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The A-Z of common illnesses in school children
Everything you want to know about common illnesses in children - from how to treat them to when you should make the trip to the doctor.
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Top 10 immunity boosters for kids
Ward off those winter bugs with Dr Joanna McMillan’s top ten immunity booster super foods for kids.
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The very unusual way one mum wards off the flu
A single mother-of-two has shared her secret to maintaining good health.
Seven tips to help you find the right mental health app for you
Search for "stress", "depression", "anxiety", or "mental health" in the app store on your mobile device and you are confronted with a bewildering array of options.
Intimate partner violence is leading health risk factor for women: study
Barely a week passes without a media report of the suffering or tragic death of a woman at the hands of a partner. Typically, these accounts focus on the individuals involved. While important, in isolation, such a focus can belie the fact intimate partner violence is a wider social problem, obscuring both the factors contributing to it and opportunities to prevent it.
Beer labels featuring cute cartoons appeal to minors, Alcohol Healthwatch says
Alcohol watchdogs are concerned beer branding featuring cute cartoons or resembling softdrinks, may be too appealing to minors.
'Offensive' Weight Watchers stunt misses the mark and women aren't buying it
Forget health - the latest Weight Watchers campaign steps right back to brazenly exploiting women's body image vulnerabilities.
How Shakespeare may help children with autism improve their social skills
Could Shakespeare help children with autism improve their social skills? A new study of a drama-based intervention suggests that this may well be the case.
Why I want to raise a spiritual child
How do you teach young children about something you can't even see? I realised my own short comings in this area one morning on the way to daycare.
Children develop beliefs about their body image younger than parents think
A new study suggests body image – both positive and negative – develops in the preschool years. And it's something we can't afford to ignore.
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Knock knees: what causes them, and how they're treated
Orthopaedic surgery is rarely needed. For most kids, knock knees are just a normal part of growing up.
Colour change skin patches teach children to add sunscreen
New weapon to fight skin cancer problems among under 30s.
What a magnetic field did to a depressed teenager
Something has changed and getting out of bed is no longer the "hardest thing in the world" for this teenager.
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