RSS |
HealthZone.ca thestar.com 
Image
SHUTTERSTOCK

Sick child? There’s an app for that

Dianna Hunt March 3, 2010

Does your child have a fever? Or maybe asthma? Pull out your iPhone.

Kids can be kids at Camp Oki, regardless of the special medical challenges a heart condition brings.

Kids find a place with heart at Camp Oki

Leslie Ferenc

Children with heart abnormalities can enjoy all the fun of a normal camp experience at Camp Oki, where staff know how to help in an emergency.

Andrea Gordon

Two U.S. studies say children may be wrongly diagnosed with ADHD in early years because they are less mature than peers.

Keith Leslie

A group of Barrie-area parents is demanding their children’s schools turn off wireless Internet. Comment Count(10)

Leslie Ferenc

A team of dedicated nurses ensures that kids with a dangerous blood disorder get to enjoy the same camp experience as other children.

Leslie Ferenc

There's no escaping diabetes, but at Camp Huronda kids learn to make it part of their lives.

Leslie Ferenc

Camp Oochigeas, the only one of its kind in Ontario, is for children with cancer in various stages. It even has a Med Shed, where the kids can get full-service...

Leslie Ferenc

Young campers with Type 1 diabetes vacation at Camp Huronda to learn to be more independent when it comes to their health.

Lisa Arrowsmith

The mother of an Alberta toddler with a rare facial deformity hopes a surgeon can repair more than just his swollen face.

Megan Ogilvie

Authorities are ready to issue major conclusions on health benefits of circumcision. Comment Count(111)

Leslie Ferenc

Camp Oki offers a safe environment with round-the-clock medical help for children who may not otherwise go to camp because of their conditions.

Tonda MacCharles

A small salt iodization project in Senegal is boosting maternal and child health in 12 West African countries

Heather Scoffield

Federal government ready to pledge $1 billion to maternal and child health, but only if other G8 countries ante up, sources say

Carla K. Johnson

A new analysis of U.S. health data links children’s attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.

Featured Advertisers
Featured Articles

gym rat

Bomb Wellness’s slosh pipe

Resistance is brutal with slosh pipe workout
oraltest

HIV ‘saliva’ test as effective as blood test, study finds

A rapid oral test called OraQuick that collects mouth fluids to...
INSIDE THE CEAL STAIRLAB

After the fall

The morning newspaper usually lay on the stone stoop of Jean Campbell...
Online Flyers, Deals & Printable Coupons!

Newest Flyers

Newest Coupons

Newest Deals

More Information

» Browse all Flyers

» Browse all Coupons

» Browse all deals

» Visit Flyerland.ca

ADVERTISEMENT
Register User