Downy Charity Organization

What better way to bring hearty promises to children fighting venereal diseases and bodily disorders other than donating some comforting quilts to hospitalized children through the Downy Charity project?

image by multivu.prnewswire

It has come to the attention of many stakeholders, diplomats and parents alike that the numbers of children being hospitalized every year in America just keeps on rising, and that a lot of care and love should be balanced in between.

That’s why the Downy Children’s Organization was quick to respond to the distress calls of the needy children, both in hospitals and home orphanages, promising them a brighter future full of love and prosperity once they got well.

So, are you interested in giving these kids some of the most amazing gifts or comforting quilts to hospitalized children but you don’t known how?

Make a date with the Downy Charity project and be assured of your warm present reaching that needy child on the hospital bed and gladdening his or her heart.

“A stitch in time saves nine” is a well known proverb. It is best fitted when we talk about the health and fitness of our kids. If we train them in a healthy and active manner, it will save them from many problems in future. Here are some tips for the kids to take on a good routine life in a healthy manner.

Wake up Early and take Exercise

Make it a habit to get up early and start up your day with exercise it will be helpful to refresh your body and make it energetic for the whole day.

Don’t Miss the Breakfast

After taking exercise your empty stomach cries for breakfast. So fill it with an easy but rich breakfast. It will be helpful to do better at school.

Read More….

According to Canadian researchers,childhood abuse can become the cause of lifelong damage by altering the genes, as they have found by examining the brains of suicide victims.

The researchers said that there were clear changes in brains of those children who became the victim of abuse in their childhood and committed suicide later on.

This can be very helpful to find out why childhood abuse becomes the cause of depression and other mental diseases.

The study may also prove helpful to find new treatments for people who have abusive childhood and its related issues.

In their study, researchers from McGill University, Canada examined the brains of those 36 people who died suddenly, 12 out of them were suicide cases that were become the victim of abuse, 12 suicide victims didn’t have apparent abuse history and 12 died suddenly in accidents.

Image by sean dreilinger

A child always needs a diet that is balanced and has all the necessary nutrients that are needed for healthy growth. Their daily energy needs are constant so diet should also be framed in that way.

Calories

The calories needed by a child will be far higher than the adults due to the following factors. Their basal metabolism activities are high than any stage in their life. The children’s physical activity will be more when compared to the adults. The third factor is they need extra energy for their physical and mental growth.

Proteins

The requirement of proteins will be greater in childhood than in adult stage. The proteins are necessary for tissue repairs and also for tissue growth. It is recommended to supply about 14% of the energy as proteins. Food substances like milk, milk products, meats, fowl, fish, eggs, nut and cereals are very rich in proteins and these food substances should be added in diet liberally.

Read More….

The results of a new study reveal that a large number of kids and teens in the US are taking vitamins and other supplements that they don’t require, contrarily, many poor kids who need such supplements are not getting them.

According to some experts when someone takes different kinds of diets, one doesn’t need these vitamin or mineral supplements.

The study, which has been published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, also says that many poor children who need such supplements are not getting them. Most of such kids belong to low-income families, have poor nutrition and are not physically active.

These vitamin supplements are not recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics to the most of kids over one year of age. However, kids, those suffer from some chronic disease and have other eating disorders or problems, are given such supplements.

The results of a new study show that kids, who spend more time indoor, have higher risk of developing myopia, while those kids who spend less time in front of TV and more time in outdoor activities have a better vision and clearly see the things from a distance.

However, the new study doesn’t actually find out how much indoor activities can become the cause of poor eyesight and what’s the actual mechanism behind it.

But researchers say that it seems quite prudent to support kids’ outdoor activities, as it can be quite helpful to decrease the risk of myopia development that is on increase in a considerable number of kids and lack of outdoor activities is the biggest factor behind that increasing risk.

Jane Gwizada, the lead author of the study, says: “In the US, nearly one third of Americans are suffering from myopia, and these rates are much higher in many some other parts of Asia.”

There are number of reasons for the use of physical therapy also called physiotherapy in children. There are some special conditions that must need physical therapy treatment. These conditions include cerebral palsy, better mobility incase of broken leg, arm or shoulder and muscular weakness in somewhere in the body. Physical therapy is not devoted only for adults but also for kids who have more vigorous life and suffer wide variety of disorders, such as neuro-motor congenital and non-congenital diseases. Good news is, the delays in growth are treatable with physical therapy, whatever the reason.

Benefits of Physical Therapy

Physical therapy is equally beneficial in children as in adults, in the cases of restoring from diseases or accidents and rehabilitation of physical movements for the better quality of life. Children, who take the treatment in the early stages of their lives, get the better and permanent results all the way through their life. It has been analyzed that the children who suffer from cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or various neurological or muscular problems can perform their routine work more comfortably with physical therapy. The reason being the physical therapy concentrates on the abilities to cope with the illnesses.

Read More….

Most of smokers don’t know that even third-hand smoke can be dangerous for babies and pregnant women, a US study finds.

Different contaminations in cigarette smoke can stick to hair or fabrics, but in this survey of 1,500 people, it was noticed that even less than half of smokers were aware of that fact.

Only one third had a strict rule regarding not to smoke in their house, the journal Pediatrics report suggests.

Tommy’s, the UK baby charity, says that it is quite important for pregnant women to be alerted.

There is a lot of evidence, which shows that second-hand can be risky for health and especially for kids and most of parents seem to adopt a policy of not smoking in the presence of their kids.

But Jonathan Winickoff, a Professor at Massachusetts Hospital, says that it doesn’t provide complete protection.

Tropical climes trips may double your joys in holidays, but before jetting off to these sun-drenched climes you must consider how you can guard your kids’ health.

“In many developing tropical countries, tainted water and food often serve as a serious threat to the visitors particularly kids. Similarly, insects which carried diseases are also common at these places.  Many region-specific vaccines for yellow fever, typhoid fever and hepatitis A are available these days and if you want your trips comfortable, you should vaccinate your kids as well as yourself against these diseases,” says Dr. Andrea Summer, a pediatrics professor at South Carolina University.

Aside from this, children must be updated for all regular vaccinations like yearly flu shot.

Researchers from the Chinese university of Hong Kong report that lower amount of melamine in milk didn’t become the cause of some serious kidney damage in kids. Melamine is an industrial chemical that was used in infant formula by some Chinese companies.

The study is the first one to find out the effects of melamine exposure to the kids who consumed that tainted milk. This tainted milk was also available in Hong Kong; however, the researchers noted that only a slight amount of the chemical was present in the milk delivered in China.