Free play for kids - isn't that what childhood is about? Here's a brief update on my post from last year.
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Everyone's concerned about the epidemic rise in childhood obesity. A recent study may point the way to a deceptively-simple yet powerful solution.
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Lead and mercury are the notorious "bad boys" of metallic elements, long associated with environmental neurotoxicity in children. Why is Manganese poised to join them?
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Just returned from the Pediatric Academic Societies' Meetings in Toronto - and here's what I've learned:
"IPCAAPPSOCHIMAPASIGPEDCAMCAHCIMCCCWGPSGCCTN."
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