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AKH_News

  1. The experience of feeling pain from a limb that is no longer attached - bit.ly/jqLbnR #akhca #health #kidshealth #amputee
  2. Women who have babies through #adoption or #surrogacy can still breast feed. Here's how - bit.ly/l4LOw9 #akhca #health #kidshealth
  3. #Mental health of #adopted children: risks and protective factors - bit.ly/m5uicn #akhca #health #kidshealth #parenting
  4. Sexually transmitted disease rates in Canada and the United States, and how to lower them - bit.ly/iPVGA8 #akhca #health #kidshealth
  5. Be a tree: Understanding dog behaviour helps keep kids safe - bit.ly/mGNBXl #akhca #health #kidshealth
  6. Could cells harvested from our skins help recovery from spinal cord #injuries ? - bit.ly/kYYovo #akhca #health #kidshealth
  7. Childhood #heart attacks, #stroke, and #diabetes are on the rise - bit.ly/l7kTOV #akhca #health #kidshealth
  8. Reading to #babies in the #NICU - bit.ly/kFDA5a #akhca #health #kidshealth
  9. #Teens and #Botox: relieving the pain of chronic daily #headache - bit.ly/jdQ289 #akhca #health #kidshealth #parenting
  10. Parenthood associated with poor #diet and lack of #exercise: study - bit.ly/jyyef1 #akhca #health #kidshealth
  11. Dental #amalgam in children: does the mercury in the amalgam injure the child's brain? - bit.ly/mMNYxz #akhca #health #kidshealth
  12. Stress has no impact on #IVF treatment: study - bit.ly/lEylq8 #akhca #health #kidshealth
  13. #Heart disease and quality of life: what do #patients, #parents, and #health care providers really think? - bit.ly/iE7ald #akhca
  14. #Obesity risk in babies linked to introduction of solid foods - bit.ly/mc8c5y #akhca #health #kidshealth
  15. Common video game systems are making their way into #rehab programs - bit.ly/kFBawp #akhca #health #kidshealth
  16. Hot or not? The fine line of perception between seduction and sexual assault - bit.ly/kxzBy9 #akhca #health #kidshealth
  17. Lack of #family support increases #gay teens' risk of #suicide, #disease, drug use - bit.ly/iyjJjK #akhca #kidshealth #parenting
  18. Diluting adult dose formulations can put some medicated children at risk - bit.ly/jDFRUF #akhca #health #kidshealth #parenting
  19. Gene ups risk of brain injury after #heart #condition #surgery - bit.ly/mPapFE #akhca #health #kidshealth
  20. Coping with a #cleft linked to mothers and social experience - bit.ly/jImxmA #akhca #health #kidshealth