Short-sightedness among young children is becoming more common because they are spending too much time staring at screens, eye hospitals are warning. There are no exact national figures but the eye departments at hospitals across the country are reporting a clear upward trend in the number of young children with problems. “It has been going on for years and it’s only getting worse,” Maastricht University child eye specialist Jilke Beinsberger told Nu.nl. “We think that in a couple of years
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas is using a week-long celebration to help bring families closer together. This is the National Association for the Education of Young Children's Week of the Young Child. The annual celebration is designed to bring awareness to the needs of young children and their families, and []
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Hearing problems are often treated as an unfortunate but inevitable inconvenience of getting older. For most, it’s a gradual process that people are initially unaware of and take years to address. Even among those who know their hearing is gradually getting worse, many will avoid addressing the problem out of fear, according to Eargym founder […]
By Lynann Everett. Phoebe Ministries News. “It’s proven that cultures who respect women do better — socially, financially, politically,” says Dorothy Sechler, retired teacher of 35 years and “captain” of The Marion Dawson Charitable Sewers at The Terrace at Phoebe Allentown (Pa.). Carefully ripping the seams from a donated fitted flannel sheet, Sechler passionately explains why…
President Biden is pushing forward with plans for “life-changing” student debt relief as he courts young voters amid signs that the critical voting bloc could turn away from his party or simply sit out in November. A new NPR/NewsHour/Marist Poll released last week found former President Trump up 2 points over Biden among millennial and Generation []
A memorial fund set up after the sudden death of a Kettering girl has helped more than 100 youngsters have their hearts screened. Miriam Lee died after an unexplained cardiac arrest aged just 17 in August 2016, the day after she received her AS-Level results. Her mum Nicola started raising money for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), before setting up the Miriam Lee Memorial Fund to help provide electrocardiogram (ECG) screenings for young people between the ages of 14 and 35. And last...
Families minister says system is ‘not delivering the outcomes we want to see’ as almost 50% of children in care in NSW are Aboriginal Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government will review a child protection tool that disproportionately affects Aboriginal children – and that has not been updated in the state for more than a decade.The controversial system known as “structured...
Hargitay, who was in character as Captain Olivia Benson and wearing her police badge, stopped filming when she was approached by a little girl who couldn't find her mom.
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Actress Mariska Hargitay recently channeled her beloved “Law & Order” character to help a lost child in New York.