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In its first policy statement on literacy, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises pediatricians to encourage parents to read to their children beginning in infancy and continuing until at least entry into kindergarten. More
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Children who eat a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet are 15% less likely to be overweight or obese than children who don’t, researchers reported at the 2014 European Congress on Obesity. More
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Although skin and soft tissue infections can be deadly, most heal by themselves without antibiotics, say new practice guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. More
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