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Prevent illness when travelling abroad with kids

Prevent illness when travelling abroad with kids

Traveling with kids requires preparation – including making sure they have all the vaccines they need – and taking other health precautions.

A road map to a happy child

A road map to a happy child

There are lots of ways to promote good mental health for your child, including creating a safe, positive home environment.

Book helps kids understand cancer

Book helps kids understand cancer

The Kids' Guide to Mommy's breast cancer is a new book that helps parents explain cancer to children

Should kids wear shoes when learning to walk?

Should kids wear shoes when learning to walk?

New website focuses on mental health

New website focuses on mental health

The Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Centre of Excellence for Mental Health has brought resources together under one portal

Is it okay for my child to be a vegetarian?

Is it okay for my child to be a vegetarian?

Many health experts say this type of diet is fine as long as kids have a balanced diet and are eating other sources of protein

Help your child say NO to cigarettes

Help your child say NO to cigarettes

Communicating with your kids from a young age about smoking will reduce the chances that they will light up

Kids failing to get enough exercise

Kids failing to get enough exercise

A new study shows that kids' health is being affected because of sedentary lifestyles

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May 17 - Groundbreaking children's mental health study to be repeated

A Hamilton study that became the gold standard globally for measuring children’s mental health is being updated after 30 years

May 14 - Antipsychotics flagged as danger to kids

Antipsychotic medicines once reserved for adults could be linked to deaths

May 9 - Children on dyalisis

New research brings good news for children suffering from end-stage kidney disease who are on dyalisis

April 30 - It's going to be a rough Spring for allergy sufferers

Sneezing and wheezing solutions: suprising ways to relieve Spring allergies

April 22 - New information about colic

A new study suggests that colic could be linked to migraine headaches in at least some infants

April 8 - Easing the pain of kids' arthritis

Program offers relief in form of backpacks and teddy bears

Mar. 29 - Hockey creates head havoc

Concussions high among kids and teenagers, according to new study

Mar. 19 - Does where you live affect sleep?

A Montreal researcher has shown that kids from lower income areas may get less sleep, which could affect their health

Mar. 14 - Great snack ideas

Discover these super easy-to-make snacks for kids

Mar. 12 - Magnets pose serious risk

An increasingly high number of kids are being admitted to the emergency rooms of hospitals after having injested small magnets

Mar. 7 - 'Brain pacemaker' offers hope for treating sever anorexia nervosa

Canadian scientists are working on a new way to treat  patients using deep brain stimulation

Mar. 7 - Food allergies and restaurants

Guide aims to help Canadian restaurants better understand food allergies

Feb. 28 - Worth its salt?

Report: A fast food meal can contain a day's worth of sodium

Feb. 27 - Dealing with your teen's anxiety

Expert advice on 6 ways to help the stressed out teen in your life

Feb. 22 - Montrealers smoke too much

33 per cent of teenagers and young adults in Montreal smoke, a statistic that is much higher than other Canadian cities

Feb. 7 - What is harmful to your child?

Discover eight things that can be potentially dangerous for kids (some of them may surprise you)

Feb. 6 - Does your child bike or walk to school?

A new study shows that early morning exercise substantially increases a child's ability to concentrate at school

Feb. 5 - Is you child home sick?

Discover 10 restful activities to keep them (relatively) happy

Jan. 28 - Family bonds through yoga

This family has to be one of the most "balanced" in all of Canada!

Jan. 23 - Health problems in obese kids

Children who are seriously overweight run the risk of getting a fatal condition

Jan. 21 - A mother, a daughter, a diet

Why one mom felt she had to put her 7-year-old on a diet

Jan. 15 - Kids & natural medicines

More parents are treating illness with alternative therapies but not telling the child's pediatrician

Jan. 10 - Can cold air give you a cold?

6 stubborn winter health myths (and 1 fact)

Jan. 9 - New concerns about antipsychotic drugs for children with behavioural problems

Study: Little to no evidence that drugs work in children of normal intelligence

Jan. 7 - New Year resolutions for families

Discover five things we can do as parents to improve the quality of our family life

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A child needs to eat properly to maintain a healthy weight and continue to grow, but this can be tough for parents of picky eaters. WatchMojo.com speaks with Shani Lugasi, the nutritionist at the Montreal Children's Hospital for some meal-time advice to make sure that your child is getting the vitamins that he/she needs.

 

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