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Study evaluates use of diaper alarm for toilet training children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study appearing in Neurology and Urodynamics evaluates the use of a daytime diaper that uses a musical "wetting alarm" for children in day-care centers. The findings show that wetting alarm diaper training is an eff ...





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NASA's astronaut Lisa Nowak fired a month after attempted kidnapping

NASA's astronaut Lisa Nowak fired a month after attempted kidnapping

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 07, 2007 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, 43, who drove 900 miles in a diaper to confront a love rival has been fired a month after being arrested.


Swim diapers may not keep pool water clean

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 10, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Swimming is good, clean summer fun for small children—but University of Florida experts caution that swim diapers won’t necessarily keep the water clean, and that could spell trouble if sick kids go in the pool.


Britain fights disposable 'nappies'

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created Feb 14, 2006 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Local officials across Britain are offering incentives to parents who stop using disposable diapers, or "nappies," that are swamping landfill sites.


Motorola phone talks a tough game

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For some people, a phone is just a phone. They don't need e-mail, a Web browser or a camera. They just want to make a call. And the last thing they want to worry about is what will happen to a phone that's dropped or gets ...


Pumpkin skin may scare away germs

Pumpkin skin may scare away germs

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The skin of that pumpkin you carve into a Jack-o'-Lantern to scare away ghosts and goblins on Halloween contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions of cases of yeast infections ...


Lack of time on tummy shown to hinder achievement

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough "tummy time" throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists ...


Man pleads guilty in Vt. in border child porn case

Technology / Internet

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Vermont man pleaded guilty Friday to charges he had child pornography on his laptop computer when he entered the United States from Quebec nearly three years ago.


Natural childbirth linked to stronger baby bonding than C-sections

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The bonds that tie a mother to her newborn may be stronger in women who deliver naturally than in those who deliver by cesarean section, according to a study published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the October ...


Infants should be screened for hip trouble

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Developmental hip dysplasia is the most common congenital defect in newborns. The condition occurs when a hip joint is shallow, unstable or when the joint is dislocated. Infants with the condition are often at risk of developing ...


Life without plastic

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (11) | comments 10

Amid a recent flurry of worrisome reports about plastic, a simple question came up: Could we live without it? Could my typical family - a mom, a dad, a 3-year-old girl and a 7-month-old boy - put aside the very material of ...



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