When celebrating Independence Day this month, it is always best to leave fireworks displays to the experts. Besides setting an example of risk avoidance behavior for children, professional fireworks bring the added benefit of supervision by local fire departments.
Approximately 800 children die from drowning each year in the United States. And Florida is one of the leading states in drowning deaths for children under 5 years of age, equating to about four preschool classrooms! Drowning risk varies based on the age of the child.
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, more people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the United States than all other forms of cancer combined. One in five people will develop skin cancer by the age of 70. It is estimated that the number of new...
According to the Centers for Disease Control, compared to students with lower grades, kids with higher grades choose to eat breakfast every day, eat fruit or drink 100% fruit juice at least once per day, consume vegetables at least once per day, drink at least one glass...
This year MORE HEALTH, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Allstate Foundation, Tampa General Hospital, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Hillsborough County Anti Drug Alliance, MADD, and Jeeves Law Group, P.A. are partnering in an effort to bring safety awareness to prom night!
April is Distracted Driving Awareness month, an opportunity to bring attention to an issue causing thousands to die annually. As technological advances are made, allowing us to place phone calls, dictate messages and even update social media accounts while behind the wheel, the risk of automobile crashes...
According to the Centers for Disease Control, compared to students with lower grades, kids with higher grades choose to eat breakfast every day, eat fruit or drink 100% fruit juice at least once per day, consume vegetables at least once per day, drink at least one glass...
This month we are delighted to spotlight our board member Captain Thomas St. John.
The American Heart Association says that smartphones, tablets, televisions and other screen-based devices are making kids more sedentary - and sedentary behavior is linked to being overweight and obesity in young people.
Forty percent of all American households have a firearm, and eight children aged 19 and younger are killed every day in the United States by a bullet! Most of these deaths are preventable. Additionally, because children are exposed to firearms through the media (television, video games, online),...
