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Tips on how to keep children healthy and happy during winter months
marieg@herald-mail.comFrom sledding and skiing to building a snowman in the backyard, winter offers a wonderland of fun activities for children. But the cold-weather months can also pose safety concerns, such as frostbite and hypothermia, recreational mishaps and the spread...Tags: Coughing, Family, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health and Safety at School, Preventative Medicine
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Local experts debate whether it's best to pick up your infant or let him or her cry
Special to The Herald-MailAs a mother of two children younger than 2, Chancity Barnhart knows just how hard it can be for new parents to get a good night's sleep. The Hagerstown parent had her own challenges helping her first son to sleep on his own, and plenty of her friends...Tags: Mental Health, Drugs and Medicines, Family, Parenting, Pediatrics
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Business people - Aug. 26
Eastern Panhandle Anesthesia Associates MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Dr. Christopher M. Spiess, anesthesiologist, recently joined Eastern Panhandle Anesthesia Associates, based at City Hospital in Martinsburg. Spiess recently completed a residency in...
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A 'dish' that stands alone: Get your kids to eat radishes
chrisc@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is part of an occasional series on children eating vegetables. The series explores ways to highlight a vegetable's flavor and appearance as a way to work around the resistance some picky eaters have to trying unfamiliar vegetables....Tags: Honey, Foods and Beverages, Sandwiches, Vitamin B2, Dietary Supplements
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Is juice a healthful beverage choice for your children?
Fruit juices are popular beverages for toddlers and children today. While often advertised as healthy options, too much juice can provide them with too many calories and too much sugar. A few consequences of this include excess weight gain and dental...Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Tooth Decay, Health Treatments, Dentistry and Dental Health, Health
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Battling childhood obesity is about the numbers
marieg@herald-mail.comIt's elementary. Healthy lifestyle choices should begin in childhood. But parents are busy. Fast food is cheap. And technology helps keep children sedentary. As a result, one out of three children in the United States is overweight or obese, according...Tags: Maine, Tooth Decay, Obesity, Health, Colon
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Are your kids getting too much screen time?
marieg@herald-mail.comAbout 12 percent of American children between the ages of 2 and 4 use computers every day. Fifty percent of children younger than 8 have access to a mobile device like a smartphone, a video iPod or tablet. And television is still the elephant in the...Tags: Entertainment, Gaming, Arts and Culture, Parenting, Social Sciences
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Experts suggest adults should know the signs of concussions to keep kids safe
marieg@herald-mail.comIt can be something as simple as falling off a bicycle or as forceful as slamming to the ice during a hockey game. But both incidents could result in what the American Academy of Pediatrics has termed "a silent epidemic" among children —...Tags: Symptoms, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Injuries and Wounds, Health
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Parents should weigh pros, cons, before making decision about circumcision
marieg@herald-mail.comWhen Jeff and Lorrie Kreille were expecting their first child last year, they were faced with all sorts of decisions. There was a name to choose, a nursery to decorate and the selection of godparents. But one decision loomed heavy on their minds. If...Tags: San Francisco, Parenting, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Urinary System, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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