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What you can do about climate change

With Earth Hour just around the corner, now is a great time to think about how you can live more “green”. Driving your car, using plastic bags or leaving on a few lights may seem minor, but even the smallest acts add up to make an impact on our climate. The main cause...

Green your Spring Cleaning

While the house still feels like it's caught in the winter mood, many Canadians are getting ready for the big spring cleaning and wondering how they can replace their old cleaning habits by new greener ones. “Simple everyday ingredients have their own strengths...

Did you know kids also have arthritis?

While there are many misconceptions about arthritis, perhaps the most common one is that only the elderly have it. In fact, approximately one of every 1,000 Canadians under the age of 16 – toddlers, youths and young adults – struggle with the intense pain...

Recognizing Frostbite

January can be a blustery cold month! Winter outdoor fun means keeping frostbite in mind. It is very important for kids to be warm and dry when they are playing outside. Dress them in layers so that they can remove them if they warm up.

Holiday Gift Best & Most Annoying Product Packaging Lists

Holiday Gift Best & Most Annoying Packaging

Thousands of retailers and parents in search of the safest, kid-tested products, come to the PTPA Media.com web site for consumer purchasing advice. Now they can go to the website and join with other parents in telling holiday gift makers the type of packaging...

Why should kids floss?

I would say about 99.9% of my children and adult patients brush. I can't say as much about flossing. I would say that about 60% floss on a regular basis. Which of the two do you think is more important? Well both are very important to prevent cavities, periodontal disease...

Beware the Gameware!

With the holiday shopping crunch soon arriving, parents will scramble to find those items on youngsters’ holiday wish lists. Chances are there will be some popular computer and video game titles right at the top of those lists. How do you know what games are appropriate...

Making a worthwhile investment in your overweight child

For parents with an overweight child, the signs of unhappiness, inertia, poor performance at school, sneak eating and overeating are evident and really should be paid attention to. However, most families need a support system.

Canadian bullying-prevention study: from awareness to action

Parents of school-age children concerned about the critical issue of bullying in schools and playgrounds will likely be interested in the findings of a recent Canadian bullying-prevention study. The good news, according to Canadian bullying-prevention research...

H1N1 Flu

With back-to-school season upon us, many parents are wondering how to prepare in case of an outbreak. The responsibility will lie with parents and kids to prevent transmission of the virus in schools. The H1N1 virus primarily spreads through contact with germs...

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Health, Safety and Well-being

What you can do about climate change

Green your Spring Cleaning

Did you know kids also have arthritis?

Recognizing Frostbite

Holiday Gift Best & Most Annoying Packaging

Why should kids floss?

Beware the Gameware!

Making a worthwhile investment in your overweight child

Canadian bullying-prevention study: from awareness to action

H1N1 Flu