Health
Put fire safety at the top of your to-do holiday list
(HealthDay)—A horrific 2011 Christmas Day fire killed five people, including three young sisters, in their Stamford, Conn., home.
Dec 22, 2018
0
0
News tagged with christmas
Health
Christmas versus kilojoules – how to focus more on celebration and less on the food
Christmas and the holidays are a time to relax and celebrate with family and friends. But the festive season can also be a time of unwanted weight gain that won't budge once the holidays are over.
Dec 20, 2018
0
2
Pediatrics
Home alone: How to keep your kids safe when you're at work during the holidays
Many working parents battle with school holidays, especially the long period between Christmas and the start of the new school year. Most people receive four weeks' leave a year, but school holidays take up about 12 weeks ...
Dec 20, 2018
0
8
Health
Starving, sprouts and strolls: How to step into Christmas healthily
You can offset some of the effects of Christmas overindulgence with a few easy steps – quite literally!
Dec 20, 2018
0
2
Psychology & Psychiatry
Not a season to be jolly: How to deal with dying during the holidays
Dying doesn't disappear at Christmas. For those who know death will come soon but don't know exactly when, the festive season, when the air is thick with "joy", can be particularly unsettling.
Dec 19, 2018
0
1
Psychology & Psychiatry
Popular children more likely to give less to pals at Christmas
Popular children are likely to be less generous towards their friends at Christmas than other kids, but only if their giving takes place in private and their classmates won't be told.
Dec 19, 2018
0
0
Cardiology
Can your heart grow three sizes? A doctor reads 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'
At the beginning of Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," the green, pot-bellied, feline-faced Grinch is a bitter, foul-tempered misanthrope whose heart is "two sizes too small." In the middle of the story, he plots ...
Dec 17, 2018
0
0
Health
Santa calorie counting
Heated debates often flare in the festive season. Fuelled by the spirit of Christmas, controversial ideas can be flung flippantly across the table.
Dec 12, 2018
0
0
Psychology & Psychiatry
During the holidays, giving gifts to the dead can help you cope with grief
Every December, my family decorates two Christmas trees: one for our living room and one for the cemetery, where my sister is buried.
Dec 20, 2017
0
4
Pediatrics
Avoid holiday hazards around home
Emergency visits to the hospital go up significantly this time of year, and many of them can be avoided. Dr. Michael Boniface, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, says some injuries are very specific and from activities ...
Dec 12, 2017
0
0
