By Lisa Moore
Willa Condrey recently celebrated her first birthday devouring a cupcake and ice cream and tearing opening her gifts.
For her parents, Molly and Ralph, it was a day they thought they might never experience. Seven years ago the couple began a struggle with infertility that took them through two failed rounds of hormone shots [...]
by Jacqui DeBique
Singing to children helps promote their development, so go ahead and give a “moo moo” here and a “moo moo” there; do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around. When it comes to children’s songs, it turns out that this really is what it’s all about—simple, silly lyrics that are fun to sing [...]
By Dr. Sheila Kilbane
Imagine if your pediatrician could combine the best of traditional and alternative medicine. She could talk to you about penicillin and echinacea, acupuncture and ear tubes, Ritalin and fish oil.
Many pediatricians are making a shift towards integrative medicine, using safe and effective complementary therapies along with traditional allopathic medicine to facilitate the [...]
How Environmental Toxins May Contribute to Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Brita Belli
When the results of an autism study were published in the journal Pediatrics in October 2009, the figures were shocking—one in every 91 U.S. children was reported to have autism. That was up from one in 500 a decade ago, with boys four times as [...]
by Dr. Lauri Grossman
According to the National Institutes of Health, children can get six to 10 colds a year, but with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent warnings about the safety of over-the-counter cold medicines for children, many parents are looking for new ways to find relief. Here is a rundown of some of safest [...]
The Millennial Generation, or Gen Y, ranges from people in their 20s to those still in grade school. What they all have in common is the knowledge that the current recession has in some way rocked the world they thought they knew. Depending upon how long the downturn lasts, historians, economists and psychologists say it [...]
by Kristin Bender
For years, Natalie Whalen stuck to one brand of eyeliner to accent her big brown eyes. Until, that is, she found out that it contains formaldehyde, the same chemical she used in high school biology class to dissect frogs.
“I was completely clueless about what was in the products,” says this 18-year-old from Marin [...]
by Catherine Crawford
A child’s intuition, or sixth sense, may be more important in the life of a child than many people realize. Intuition helps alert kids to danger, provides guidance in decision making and helps in problem solving, enabling youngsters to jump more quickly to a solution. Nurturing children’s intuition and keeping it alive helps [...]
The first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, by Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center, produced surprising results. Researchers asked obese girls ages 9 to 13 who were enrolled in a comprehensive weight-loss program to read an age-appropriate novel called Lake Rescue. The book, crafted with the aid of pediatric [...]
Pregnant women who are exposed to hairspray containing phthalates have more than double the risk of a son being born with the genital birth defect hypospadias, which involves malformation of the uretha, says new research published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
