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Providing fruits for snacks and serving vegetables at dinner can shape a preschooler's eating patterns for his or her lifetime. To combat the increasing problem of childhood obesity, researchers are studying how to get preschoolers to eat more fruits and vegetables. According to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, one way is early home interventions "” teaching parents how to create an environment where children reach for a banana instead of potato chips."We know that...

BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- GetWellNetwork, Inc., the innovator and leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, today announced that Miami Children's Hospital will be joining GetWellNetwork's growing pediatric hospital community. In October, the 289-bed hospital will launch the GetWellNetwork(R) PatientLife System(R) to help engage and educate pediatric patients and their families in their own healthcare process and improve the hospital experience. "Delivering...

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ When 12-year-old Austen admitted to his mother he was uncomfortable about his weight, Erica Lovett was surprised _ and clueless about how to help him. She and her husband struggled with their weight, too. "We are intelligent; we are educated," Lovett thought. "But whatever we're doing is not working. It's not working for us; it's not working for him." After the Willow Glen, Calif., mom enrolled Austen in the pediatric weight-control program at Lucile Packard Children's...

By Paul Craig, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Jul. 13--A vacant sixth floor was part of Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital's plans when it began operations in 2005. But it wasn't projected to be anything but empty space until 2011 or 2012. Then, a funny thing happened. The hospital hit patient capacity faster than expected and profits came quicker than anticipated. Now, pending approval of all permits, that sixth floor will be accommodating patients by mid-summer 2009. The sixth floor isn't...

WINFIELD, Ill., July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) of Winfield, Ill. has been ranked #47 in Orthopedics in U.S. News' 2008 publication of America's Best Hospitals, accessible today online at http://www.usnews.com/besthospitals and on sale at newsstands Monday, July 14. Out of the 5,453 hospitals reviewed, only 170 medical centers nationwide ranked high enough by the 2008 America's Best Hospitals standards to be listed in one or more of the 16 specialties....

By Joyzelle Davis National Jewish Medical and Research Center on Thursday rebranded itself as National Jewish Health to signal the hospital's new focus on preventive and personalized medicine. The new moniker comes as National Jewish, world-renowned as a respiratory treatment center, embarks on an ambitious strategic plan to double annual patient visits to 70,000 within five years, boost research activities by $60 million and recruit more than 100 physicians and scientists. National Jewish...

By Jennifer L. Boen, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Jul. 10--Nurses at Parkview North Hospital's new $5 million medical/surgical unit are letting their voices, not their fingers or feet, do the walking. If a patient needs help and presses the bedside call button, nurses and unit assistants are immediately notified through a wireless communication system, one of several new technologies and features in the unit, which opened June 16 and has 28 private beds. That's nine more than...

HCA Virginia and Children's National Medical Center of Washington, DC, today announced plans to collaborate on designing, equipping, and preparing Broadlands Regional Medical Center (BRMC) to provide high-quality services for pediatric patients. Under the terms of a letter of intent, Children's National physicians and administrators will take an active leadership role for BRMC's pediatric service line before and after the hospital opens. They will collaborate in designing BRMC's Pediatric...

The Institute for Pediatric Innovation (IPI), Inc., a nonprofit focused on catalyzing the commercialization of products optimized for pediatric care, today announced that it has been awarded a $50,000 grant to analyze the use of extemporaneously prepared liquid formulations in children's hospitals. The study is being funded by the University of Kansas. Most children under the age of seven have difficulty taking tablets or capsules, yet medicines often are not available in a liquid form with...

FULLERTON, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hope International University joins the University Center of North Puget Sound in Everett, WA, offering bachelor's degree programs in Human Development (Education or Counseling concentration) and Management beginning in the Fall of 2008. The programs are offered through HIU's School of Professional Studies (SPS). Like all SPS programs, these degrees are designed for the working adult, offering convenient schedules that enable adult...