In a Competitive Middle School, Triage for Aches and Anxieties
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As schools expand to include students with physiological and psychological challenges, the school nurse has become more than just someone to detect a fever from a fake.
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With the start of the school year, parents need to take steps to protect their children from allergy and asthma triggers they may encounter at school.
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Health experts are trying to move the nation&#39;s battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools. Schools need to be more active in teaching heart
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And when a child struggles with depression, their concerns and worries multiply exponentially as they try to get their child some help.
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By Matt Paolelli Daily Herald Correspondent  For parents of middle-school and high-school students, it's an all-too-familiar scene.
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A local school board will consider limiting student access to birth control pills and patches at a middle school's health center
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Occupational therapist Karen Jacobs stumbled into the study of ergonomics quite by accident. She walked into her children's computer classroom in middle school and was horrified. "Everything was a mismatch," she remembers about the chairs, tables, and computers. "I thought, 'Oh my gosh, they are predisposing themselves to discomfort.' "
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Schools are pushing healthier menus, eliminating trans fats, white bread and sugary drinks, while trying to keep students happy.
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A program called HIPSchools lets parents track assignments and communicate with teachers online. For a Brooklyn middle school with a failing grade from the state, the system has meant a dramatic turnaround. By Cyrus Farivar.
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(HealthDay News) -- Problems at school, home, or frustrations with friends can all lead to stress in children. Like adults, children need to learn healthy outlets for stress, and how to deal with their emotions.
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A disturbed 14-year-old wounds four before killing himself in Clevelandâjust another spasm of violence in another bloody year for Americaâs schools. How to spot trouble before it opens fireâand the ongoing debate over blame for a cycle that just wonât stop.
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Research in psychiatrically ill  children and adolescents suggests that those with depression,  anxiety and other so-called "internalizing" disorders are more  likely to have allergies.
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Hoping to prevent the loss of children, a few schools have begun monitoring student movements using technology similar to that used to track livestock and retail shipments.
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For young people diagnosed with serious mental disorders, the transition from high school to college can be particularly fraught.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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With the weather getting colder and more students staying inside in close quarters, the increase of sickness is becoming a more serious threat.
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Standardized tests are nightmarish for many students--even when everything proceeds normally. But what happens when things go horribly wrong?