The Whole Truth From Five-Year-Olds
...ttorneys to demandcompetency tests for children as old as 10, and arecent poll found that judges believe that 7 isthe youngest age at which most children arecompetent," Lyon says. "Our findings clearly showthat children can be trusted much earlier thancommonly thought to understand what they'repromising ...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...en -- andmen -- what I was told when I was 5 years old and learning to swim at the YWCApool: 'Find something you really like to do, and keep at it.' I made my commitment to nursing, and I've never been sorry." In fact, it was at that early age in Tucson, Ariz. -- a time when she was in andout of hospital...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
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...80percent of children in the Americas under 1 year old are vaccinated againstdiphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles andtuberculosis. When PAHO's Expanded Program on Immunization started 20 years ago,that figure was only 25 percent. Thanks to the broad-based support in the...Statement from Claude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director, on Trends in Hypertension
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... anxieties of 86 children 8 to 12 years old and foundthat the boys harbored fears related to animals, supernatural phenomena and safety, while the girls tended to fearnatural phenomena. This seems to counteract the ster...Asthma In American Indian And Alaska Native Children
...n Indianand Alaska Native children ages 1-17 years old to estimate the prevalence ofasthma in this group. The data used for this study came from a 1987 national survey of households in which at least one person was eligible for services from theIndian Health Service. The authors found t...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
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