Summ'ear-time tip: hair dryers may prevent swimmers' ear

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Physician Wendall Todd believes that using a blow-dryer to dry children's ears after swimming may help prevent swimmers' ear, an inflammation of the external ear canal. Warm air applied about an arm's length from the child's ear can dry the trapped moisture that causes swimmers ear.

Prevention, Swimmers, Otitis externa

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Bags up front, kids in back

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Passenger-side airbags can kill infants and children riding in the front seat of a car. The devices deploy at 200 miles per hour or more even in very low-speed accidents. It is recommended that children under 12 ride in the backseat.

Safety and security measures, Automobile driving, Motor vehicle driving, Air bag restraint systems, Airbag restraint systems

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Unsettling onsets: grown-up diabetes and school-age kids

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Research indicates that the incidence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in children has shown a 10-fold increase between 1982 and 1992. Doctors believe a less active lifestyle is to blame.

Causes of, Type 2 diabetes, Juvenile diabetes, Diabetes in children

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