Breathing Easy When School Starts
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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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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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THURSDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- In young children with sporadic, recurring asthma attacks, treatment with the drug montelukast (Singulair) reduces the number of unscheduled medical visits, absences from school or child care, and the number of days parents need to take off work to care for a child.
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Watching a child struggle to breathe during an asthma attack is frightening for any parent. So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anything - including spending a lot of money â-o keep an attack at bay.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- About one in four overweight American children have sleep trouble, new research shows. However, regular exercise can help those yawning youngsters.
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The start of school can also mean the start of head lice season. Now there is a new approach: a lotion that suffocates the bugs. According to a study by Dr.
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With another school year about to begin, the time is right for "The Education of Ms. Groves."
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Snoring "frequently or always" is common among school-age children, new findings show.
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Parents can protect their  children from harmful ultraviolet radiation by encouraging them  to stay inside during midday, without increasing their odds of  becoming overweight from reduced activity, a new study from  Australia suggests.
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By Jennifer Kapiolani Saxton, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 9--EDWARDSVILLE -- A healthy life is much more than just eating right and exercising, said a Lincoln Middle School student Thursday during the school's health fair.
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NEW YORK  - A personalized parent voice   recorded smoke alarm is significantly more effective than a   conventional tone alarm for waking children who are sleeping   soundly, a study shows.
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Parents striving to keep a spotless house may unwittingly trigger asthma in their children. Toddlers exposed to fumes from solvents and cleaning products at home are most at risk, a recent Australian study reveals.
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It&#39;s not just OK for students to eat on the run when they arrive at a middle school here each morning. It&#39;s encouraged. The program makes it easier for kids squeezed for time to squeeze in breakfast.
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Children who make regular visits to an indoor pool may develop damage to a type of lung cell that helps prevent airway inflammation, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Taking physical education (PE) class every school day for a full year improves high school girls' cardiovascular fitness, a new study shows.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- School and church social activities may help reduce smoking among disadvantaged children, a new study reports.
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NEW YORK  - Participating in physical activities in and out of school more than two times a week protects adolescents from becoming overweight young adults, according to new research.