Archive for March 1st, 2010

Infants Do Not Appear To Learn Words From Educational DVDs

Among 12- to 24-month old children who view educational baby videos, there does not appear to be evidence that overall general language learning improves or that words featured in the programming are learned, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals…

Parents Whose Children Are Dying Of Cancer May Consider Hastening The Process

In a study of 141 parents whose children have died of cancer, more than 10 percent reported that they considered hastening their child’s death, especially if the child was in pain, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals…

Clinical Trial Participation Alone May Not Be Associated With Improved Outcomes For Childhood Cancer Patients

Children with the most common childhood cancer did not experience improved outcomes from participating in a clinical trial between 1997 and 2005. Carl Koschmann, M.D…

Study Explores End-of-Life Experiences Of Children With Brain Tumors

Parents and clinicians caring for children with brain tumors may experience significant challenges near the end of life due to the neurologic deterioration that often occurs in these patients. Shayna Zelcer, M.D., F.R.C.P.C…

Offspring Of Parent Couples Who Both Have Psychiatric Illness Have Increased Risk Of Developing Mental Disorders

Offspring of two parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder appear more likely to develop the same illness or another psychiatric condition than those with only one parent with psychiatric illness, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals…

Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Here are some recent baby-and-child related stories from The Consumerist:

Oregon Lawmakers Cool With BPA In Baby Bottles
Most people seem to agree that baby bottles that include the chemical BPA are probably less than awesome to use to feed your baby. States and municipalities have banned BPA, but the beleaguered chemical has finally found some allies in the Oregon state legislature, which voted down a bill that sought to ban it, the Oregonian reports. Read the full post.

Apple Admits To Having Underage Labor In Factories
The iCompany has issued an "oops" on its Web site, admitting that underage workers were employed in three different Apple-affiliated plants last year. In its annual compliance report, Apple confesses, "Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the workers were no longer underage or no longer in active employment at the time of our audit." Read the full post.

Hey Companies, Little Kids Are Not An Acceptable Sales Force
Dale writes to us that his two kids came home tasked with a lame magazine subscription assignment on behalf of a classroom magazine called Weekly Reader. It's a little sleazy to use kids to pry cash out of the pockets of relatives and friends, and I hold that opinion as both a kid who has had to do it and an adult who has received the manipulative "please help my school!" plea in the mail. Read the full post.

The Inventor Of The Easy-Bake Oven Has Died
Ronald Howes had an illustrious career as an inventor. While he did some defense work, what we care most about is his work at toy maker Kenner. There, he helped make Play-Doh less toxic, helped create the modern version of the Spirograph, and invented the Easy-Bake oven. He died last month at age 83. Read the full post.

Scalpers Charged With Swarming Online Ticketers So You Couldn't See Hannah Montana
The feds charged four guys in Nevada with hitting online ticket sellers with tons of simultaneous requests, snapping up tickets and then scalping tickets to shows like Hannah Montana and Bruce Springstein. Their company, "Wiseguy Tickets," hired a Bulgarian programmer to bumrush the sites of Ticketmaster, Livenation and MLB and outsmart their crappy CAPTCHA systems to grab up all the prime seats. Read the full post.

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Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Here are some recent baby-and-child related stories from The Consumerist:

Oregon Lawmakers Cool With BPA In Baby Bottles
Most people seem to agree that baby bottles that include the chemical BPA are probably less than awesome to use to feed your baby. States and municipalities have banned BPA, but the beleaguered chemical has finally found some allies in the Oregon state legislature, which voted down a bill that sought to ban it, the Oregonian reports. Read the full post.

Apple Admits To Having Underage Labor In Factories
The iCompany has issued an "oops" on its Web site, admitting that underage workers were employed in three different Apple-affiliated plants last year. In its annual compliance report, Apple confesses, "Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the workers were no longer underage or no longer in active employment at the time of our audit." Read the full post.

Hey Companies, Little Kids Are Not An Acceptable Sales Force
Dale writes to us that his two kids came home tasked with a lame magazine subscription assignment on behalf of a classroom magazine called Weekly Reader. It's a little sleazy to use kids to pry cash out of the pockets of relatives and friends, and I hold that opinion as both a kid who has had to do it and an adult who has received the manipulative "please help my school!" plea in the mail. Read the full post.

The Inventor Of The Easy-Bake Oven Has Died
Ronald Howes had an illustrious career as an inventor. While he did some defense work, what we care most about is his work at toy maker Kenner. There, he helped make Play-Doh less toxic, helped create the modern version of the Spirograph, and invented the Easy-Bake oven. He died last month at age 83. Read the full post.

Scalpers Charged With Swarming Online Ticketers So You Couldn't See Hannah Montana
The feds charged four guys in Nevada with hitting online ticket sellers with tons of simultaneous requests, snapping up tickets and then scalping tickets to shows like Hannah Montana and Bruce Springstein. Their company, "Wiseguy Tickets," hired a Bulgarian programmer to bumrush the sites of Ticketmaster, Livenation and MLB and outsmart their crappy CAPTCHA systems to grab up all the prime seats. Read the full post.

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Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Here are some recent baby-and-child related stories from The Consumerist:

Oregon Lawmakers Cool With BPA In Baby Bottles
Most people seem to agree that baby bottles that include the chemical BPA are probably less than awesome to use to feed your baby. States and municipalities have banned BPA, but the beleaguered chemical has finally found some allies in the Oregon state legislature, which voted down a bill that sought to ban it, the Oregonian reports. Read the full post.

