Kindergarten Graduation Fun

Ingredients (for one drink):
3 ounces of ginger ale
3 ounces of orange juice
One scoop of raspberry sorbet
Ice cubes or ice chips
Directions:
Fill a tall plastic cup with ice, and then add ginger ale and orange juice over it.
Add a small scoop of raspberry sorbet and serve with a straw and little [...]

The Bullying Has to Stop

The Bullying Has to Stop
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Yesterday at 12:30 PM
The bullying has to stop. It has gotten out of hand and seems to be reaching new levels. I was on Facebook the other morning, checking everyone’s statuses. One of my Facebook friends had something in her status about [...]

G8 seeks new drive to meet 2015 aid goals for poor

OSLO – The Group of Eight industrialized nations plan to invest in better health for mothers and young children in poor nations to meet faltering goals for slashing world poverty by 2015, a draft text for a G8 summit said.
The five-page draft for the June 25-26 summit in Canada, dated March 12, [...]

Risk of Miscarriage Linked to Antidepressants

MONDAY, May 31 — Women who take a certain class of antidepressants during pregnancy may increase their risk of having a miscarriage by 68 percent, Canadian researchers report.

Antidepressant use is common during pregnancy, with up to 3.7 percent of women taking the drugs during the first trimester. Stopping treatment [...]

Health Tip: Set Rules at the Pool

— A swimming pool can be deadly, especially to young children. But setting mandatory rules can help keep kids safe.

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests these rules to promote swimming pool safety:

Don't allow diving in a pool that isn't sufficiently deep.
When not swimming, store all toys away from the pool.
Don't allow [...]

Passing Phases

Passing Phases
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Yesterday at 12:25 PM
So my 13-year-old daughter really surprised me yesterday. I was sitting in the living room when she walked in with something rolled up. She had a smile on her face. I asked her what it was and she said it was her [...]

A stone’s throw from Nile, Egypt’s taps are running dry

KIRDASA, Egypt – Six months into her pregnancy, Tahani Rabia continues to ignore doctor's orders and rises before dawn every morning, praying that when she turns on the tap the water will flow.
But more often than not, the rusty tap runs dry in her little home a mere 10 kilometres (six miles) [...]

Was This a Violation of Rights?

Was This a Violation of Rights?
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Yesterday at 01:54 PM
A 17 year old girl in Pennsylvania was using her cell phone in school and it was taken away. The principal found on her cell phone inappropriate pictures of the girl who owned the phone and turned it in to [...]

Smoking toddler highlights Indonesia’s tobacco addiction

JAKARTA – A new video of a smoking Indonesian toddler has emerged to shock health experts and provide further graphic illustration of the Southeast Asian country's growing addiction to tobacco.
The parents of a two-year-old boy seen smoking in a clip posted on The Sun newspaper's website are to be investigated, Indonesian officials [...]

FDA mulls ‘criminal penalties’ against J&J unit

WASHINGTON – US authorities are considering "criminal penalties" against a unit of Johnson & Johnson following its recall of millions of bottles of liquid children?s Tylenol and other pediatric medicines, an official said.
The actions against McNeil Consumer Healthcare came after growing concerns about the quality of the company's manufacturing process, which had [...]

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