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Whooping Cough on the Rise
February 17, 2010
Both Travis and Williamson
Counties have reported an unusually large number of
cases.
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Dell Children's Moveable MRI Operating Suite
February 3, 2010
Advanced neurosurgical
technology allows surgeons to safely use advanced imaging
techniques on patients during brain surgery to rule out any
complications before the patient leaves the operating
room.
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Watch Out for Dangerous or Toxic Toys
December 2, 2009
Dangerous or toxic toys can
still be found on Americas store shelves, the Texas Public
Interest Research Group (TexPIRG) announced in its 24th annual
Trouble in Toyland report.
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Seton Birth Hospitals Win Texas 10 Step Recognition
November 2, 2009
This year, all the birthing
hospitals in the Seton Family of Hospitals, with the exception
of the brand-new Seton Medical Center Hays, were named to the
Texas 10 Step program.
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Immunizations for Your Baby
October 22, 2009
Immunizations commonly given
to babies during the first year of life provide protection
against 12 childhood diseases that previously were associated
with death and disability among children.
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Start of School Launches Flu Watch
August 26, 2009
School leaders, parents and
local public health officials will be keeping a closer than
usual watch on incidents of influenza-like illness.
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Healthy Back-to-School Snacks
August 10, 2009
As the school year begins in
just a few weeks, now is the time to plan more healthy
nutrition for students.
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Making Time to Breastfeed
July 6, 2009
Influential organizations
such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly
support breastfeeding as the gold standard of nutrition for
mothers.
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New Booster Seat Law Makes Kids Safer
June 17, 2009
Texas' new booster seat law
will help save the lives of children by ensuring that they are
appropriately restrained in vehicles.
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Time Outdoors May Improve Vision in Kids
June 12, 2009
A recent study published in
the medical journal Optometry and Vision Science
concluded that kids who spend more time outside - and away from
the television set - are less likely to develop myopia or the
inability to see things clearly at a distance.
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Changes in Area School Immunization Requirements
May 13, 2009
The Texas Department of
Health has increased immunization requirements for Texas school
children beginning August 1, 2009.
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Donated Human Milk Supports High Risk Newborns
April 27, 2009
This year in May, the Mothers Milk
Bank of Austin celebrates its tenth year of service to the
community with an event at the Dell Children's Medical Center
of Central Texas Healing Garden.
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In Kid's Nutrition, Quality - Not Quantity - Counts
March 23, 2009
The biggest problem most kids
have is not lack of nutrients. Instead, it's an overload of
calories.
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Seton Welcomes Second Set of Central Texas Quintuplets
January 21, 2009
Four girls and one boy were born
Friday to parents Casey and Ethan Jones at Seton Medical Center
Austin.
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Center Needed To Address Childhood Obesity
January 7, 2009
A recently released study
indicates that some obese children or those with high
cholesterol already show early warning signs of heart
disease.