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October is recognized as Children’s Health Month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other agencies and organizations. CDC reports that from their earliest stages of development through puberty, children are particularly vulnerable to exposure to environmental contaminants because their bodies are small and still ...
Cardiac arrhythmias affect not only adults, but unfortunately also children struggle with such health problems. It is for little patients that the K.I.D.S. Foundation announced a competition "Telemedicine in Children's Hospitals of the Future". One of the winning projects of this competition is the project "TeleFriends from the Heart" submitted by the University Children's Hospital in Bialystok, ...
The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank holds a wealth of anonymised data collected from people in Wales over the past 30 years. This data comes from health and social care, care homes, registers and audits, specialist services and surveys, which can be anonymously linked to provide a clear picture of the health and social care setting in Wales. SAIL data has been used widely ...
Matexcel, a leading service provider in material science, now provides up-to-date toys and baby products testing services to help ensure children’s physical and mental health. Consumer concerns about the safety and quality of the products they purchase continue to grow, especially when it comes to children's and infant products. If these products do not comply with safety standards and ...
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DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new device using advanced UVC light technology that eliminates pathogens from the soles of shoes now greets people as they enter and exit Ronald McDonald House (RMH) of Durham. The HealthySole PLUS unit, donated by Collier’s Medical Equipment and HealthySole, is the newest addition to a comprehensive infection prevention program at RMH to ensure patient and ...
Children’s National Hospital today performed the first surgical use of breakthrough medical imaging technology designed specifically for kids. The innovation, insta-3D™ imaging from company nView medical, is designed to make 3D images available in the operating room quickly and safely. The 3D images provide surgeons with better visualization, allowing them to continue improving ...
The Meridian Fetal Research Device Accurately Extracts Fetal ECG to Enable Analytics on Fetal ECG Morphology, Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability and Uterine Activity Using Surface Electrodes (North Andover, Massachusetts), MindChild Medical, Inc. today announced it has shipped 24 Meridian M110R Fetal Research Devices and 8,000 electrode patch sets to the UNC LABOR Study’s sites in ...
MediPines, a respiratory medical device company, was selected a winner in the special COVID-19 edition of the “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition presented by FDA-sponsored National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation. The competition focused on innovations in COVID-19-related pediatric medical devices that will improve children’s health care, ...
Kurita Europe decided this year to focus their support on children. Children are the most vulnerable in our society, hence when crisis strikes, they are always among the first to suffer from the consequences and the last to ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the City of Dallas and the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children for their collaboration to improve children’s health in the Dallas area. The groups are bringing together a variety of stakeholders to reduce environmental triggers for the 60,000 children in Dallas with asthma. “Protecting children’s health ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will recognize the City of Dallas and the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children for their collaboration to improve children’s health in the Dallas area. The groups are bringing together a variety of stakeholders to reduce environmental triggers for the 60,000 children in Dallas with asthma. Asthma is a serious, sometimes ...
Climate change poses serious threats to the health of America’s children. Children eat, drink, and breathe more per body weight than adults, and their body systems are still developing. In addition, they often spend more time outdoors. For these reasons, children disproportionately suffer from the effects of heat waves, air pollution, infectious illness, and trauma resulting from extreme ...
In an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning, EPA sent letters earlier this month to over 300 home renovation and painting contractors, property management companies and landlords in and around Nashua, N.H. announcing a compliance assistance and enforcement initiative. The EPA letter outlines steps EPA is taking to increase compliance on the part of ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy recently visited health professionals working to address childhood asthma in the Dallas area. With 60,000 children in Dallas County diagnosed with asthma, the disease represents a significant public health issue for the area. “Preventing childhood asthma attacks takes research, education, and outreach, with a strong ...
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray will visit The Inspired Teaching School to bring attention to Children’s Health Month and highlight actions we can all take to educate and protect children from environmental health risks. Scientific research shows that children are uniquely vulnerable to environmental hazards. Warmer ...
Tomorrow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray will visit The Inspired Teaching School to bring attention to Children’s Health Month and highlight actions we can all take to educate and protect children from environmental health risks. Scientific research shows that children are uniquely vulnerable to environmental hazards. ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its partners in Oklahoma are celebrating a significant achievement in children’s health: Since 1997, blood lead levels of children in Ottawa County and Tar Creek have drastically declined, with 0% of children in these areas showing elevated levels by 2013. “The children of Tar Creek and Ottawa County are healthier today because of ...
Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health are the first to demonstrate an association between childhood asthma and prenatal exposure to two phthalates used in a diverse array of household products. Results appear online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Children born to mothers exposed during pregnancy to higher ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will sponsor training on the Student Curriculum: Recipes for Healthy Kids and a Healthy Environment. This one day training will be held for two days at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday June 25, 2014, and Thursday, June 26, 2014. The goal of the training is to increase participant’s knowledge of environmental ...
On Thu 17th of April, the U.S. Environmental Protection announced that Delaware has become the first state in the Mid-Atlantic Region authorized by the EPA to administer and enforce the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program, previously administered by the federal government. Delaware joins 14 states nation-wide that have committed to administering the RRP Program, which ...