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Fireplace Safety: My Family’s Story

There will come a time when your child, babysitter, friend, or family member turns the fireplace on without thinking, so be sure your home is set up for safety.

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Dental Injury: Post Treatment Instructions

When a child has a serious dental injury, it may take many weeks for the teeth and gums to heal before we know if they will have problems in the future. With prompt and proper follow-up care by a dentist, some problems, such as pain and infection, can be caught and treated early to prevent future problems.

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Family Advocacy Day June 15-16 in Washington, D.C.

Health care reform has made important progress in ensuring that America’s 70 million children have health care coverage with benefits that meet their unique health care needs.

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Direct Laryngoscopy and Bronchoscopy

Learn about a direct Laryngoscopy and/or Bronchoscopy procedure to examine a voice box.

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Factor Program

The Homecare Factor Program supports patients who use Factor: a medication used to treat hemophilia.

How Partners For Kids is Expanding Its Nation-leading Care Coordination Program

Navigating the health care system can be a challenge. For more than a decade, Partners For Kids has helped make it easier for 26,000 young patients who are “medically complex.” The organization is now growing its care coordination program to help even more families.

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Bicycle-related Injuries Send 25 Children to Emergency Departments Every Hour

A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, published online in Accident Analysis & Prevention, found that from January 2006 through December 2015, more than 2.2 million children age 5-17 years were treated in US hospital emergency departments for bicycle-related injuries. This averages 608 cases per day or 25 every hour.

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New Study Finds Skateboarding Sent About 176 Youth to U.S. EDs Every Day

Skateboarding is a popular recreational sport and participation has increased the last several decades, faster than any other sport or recreation activity between 1998 and 2007.* With growing participation, has come an increasing rate of injuries from skateboarding.

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New Study Uncovers the Dangers of Portable Pools

As the weather gets warmer, many parents will turn to pools to keep their family cool. Due to their low cost and ease of use, portable pools - which include wading pools, inflatable pools and soft-sided, self-rising pools - have become an increasingly popular alternative to expensive in-ground