Brave Kids Contest Winner received HP Netbook!
NIKI TALIAFERRO WINS BRAVE KIDS ESSAY CONTEST
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Bravekids.org helps children with disabilities, chronic, life threatening illnesses and special needs by providing thousands of resources & medical information on childhood conditions, plus message boards to connect children and parents to others sharing similar challenges. (You will find medical information on conditions such as autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, ADHD & ADD, just to name a few. )
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News About Children's Conditions Such As: Autism, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD / ADD and Disabilities
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3/4/10 -- A landmark comparison of three drugs widely used against the most common form of childhood epilepsy finds the oldest to be the most effective.
The study of 453 children at 32 U.S. medical centers found that ethosuximide (Zarontin), one of the oldest anti-seizure medications available in the United States, is most effective at controlling what is called absence or "petit mal" epilepsy, with the fewest side effects.
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3/4/10 -- ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2010) — Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, Pennsylvania researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
In a study of young children, researchers showed that insomnia symptoms were consistently associated with impaired heart variability measures. They also found a significant but less consistent pattern with shortened sleep duration and decreased heart rate variability.
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Featured Resources for Special Needs Kids
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Here are some of our more popular resources for children with special needs such as autism, cancer, cerebral palsy, ADHD / ADD and disabilities.
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Directory of Medical Services and Resources for Children With Special Needs
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Use this directory to locate health services and resources in your area such as financial assistance, support groups, child care, dental assistance, camps, transportation, physical therapy and many more.
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Brave Kids provides thousands of resources nationwide and locally in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, Washington DC / Baltimore,
NY City, Pensacola, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Miami, Palm Beach, Ft. Myers, Naples, Jacksonville,
Tampa Bay Area, Buffalo and Syracuse.
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The Brave Kids Story
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Brave Kids was founded on June 9, 1999, by
Kristen Fitzgerald
, after the loss of her two children to catastrophic illnesses. Our
mission is to help children with chronic, life-threatening illnesses
and disabilities by connecting them to desperately needed health
services and resources such as financial assistance,
camps,
support groups,
child care,
dental assistance,
hospitals,
transportation
and physical therapy.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama honored Brave Kids Founder and
President, Kristen Fitzgerald for her compassionate work helping
children with special needs at a special Unsung Heroes of Compassion
presentation.
Kristen received a special acknowledgement for her work with Brave Kids
from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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