eHealth Connection | Cooper University Hospital

Are you harboring worries about the recent toy re-calls and your children’s possible exposure to lead? Do your children receive care from a Cooper pediatrician? If so, you can have your children lead-tested for free—and contribute to medical science at the same time.

The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper currently is enrolling Cooper pediatric patients between the ages of 9 months and 6 years in a study to detect levels of lead in children through a new type of test using saliva instead of blood.

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Hundreds of thousands of children are seriously injured in bicycle falls each year, with more than 600 fatalities occurring annually. The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper offers parents these bicycle-buying and bicycle-safety tips to help protect your children this bike-riding season.

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Research shows that up to 40 percent of children in the United States have problems learning to read. Since 1995, the Cooper Learning Center has helped thousands of children learn to read—and has changed their lives.

As a division of the Department of Pediatrics at Cooper University Hospital, the Cooper Learning Center uses the proven, evidence-based methods that are the most effective way to teach children to read.

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When you were a child, practically nothing beat a glass of ice-cold milk to wash down a few homemade cookies. But as an adult, you may have moved away from milk, even though it is one of the best sources of calcium you can find.

Maybe you do not like the taste. Or you are trying to cut calories. Or you get indigestion or a stomach ache when you drink it and have switched to one of the nondairy alternatives, such as beverages made with soy, rice, or nuts. Read the full story