Kurbo app Scott Mlyn | CNBC Do your homework! Clean your room! Count your Weight Watchers points? Weight Watchers, which now calls itself WW, this week introduced a new app called Kurbo by WW to “help kids and teens ages 8-17 reach a healthier weight.” WW last year acquired Kurbo, a digital health start-up whose… Read More: Weight Watchers eyes a new clientele: Children »
Infants are sometimes treated for gastroesophageal reflux with acid-suppressing medicines, but a new study suggests that they may increase the risk for bone fracture later in childhood. Researchers studied records of more than 850,000 children up to 14 years old. About 97,000 had received acid suppression medicines in their first year of life — 8,000… Read More: Reflux Drugs Tied to Bone Fractures in Children »
What do you get when you introduce a child with hearing loss to one of the apps below? Smiles, giggles and (shhh) learning. Apps geared for kids with hearing loss aretypically found under the ‘education’category in app stores. We searched the world wide web to find apps for your smartphone and tablet that will teach, inspire,… Read More: The best apps for children with hearing loss »
Parents in regional NSW are paying more for a public school education than anywhere else apart from metropolitan Queensland, according to new ASG Planning for Education Index research. ASG chief executive Ross Higgins said the group’s survey showed the cost of public school education in regional NSW would be an estimated $ 73,808 over 13 years… Read More: Parents count cost of educating children over 13 years of… »