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Swimming May Put Infants at Risk for Respiratory Problems

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jan 27th 2010 1:15PM

Does swimming cause asthma in young children? Credit: Jason Tromm, Flickr
It may not be a good idea to take infants and young toddlers swimming. At least not for too long. The European Respiratory Journal reports this month that infants who ...
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Do Wading Pools Need Lifeguards?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 10th 2009 1:01PM

Regular swimming pools always have lifeguards on duty. We like to mock them for their small red shorts, white noses (due to the zinc oxide) and general resemblance to the characters on Baywatch. But, as we all know, lifeguards, well, save lives. Yep, ...
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Labor day - day of last chances?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 30th 2008 5:02PM

For pretty much everyone, Labor Day signifies the last day of summer. Never mind that most kids go back to school either the week before or after Labor Day, which many feel like is the real end of summer. Never mind that the actual end of summer is ...
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Beware of teenagers "dipping"

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 20th 2008 4:04PM

There's nothing like a late night dip in a swimming pool on a warm summer's eve. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've enjoyed such pleasures -- on camping trips, at hotels, even this week when we're on holiday with my wife's extended ...
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Six-year-old saves friend from drowning

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jun 5th 2008 5:00PM

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, even pint-sized. When Josiah Buddah took off his water wings and sank to the bottom of the pool, the adults in the area didn't notice. But buddy Haden Stusak did. Though he's only six years old, Haden took it upon ...
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Backyard safety tips

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 1st 2008 11:00AM

I envy those of you with a backyard. Really, I do. Some of you have cookouts, some of you have pools. Some of you engage in a random game of horse shoe or lawn bowling. For those of you with kids, though, have you thought about just how safe your ...
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The most crowded pool I have ever seen

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 16th 2007 10:04AM

My daughter is obsessed with being in the water. She asks if we can go swimming every time we're together, and whenever we're actually at the pool, she sings, shouts and laughs the entire time she's in the water -- usually something like "I'M ...
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The dangers of pool drains

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Jul 7th 2007 3:04PM

It's that time of year when parents fret about the dangers of swimming pools. By now we are all aware that seconds away from children near a pool can lead to tragedy. But did you know about the hidden danger at the bottom of the pool? When Abigail ...
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The truth about the pool pee-tracker

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jul 5th 2007 8:23AM

It's my firm belief that everybody has peed in a pool. I think that if: a) you were ever a child and b) you have entered a public pool more than three times in your childhood that you have indeed peed in a pool. Am I wrong? I was thinking about this ...
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The impossibility of water floaties

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Jun 4th 2007 1:04PM

Now that summer is officially here (in Texas, at least), I've been bringing my children to the local pools several times a week. Since my kids are both young toddlers who don't know how to swim and since there's only one of me, I've worried how to ...
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