to socialism and the release of a remastered Beatles catalog, I seem to have missed Suicide Prevention Week. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1233725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1233725.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT We've heard of flu season, but wheeze season? That's right, as children head back to school in September, rates of asthma episodes quadruple, peaking about 17 days after Labor Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1222482.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1222482.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT You walk into your bathroom, and the toilet paper roll is empty. On the back of the toilet sits a new roll, put there by a previous visitor who apparently never mastered the task of replacing a roll of toilet paper. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1221943.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1221943.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Product: LeadConfirm Professional saliva lead screening kit, $79.99, at cvs.com, amazon.com and drugstore.com. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1210557.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1210557.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT I was hanging out with my 12-year-old niece the other night when she suddenly pinched her inner thigh and declared she hated her legs. I was incredulous. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1196041.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1196041.html Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Wendy K. Silverman, director of the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program at Florida International University, has been teaching children how to conquer their fears for more than 20 years. As a researcher and board-certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist, she sees youngsters whose extreme anxiety can keep them out of the classroom. With school about to resume, we talked to Silverman about her research and about what parents can do to help fearful students. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1169198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1169198.html Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT This is not your usual summer camp scene: at the University of Miami, a group of 10-year-old children hold their arms out and spin for two minutes, then collapse on the floor in a heap of dizziness and nausea. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1149357.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1149357.html Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1119311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1119311.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Product: UVSunSense monitoring wristbands, $5.87 for a seven-pack, at www.amazon.com. The pitch: ''Convenient, reliable'' way to monitor exposure to harmful UVA and UVB rays for adults and children. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1088225.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1088225.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT There are a few skin changes that you should never ignore, even in children. Take your son or daughter to a dermatologist right away if you see any of these: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1075936.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1075936.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Nearly two years after the FDA issued a formal advisory urging parents not to give over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to infants younger than 2 years old without a doctor's advice, a new study says many parents still are giving them to children as young as 13 months. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1075938.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1075938.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Product: First Juice, organic fruit & veggie beverage, $4.99 for 32 fluid ounces at Whole Foods Market, Babies R Us, Target and http://firstjuice.elsstore.com. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/854766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/854766.html Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:29 EST The nation's Surgeon General made a stop in Miami to promote awareness of childhood obesity, focusing on the Latino community. WLRN Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Fernandez was at the discussion.