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News and More
In the news:
- Health Tip: Prepare for Breast-feeding
- Anesthesia in Early Childhood May Be Linked to ADHD
- Pet Turtles Carry Salmonella Dangers, CDC Warns
- Child Abuse, Neglect a Major Public Health Problem: CDC
- Pediatricians' Group Urges More Input From Parents
- Pfizer Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Lo/Ovral®-28 and Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets Due to Possibility of Inexact Tablet Counts or Out of Sequence Tablets
- Plan B One-Step - A Statement by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
- NCI launches smoking cessation support for teens
- Cholesterol levels elevated in toddlers taking anti-HIV drugs
- U.S. Surgeon General declares Thanksgiving as "Family Health History Day"
- For Parents: How to Talk to Your Child About the News
Special Articles
- Girls on the run – Molly Barker is the Founder of Girls on the Run International, a non-profit prevention program that encourages preteen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. She has partnered up with Girls' Health to write an article especially for the parents who visit our web site. In this article, Molly discusses the vision that led her to develop the program, her experiences with the girls she teaches, and how she helps celebrate girls from start to finish and everywhere in between. Molly is also an accomplished author and a "Friend of Girls Health."
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Content last updated February 8, 2012
