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Littlest Kids in Big Day-Care Centers May Have Better Health Later On by Medline Plus Posted Mon 06 Dec 2010 4:00pm , Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Very young children who go to child care centers with large groups of children get more respiratory and ear infections during their preschool years.... No differences in infection risk were found between children who started child care in small, home-based centers and those cared for at home. The findings were published in the December Read on »

Probiotics Help Reduce Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Day Care Children by Mary Pougnet Patient Expert

Posted Wed 09 Jun 2010 10:58am New research published in the Clinical Nutrition journal shows that Lactobacillus GG (LGG), a strain of probiotics, may decrease the risk of upper respiratory tract infections in children attending day care centers. The researchers also found that the rate of absence due to infection was lower in children receiving LGG when compared to placebo. [...] Read on »

Mercury from thermometers poison day care kids by Pat S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 14 Sep 2008 5:17pm (Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.) Marie Flowers of MercuryPoisoned.com points me to a story going on in New Jersey. Apparently, the Kiddie Kollege day care building used to be a mercury thermometer factory that was never fully cleaned up. And now, kids like Alexis Davis are showing signs of mercury toxicity: "Alexis went to Kiddie Kollege for two years Read on »

Useless Child Care Center by StrandedMom Posted Wed 14 Oct 2009 12:00am I am not sure why I even bother or why I do this to myself when I know the inevitable outcome of such endeavors. There is a child care center across the street from our... deliberate nonchalance. She later went on to tell me that it is probably better I try this other child care center where the consultant goes more often. Her low blow backhanded way Read on »

Study Finds Abundant Pesticide Use in North Carolina Child Care Centers by Kiwi Patient Expert

Posted Wed 20 May 2009 12:00am local child care centers. The results are less than encouraging: Over half of the child care providers who participated in Toxic Free NC’s survey said they regularly use... of pesticides. Currently IPM is the pest control method of choice for most North Carolina public schools–hopefully North Carolina’s child care centers will begin to follow suit Read on »

Acne Care Tips for Day to Day Care by franklinb Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:11pm Acnezine Tips for Day to Day Acne Care Acnezine treatment for your acne should be accompanied by a healthy skin care routine. Wash the affected area twice a day... regularly. Keep long hair off the face and shoulders and wash it daily. Avoid shaving as much as possible; while shaving take care to avoid nicking the pimples. Use a fresh Read on »

Stepping Stones in Care Series: Adult Day Care Fills a Gap by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Wed 02 Jun 2010 12:00am of services. What kind of care do our folks really need? The answer to that is often that they may benefit from more than one kind of service at a time. If your elders live in their own home, maintenance help and perhaps some in-home help for health issues are already in place. Read more about adult day care in the second installment of this series Read on »

Should I Use In home Care or Adult Day Care? by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Thu 09 Sep 2010 12:00am You've got mom set up for several hours a week of in-home care. She does well enough, but she seems lonely. The caregivers who come to the house are nice and they do their job, but they are all quite young and Mom could use some peer interaction. Read more about the differences between in-home care and adult day care: Find help Read on »

Should I Use In-home Care or Adult Day Care? by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Tue 04 May 2010 12:00am You've got mom set up for several hours a week of in-home care. She does well enough, but she seems lonely. The caregivers who come to the house are nice and they do their job, but they are all quite young and Mom could use some peer interaction. Read more about in-home care and adult day care on eldercarelink.com: Find care Read on »

First Day at Day Care by Christina Molin Posted Tue 14 Sep 2010 12:00am The plan was to take some pics of the kids together yesterday as we were getting ready to take both of them to day care. Well Vince was a bit more co-operative here, Sept 2007 on his first day: This time around he was busy welding the door shut. He keeps his eyes shielded against the sparks in case you are wondering why he Read on »