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Not just a game – 6% of Oregon 8th graders participated in “choking game”

thirteen78 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:34:45 +0000

The AP (1/15, McCall) reports, “A new report suggests a large number of eighth-graders in Oregon have taken part in the ‘choking game,’ the dangerous practice of choking each other to get a feeling of euphoria.”
“As many as six percent of Oregon eighth-graders have tried the potentially lethal…game,” according to data appearing in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. It’s an activity that can “cause seizures, headaches, bone breaks…brain injury — and death,” HealthDay added. Notably, in 2008, the CDC “reported 82 child and adolescent deaths between 1995 and 2007 linked to the choking game,” deaths that “occurred across 31 states.”

Parents, please talk with your kids!

Even kids are counted on in H1N1 prevention

thirteen78 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:39:46 +0000

Great article by the Associated Press on how children play a very important role in H1N1 prevention.

An increasing number of kids can tell you that the Sesame Street character “Elmo” sneezes properly into the crook of his arm, and if they sing the whole “ABCs” song while washing their hands they’ll get them really clean. They’re also well acquainted with hand sanitizer, anti-bacterial wipes — and their germ-fighting abilities…..

Click here for full article

Make your influences positive

thirteen78 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:23:45 +0000

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