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- The latest information on thimerosal and vaccines-the risk is not there: Click here. To seethe article reporting the findings click here.
More evidence against alleged autism/mercury link:
Although autism has no plausible association with mercury toxicity or other heavy metal exposure, oral and topical chelation therapy are being used to treat autism after evaluation of hair, blood, or urine samples for heavy metal toxicity. In this study, hair samples were obtained from 15 children ages 2 to 6 with autism and 16 of their nonautistic siblings in the same age range. No significant differences in mercury levels were found between the two groups. Williams PG and others. A controlled study of mercury levels in hair samples of children with autism as compared to their typically developing siblings. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (in press), 2007].Click here
This finding is strong evidence against the notion that mercury toxicity causes autism.
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4Parents.gov is part of a new national public education campagin to provide parents with the information, tools and skills they need to help their teens make the healtheist choices.
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Parentingteens.com offers tips and information on how to deal with adolescents and the problems they may face.Clickhere
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KidsHealth has seperate areas of kids, teens and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content and none. There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games and resources - all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens. Clickhere
- Screening eating disorders. Clickhere
- Strategies for bed wetting using an enuresis alarm. Clickhere
Selecting and Using the Most Appropriate Car Safety Seats for Growing Children: Guidelines for Counseling Parents
- Children should face the rear of the vehicle until they are at least 1 year of age and weigh at least 20 lb to decrease the risk of cervical spine injury in the event of a crash. Infants who weigh 20 lb before 1 year of age should ride rear facing in a convertible seat or infant seat approved for higher weights until at least 1 year of age. If a car safety seat accommodates children rear facing to higher weights, for optimal protection, the child should remain rear facing until reaching the maximum weight for the car safety seat, as long as the top of the head is below the top of the seat back.
- For the best possible protection keep infants in the back seat, in rear-facing child safety seats, as long as possible up to the height or weight limit of the particular seat. At a minimum, keep infants rear-facing until a minimum of age 1 and at least 20 pounds. Click here for more information.
Information for your Teens:
- Acne.org offers tips and information on how to deal with Acne and other skin problems they may face.Clickhere
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