A focus on healthy eyes today will lead to a brighter future for generations to come. Eye health is not just about vision—it’s about giving children the ability to learn, play, and interact with confidence In a visually demanding world, ensuring good eye health for children is essential for their overall development and future success….
Companies that run app stores or make mobile phones and tablets could be required to verify the age of their users in South Dakota under the terms of legislative proposals presented Wednesday in Pierre. Lawmakers with the Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Internet Access by Minors voted unanimously to ask the state…
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the primary cause of mortality worldwide, resulting in a substantial number of fatalities and disabilities. The alarming statistics from 2021 reveal that CVDs claimed 20.5 million lives, accounting for approximately one-third of all global deaths. Young Indians are increasingly vulnerable to heart disease due to alarming environmental and lifestyle factors. Rising…
Study design A randomized controlled trial was designed through the application of a random cluster sampling method. The research was carried out in metropolitan districts of Hanoi, Vietnam. Among the four metropolitan districts, two districts were randomly selected. Four schools were selected among 29 public secondary schools in two districts. In each school, five grade…
The monsoon season brings with it a welcome change in temperature but it also presents a number of difficulties, especially for parents who are worried about the health of their kids hence, it is vital for parents to make sure their children practise good hygiene. This is because the environment that bacteria, viruses and fungi…
What’s eating picky eaters? Well, it might be innate. Feeding kids with persnickety palates is a daily struggle plaguing parents worldwide — but new research now asserts that the problem could lie in a little one’s DNA, rather than whatever mom or dad made for dinner. “Children’s fussy eating is a major cause of concern…
TOKYO — Japan’s top diplomat asked China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy, and demanded a crackdown on what she called “groundless, malicious and anti-Japanese” social media posts that threaten children’s safety. Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa requested her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, conduct a full…
Hong Kong students as young as 11 years old accounted for a fifth of the victims of “naked-chat blackmail” in the first half of this year, prompting police on Monday to warn residents to be cautious while meeting people online. The crime typically involves scammers luring victims into disrobing during video chats and then threatening…
Every parent knows that cold and flu season is nothing to sneeze at. Dr. Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and mom of four, has the perfect solution to the fall and winter blues — a sick box filled with fever medicine, vomit bags, a digital thermometer, a pulse oximeter, allergy medication, electrolyte powder, throat pops…
Hong Kong police have expanded a programme offering free trackers to children with special needs, following a rise in missing cases in one district of the city. Teachers and parents from special schools who joined the project said the tracking device could help prevent incidents of missing children and enable them to live independently, while…