Apple Admits To Having Underage Labor In Factories
The iCompany has issued an "oops" on its Web site, admitting that underage workers were employed in three different Apple-affiliated plants last year. In its annual compliance report, Apple confesses, "Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the workers were no longer underage or no longer in active employment at the time of our audit." Read the full post.

Hey Companies, Little Kids Are Not An Acceptable Sales Force
Dale writes to us that his two kids came home tasked with a lame magazine subscription assignment on behalf of a classroom magazine called Weekly Reader. It's a little sleazy to use kids to pry cash out of the pockets of relatives and friends, and I hold that opinion as both a kid who has had to do it and an adult who has received the manipulative "please help my school!" plea in the mail. Read the full post.

The Inventor Of The Easy-Bake Oven Has Died
Ronald Howes had an illustrious career as an inventor. While he did some defense work, what we care most about is his work at toy maker Kenner. There, he helped make Play-Doh less toxic, helped create the modern version of the Spirograph, and invented the Easy-Bake oven. He died last month at age 83. Read the full post.

Scalpers Charged With Swarming Online Ticketers So You Couldn't See Hannah Montana
The feds charged four guys in Nevada with hitting online ticket sellers with tons of simultaneous requests, snapping up tickets and then scalping tickets to shows like Hannah Montana and Bruce Springstein. Their company, "Wiseguy Tickets," hired a Bulgarian programmer to bumrush the sites of Ticketmaster, Livenation and MLB and outsmart their crappy CAPTCHA systems to grab up all the prime seats. Read the full post.

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Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Here are some recent baby-and-child related stories from The Consumerist:

Oregon Lawmakers Cool With BPA In Baby Bottles
Most people seem to agree that baby bottles that include the chemical BPA are probably less than awesome to use to feed your baby. States and municipalities have banned BPA, but the beleaguered chemical has finally found some allies in the Oregon state legislature, which voted down a bill that sought to ban it, the Oregonian reports. Read the full post.

Apple Admits To Having Underage Labor In Factories
The iCompany has issued an "oops" on its Web site, admitting that underage workers were employed in three different Apple-affiliated plants last year. In its annual compliance report, Apple confesses, "Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the workers were no longer underage or no longer in active employment at the time of our audit." Read the full post.

Hey Companies, Little Kids Are Not An Acceptable Sales Force
Dale writes to us that his two kids came home tasked with a lame magazine subscription assignment on behalf of a classroom magazine called Weekly Reader. It's a little sleazy to use kids to pry cash out of the pockets of relatives and friends, and I hold that opinion as both a kid who has had to do it and an adult who has received the manipulative "please help my school!" plea in the mail. Read the full post.

The Inventor Of The Easy-Bake Oven Has Died
Ronald Howes had an illustrious career as an inventor. While he did some defense work, what we care most about is his work at toy maker Kenner. There, he helped make Play-Doh less toxic, helped create the modern version of the Spirograph, and invented the Easy-Bake oven. He died last month at age 83. Read the full post.

Scalpers Charged With Swarming Online Ticketers So You Couldn't See Hannah Montana
The feds charged four guys in Nevada with hitting online ticket sellers with tons of simultaneous requests, snapping up tickets and then scalping tickets to shows like Hannah Montana and Bruce Springstein. Their company, "Wiseguy Tickets," hired a Bulgarian programmer to bumrush the sites of Ticketmaster, Livenation and MLB and outsmart their crappy CAPTCHA systems to grab up all the prime seats. Read the full post.

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Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Baby and child news from The Consumerist

Here are some recent baby-and-child related stories from The Consumerist:

Oregon Lawmakers Cool With BPA In Baby Bottles
Most people seem to agree that baby bottles that include the chemical BPA are probably less than awesome to use to feed your baby. States and municipalities have banned BPA, but the beleaguered chemical has finally found some allies in the Oregon state legislature, which voted down a bill that sought to ban it, the Oregonian reports. Read the full post.

Apple Admits To Having Underage Labor In Factories
The iCompany has issued an "oops" on its Web site, admitting that underage workers were employed in three different Apple-affiliated plants last year. In its annual compliance report, Apple confesses, "Across the three facilities, our auditors found records of 11 workers who had been hired prior to reaching the legal age, although the workers were no longer underage or no longer in active employment at the time of our audit." Read the full post.

Hey Companies, Little Kids Are Not An Acceptable Sales Force
Dale writes to us that his two kids came home tasked with a lame magazine subscription assignment on behalf of a classroom magazine called Weekly Reader. It's a little sleazy to use kids to pry cash out of the pockets of relatives and friends, and I hold that opinion as both a kid who has had to do it and an adult who has received the manipulative "please help my school!" plea in the mail. Read the full post.

The Inventor Of The Easy-Bake Oven Has Died
Ronald Howes had an illustrious career as an inventor. While he did some defense work, what we care most about is his work at toy maker Kenner. There, he helped make Play-Doh less toxic, helped create the modern version of the Spirograph, and invented the Easy-Bake oven. He died last month at age 83. Read the full post.

Scalpers Charged With Swarming Online Ticketers So You Couldn't See Hannah Montana
The feds charged four guys in Nevada with hitting online ticket sellers with tons of simultaneous requests, snapping up tickets and then scalping tickets to shows like Hannah Montana and Bruce Springstein. Their company, "Wiseguy Tickets," hired a Bulgarian programmer to bumrush the sites of Ticketmaster, Livenation and MLB and outsmart their crappy CAPTCHA systems to grab up all the prime seats. Read the full post.

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