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Keep Kids Away From Laundry Detergent Packs()  

A label on a package of Tide laundry detergent packets warns parents to keep them away from children. Nearly 250 cases of illness from such packets have been reported to poison control centers this year.

May 25, 2012 Single-use packages of laundry detergent are causing problems for kids who eat them. There have been at least 250 cases of illness from the packs reported to poison control centers across the country already this year.

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Dangerous Gut Bacteria Move Outside Hospitals, Infect Kids ()  

Colonies of Clostridium difficile look awfully nice, but they're definitely something you'd be advised to keep at a safe distance.

May 23, 2012 Clostridium difficile is a nasty bacterial infection that used to strike mainly older hospitalized patients taking antibiotics. In findings presented at a conference this week, Mayo Clinic researchers say it's now cropping up in communities, and infecting children.

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Katie Beckett Defied The Odds, Helped Other Disabled Kids Live Longer()  

Katie Beckett fits herself with a vibrating vest that helps clear mucous from her lungs.

May 21, 2012 Katie Beckett, 34, died Friday morning in the same hospital where she once made history. Beckett spent most of the first three years of her life in an Iowa hospital because she needed to breathe on a ventilator much of the day. Medicaid would only pay for the expensive treatment if she stayed in the hospital. Her case led to a change in that rule.

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A Dire Sign Of The Obesity Epidemic: Teen Diabetes Soaring, Study Finds()  

Paris Wood, 14, has her measurements taken as part of a Chicago anti-obesity program.

May 21, 2012 The proportion of 12- to 19-year-olds who report having diabetes or "prediabetes" increased from 9 percent in 1999 to 23 percent in 2008, according to a paper published in the journal Pediatrics. "This report really sounds the alarm," says one researcher.

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CDC Cuts Lead-Poisoning Limit For Kids()  

Don't rely on luck to keep kids safe from lead.

May 16, 2012 The public health honchos agreed with an expert panel that recommended in January that anything greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter of blood for kids 5 and younger should be considered dangerous. That's half the current standard and represents the first reduction since 1991.

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FDA Delays Sunscreen Label Redo ()  

Alivia Parker, 21 months at the time, ran through circles of spraying water on a hot day in Montgomery, Ala., last June. She was wearing sunscreen with an SPF of 100, a rating that won't be allowed much longer.

May 16, 2012 Almost a year ago, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a slew of new rules to make the labels of sunscreens more helpful and realistic. To avert summer shortages, the agency has delayed implementation until December for most companies.

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