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• Healthy Dieting in Pregnancy May Be Helpful

  Review found fewer excess pounds and complications with healthy diet vs. exercise

  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News)—Eating a healthy, calorie-controlled diet during pregnancy can help prevent excessive weight gain and cut the risk of obstetric complications, researchers report.
  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=664838

• Females, Young Athletes Take Longer to Get Over Concussions

  Study found they scored worse on visual memory tests, with symptoms lingering 2 weeks after injury

  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News)—Female athletes take longer to recover from concussions, a new study says.
  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=664593

• Tiny Tots in the Dentist’s Chair Among Changes in Pediatric Dentistry

  Options for kids now include sealants and early removal of wisdom teeth

  By Serena Gordon
  HealthDay Reporter
  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News)—If you’ve been to the dentist with your children recently, you may have noticed that things have changed since you were a kid.
  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=660252

• From One Generation to the Next, Dental Care Changes

  Mom of 3 notes less trepidation from kids, more choices from dentists

  By Serena Gordon
  HealthDay Reporter
  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News)—Stephanie Crowe, a mother of three from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., still remembers dreading a visit to the dentist as a young girl. It was often a painful experience, and her family’s dentist showed little empathy to his smallest patients.
  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=660253

• Parents Often Lose Sleep Over Child’s Epilepsy, Study Finds

  Many sleep in the same room or bed as their child because of worries about nighttime seizures

  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News)—Parents of young children with epilepsy often sleep in the same room or the same bed as their child to monitor their condition, but the bed-sharing may be interfering with restful sleep for both the parents and kids, new research finds.
  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=664808

• Drowning Is Leading Cause of Kids’ Accidental Death: CDC

  Swimming lessons can help protect toddlers, experts say

  By Steven Reinberg
  HealthDay Reporter
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News)—Drowning kills more American children 1 to 4 years old than any cause except birth defects, according to a new federal report.
  http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=664890