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Helmets for little ones at UTMB
Daily News, April 10, 2012
Visit the Family Medicine booth under the UTMB Healthy Kids tent at the Grand Kids Festival for the Texas Medical Association’s Hard Hats for Little Kids helmet giveaway event.

April 3, 2012 - US Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team make a donation of childrens books to UTMB Health Department of Pediatrics. They are Simeon Zuger, Ryan Lewis, Shawn Sovltz, Nathaniel O'Connell, and Brad DeLeon.

Keep your children safe from poisons around house
The Daily News, March 28, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: A number of poisons can be found throughout the house. In the kitchen, check that all detergents, bleaches, cleaners, drain cleaners, soaps and bug killers are not under the sink in an unlocked cupboard but up high in a cupboard with a childproof lock. Products containing lye are extremely dangerous. Don’t keep these in your home. Keep alcoholic drinks up out of the reach of children. 

Teaching children fire safety is key
The Daily News, March 21, 2012
In last week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: In the same way we prepare for hurricanes, families need to prepare a detailed escape plan in case of fire in different areas of the house. Draw a diagram of your house including windows and doors, and plan two routes of escape out of each room. Teach children how to feel doors with the back of the hand to see if they are hot and never to open a hot door.

Preventing birth defects with healthy diet
The Daily News, March 7, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that mothers who ate a higher quality diet had fewer babies with spina bifida and cleft lip or palate. This study shows the importance of eating a varied high quality diet. Pregnancy also is a time in which certain vitamins are particularly important to promote a baby’s growth and development.

Gender identity issues can harm kids' mental health: Study
U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 20, 2012
Continuing coverage: A new Harvard study shows that children struggling with their gender identity also face higher risks for abuse and mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder. UTMB’s Dr. Walter Meyer III said many problems arise from the reactions these children face at home and in school. "These kids are really normal — they just want to be the other gender," said Meyer, a psychiatrist who works with transgender patients at UTMB. "The ones who are well-adjusted and well-accepted by their families and at school don't have the psychiatric issues." The news also appears on Health.com and MedPage Today.

UTMB boasts new state-of-the-art maternity center
The Daily News, Feb. 16, 2012
The blow dealt to UTMB by Hurricane Ike seemed nothing less than devastating in the first few weeks of recovery, wrote UTMB’s Dr. Gary Hankins in this guest column about the opening of the new Comprehensive Maternity Center. “As unlikely as it seemed at the time, that devastation became the catalyst for shaping our growth and redevelopment.”

Number of girls’ knee injuries rising sharply
The Daily News, Feb. 12, 2012
For a generation now, girls have been participating in organized sports in numbers never seen in the United States, writes UTMB’s Dr. Chad Davenport in this guest column. “As a physical therapist specializing in sports medicine and rehabilitation for UTMB, I work with injured athletes every day, and I’ve found today’s new cadre of young female athletes is particularly prone to a knee condition called patellofemoral pain syndrome.” 

Study finds premature birth risk for Latinos increases with time in U.S.
Houston Chronicle, Feb. 11, 2012
Hispanic women's risk of giving birth prematurely increases the longer they live in the United States, according to UTMB researchers. “We were surprised by the study's findings," said Dr. Radek Bukowski, the study's principal investigator. "We know that immigrants generally have good health, but we didn't expect Hispanic women's risk of premature births to increase so significantly once here." Bukowski's study, presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Dallas, found the risk not only grew as Latino immigrants resided in the United States, but that it was highest among Hispanic women born here. The news also appears in Science Codex

Watch out for those bumps on the head
The Daily News, Feb. 8, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Healthy column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: What should you do if your child has a head injury but does not lose consciousness? If your child is alert and responds to you, the head injury is mild and usually no tests or X-rays are needed. However, signs of a more serious injury include slurred speech or confusion; extreme irritability or other abnormal behavior; vomiting more than two or three times; and stumbling or difficulty walking.

Colorful Meals May Appeal to Picky Eaters

WebMD-Jan. 12, 2012 -- Is your child a picky eater? A new study may help you expand his or her palate.

Children prefer much more color and variety in food presentation, compared to adults, according to the study. For example, children preferred twice as many colors and different items on their plates.

Ear infections, living with smoker linked
The Daily News, Jan. 24, 2012
In this week’s Keeping Kids Health column with UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly: A recent review in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine showed having a family member who smoked raised the risk of ear infections in the children who shared their living space. Children who live with smokers miss more days of school than children living with nonsmokers. The National Health Interview Survey found that children age 6 to 11 who lived with smokers were more likely than their peers who lived with nonsmokers to be absent from school because they had ear infections and colds.

Consider quitting smoking for your kids
The Daily News, Jan. 17, 2012
In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly urge smokers to quit for the health of their children. “The smoke that wafts around the house is sufficiently toxic to be causing your children very serious and long-term medical problems, such as lifelong reduction in lung function, increased ear, throat and breathing infections, asthma, and more dangerous periods under anesthesia should your children require surgery.”