Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is disease that was first described in children only 20 years ago, but has shown a rising incidence in both children and adults. An inflammatory condition of the esophagus, its symptoms including vomiting, heartburn and difficulty in swallowing.
In findings published on line January 10, 2007 in the Journal of Allergy & [...]

Child adoption and learning language
Each year, about 40,000 children are adopted across national lines, primarily by families from North America and Western Europe. These joyful occasions mark the growth of new families and also provide the framework for a natural experiment in language development. Although most are infants and toddlers, thousands of older children are [...]

Microwave ovens may be good for more than just zapping the leftovers; they may also help protect your family.
University of Florida engineering researchers have found that microwaving kitchen sponges and plastic scrubbers - known to be common carriers of the bacteria and viruses that cause food-borne illnesses [...]

Family Weekend Activities
Whether a child has an older father or lives with a single father are among important factors affecting how kids spend weekend time, according to a new study conducted by transportation engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.
The study, based on a national survey, was done to reveal how family structure [...]

You can’t see it, you can’t smell it, and you can’t taste it, but radon may be present in your home. Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, and tasteless gas that is dispersed in outdoor air and can reach harmful levels when trapped in buildings.
Radon is found in a majority of homes, as Iowa [...]

Parenting and Child Education
The children of parents who have not completed high school are more likely to struggle with reading and writing, says a landmark University of Alberta study that proves family literacy programs can make a difference not only on the child’s reading ability but the parents as well.
Despite assumptions about the benefit [...]

Flu in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) announced today that flu activity in the commonwealth is now considered "widespread", a designation indicating increased flu-like activity or flu outbreaks in at least half of the regions in a state. Five other states have been given this designation in the Weekly United States Influenza Surveillance [...]

Safe Kids Kansas offers safety tipsMore than a quarter million children are injured each year while participating in winter sports in the United States. Safe Kids Kansas offers a few simple precautions to make sure that your children are safe in their winter wonderland: kids need to be dressed appropriately, take lessons, be actively supervised [...]

Relatives’ homes not always childproof, cautions Safe Kids Kansas
"People who are grandparents today grew up in a world without car seats, smoke alarms or bike helmets, but also fewer cars on the road and fewer fire hazards in the home. Parents of young children need to let their own parents know that important changes have [...]

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a regional training exercise to help the parishes in the DHH Region IX community prepare to respond for a future influenza outbreak. These parishes include Caldwell, East and West Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, St. Helena, [...]