RightHealth Daily Dose » drowning http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Formal Swim Training Reduces Toddler Drowning Risk http://dailydose.righthealth.com/life-lifestyle/formal-swim-training-reduces-toddler-drowning-risk/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/life-lifestyle/formal-swim-training-reduces-toddler-drowning-risk/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:21:57 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.kosmix.com/?p=1317 As counter intuitive as it might sound,  swimming lessons have been thought to increase a child’s risk of drowning. However, in this month’s Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, a study shows that children between the ages of 1 to 4 appear to have a lower risk of drowning if they have taken formal swimming lessons. The authors state that “Previous concerns have been raised about the potential for swimming lessons to increase the risk of drowning, either through increased exposure to water or through decreased parental vigilance as parents become more confident in their child’s swimming ability.”  However, these new results show that swimming lessons can, in fact, save lives.

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