I care about my daughter’s behaviour, her sense of confidence, and her belief in her body as her own—not where her shorts fall or the size of her bikini bottoms. When my daughter was in second grade, a major heat wave hit Southern California. Most of the schools near the beach don’t have air conditioning,
A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies can overcome physical barriers to allow a patient’s own immune system to fight tumors. The research could improve cancer therapies in the future for millions of people worldwide. The
Yoga and breathing exercises have a positive effect on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). After special classes, children improve their attention, decrease hyperactivity, they do not get tired longer, they can engage in complex activities longer. This is the conclusion reached by psychologists at Ural Federal University who studied the effect of exercise
Q: The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. What does this mean for my child? Extending the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to preteens and young adolescents adds nearly 17 million more Americans to the pool of those eligible to be immunized against covid-19, helping to build a vaccinated population
Four Ontario doctors discuss the stay-at-home order, life after vaccination and reopening schools and outdoor recreation. With COVID-19 vaccinations picking up in Ontario, and the weather warming up, people are beginning to wonder what the province’s second pandemic summer could look like. On Thursday, the government extended its stay-at-home order to June 2, with the possibility of
AWESOME BREAKFAST IDEAS Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It should be yummy and give you energy for the whole day. Cooking something really cool and yummy for breakfast can be a difficult task. It’s not always easy to come up with a good idea. However, today we’re here to save your
Image: iStockphoto IN THIS ARTICLE Breast milk is a vital food for a baby and the only source of nourishment for a baby younger than six months. It is essential that an infant receives breast milk even when it is not possible for the mother to be nearby. In such cases, shipping breast milk could
Before my first was born, I read three breastfeeding books cover to cover. I’d graduated from college when I was five months pregnant and I spent the next five months turning motherhood into my new course of study. I soaked up as much information as I could, and thought I was ready to ace this
Do you have a baby who is only happy while you are actively playing with her? When you leave the room, does she cry as if you’ve left the country? This post will cover why it’s important for your baby to have some independent play, and give you a few ideas to help your baby
Chris Hodges, the principal of Gaylord High School in Otsego County, Michigan, never thought he’d be a contact tracer. “I definitely thought, you know, ‘Why — why am I doing this?'” he said with a laugh. “That’s not what I went to school for.” In what has become a regular part of his school day,
Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis were aged under 18 years, suggesting that this encephalitis might be more common in children than originally expected. A clinical diagnostic
With his daughter’s safety at the beach in mind, Jamie Alexander designed these sleek shaping briefs right here in Toronto. Beach-going with the fam is a summer staple, but these fun-filled outings can easily turn stressful when your kid isn’t able to comfortably wear what they want. This was a problem Toronto dad Jamie Alexander and
Kids home and no time to browse online? We got you. It’s hard to believe it, but another pandemic summer is upon us. And with many kids once again home all day, finding time to browse the internet for your summer essentials is basically impossible. So, we’ve done the work for you. Here are some
There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young child’s ears to reduce the rate of recurrent ear infections during the ensuing two years compared with giving oral antibiotics to treat ear infections, a randomized trial led by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh pediatrician-scientists determined. The trial
For the past year, 13-year-old twins Ariel Jr. and Abraham Osorio have logged on to their online classes from their parents’ flower shop. Ariel nestles in a corner among flowers, bows and stuffed animals. Abraham sets up on a small table in the back, where his dad used to work trimming flowers and keeping the
A study of 92 adolescents conducted in Brazil suggests girls are more likely than boys to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity, such as high blood pressure and excessive blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (dyslipidemia). The study was conducted with FAPESP’s support by scientists affiliated with the University of São Paulo’s Biomedical Sciences Institute
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It was about four or five months into the pandemic when Lisa Francis’s* eight-year-old daughter started getting sleepover invites from another family. Francis, who lives in Orillia, Ont., had been diligently following public health guidance, so she said no. “And the other mom said, ‘Oh, right, you’re still doing the whole pandemic thing,’” Francis recalls.
Long COVID, also known as long-haul COVID, is thought to be a set of long-term post-viral syndromes or complications that can affect individuals across all demographics following infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Also called post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (or PASC), this category of
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