Simply Sayin’ app explains medical terms to kids
Esophageal endoscopy. Lumbar puncture. Cardiac ablation. For pediatric patients, medical jargon can be confusing, complicated and sometimes downright scary. But now, there’s an app for that. Simply Sayin‘ was developed by Brian Bogert, a former Phoenix Children’s Hospital patient, to help hospital staff, child life specialists and families to explain medical terms in kid-friendly, age-appropriate language. [...]
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Drugs and music: How to talk to kids about the lyrics they hear
Ever squirm when you overhear your child singing along to the lyrics in today’s popular music? Ever wonder what, if anything, to say? DrugFreeAZ.org can help. And the timlieness of this week’s broadcast of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards offers a “teachable moment” you can seize to talk with your children about the meaning behind [...]
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New “Star Trek” explores inner space
It’s easy to assume that “Star Trek” stories are all about exploring outer space. Since Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek” television series premiered on NBC in 1966, the Starship Enterprise has been traversing a universe filled with worlds different than our own — always with the “prime directive” of not interfering in ways that might alter [...]
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