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• » Physicians Encourage Parents to Vaccinate Children
  Immunizations have largely eliminated many illnesses in the US, but it's important to keep immunizing children since these germs are only a plane ride away.
• » Your Child’s Caregivers Can Give Medical Authorization with Consent Card
  Caregivers, such as grandparents, can use this medical consent form to authorize emergency care when a child's parents are unavailable.
• » Head Injuries, Helmets and Head Gear—A No Brainer
  It's important to wear protective head gear in sports where the risk of concussion and head trauma is significant.
• » Childhood Diabetes on the Rise
  Type 2 diabetes used to be a problem for adults, but it is being diagnosed with greater frequency in children.
• » Don't Pump Up the Volume
  How often were you told by your parents to turn that music down? Now, in the age of the MP3 player, it’s the same story, but more serious when listeners are plugged in morning, noon, and night.
• » Umbilical Cord Blood: To Save or not to Save?
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• » More Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs
  Learn how to talk to your children about the dangers of abusing precription drugs with this information from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
• » Get the Lead Out: How to Create a Lead-Free Environment
  Exposure to even low levels of lead over time is particularly harmful to young children and can slow development, impair learning, and harm hearing.
• » Resources on Childhood Obesity
  Learn more about the rising problem of childhood obesity.
• » "Poke and Stick" Parties Pose Serious Health Risks to Teens
  Pennsylvania Medical Society cautions that safety should come first when considering tattoos and body piercings
• » Pennsylvania Schools Report Record Number of Students with Asthma
  The Pennsylvania Medical Society cautions parents about cold-weather triggers
• » Children's Earaches: Medicate? Or Watch and Wait?
  If your child has an earache, antibiotics may not be the cure you want.
• » Your Child and Antibiotics
  This brochure explains how unnecessary antibiotics can be harmful.