Browse Category: Babies, Children and Teen Health
Published: September 02, 2010
Nature has provided the most efficient, healthy, and loving way to feed babies. The enormous health and emotional benefits of breastfeeding have been proven time and time again. However, it remains a controversial subject with extremists on both sides raging war over the subject.
Published: August 16, 2010
Children are curious creatures and anything that is within reach is quickly inspected and then headed towards the mouth. So, if you are on medication for high blood pressure, pain medication, or pills to control diabetes, without you even knowing it, you could be putting your children at risk.
Published: August 09, 2010
We could very well be approaching the darkest days in children’s health care. Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended children as young as two are screened for cholesterol if they exceed their recommended weight or have a family history of cardiovascular disease. And you don’t have to be an industry insider to know what’s coming next.
They are already recommending statin drugs such as Lipitor for children as young as eight if their cholesterol numbers are high. And already in Europe, Lipitor is marketing a chewable statin drug for these kids.
Published: August 02, 2010
There are a few “silent” conditions out there – you hear about hypertension being a “silent killer.” Or heart disease. Or diabetes. There are whole sections on websites dedicated to these diseases. But there is also another group that’s not often talked about: eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia are two that seem to get the most attention. However, there is an entire range of eating disorders that affect millions of people around the world. And your teen may be hiding one of them from you. Would you know?
Published: July 15, 2010
Nutritional supplements have become a big business and are used by a number of people who want to stay healthy but do not feel that they are getting the right vitamins, minerals and other nutrients to do so. In addition to taking a multi-vitamin, many adults are also taking other nutritional supplements to make up the difference. With more and more research on nutritional elements coming out, nutritional supplements are being credited for everything from warding off cancer to helping protect your heart. But what about children? Are vitamins necessary in children who are otherwise healthy? And how much is too much? Keep reading, the answers may surprise you. . .
Published: July 08, 2010
If you have a teenager at home, then I don’t need to tell you how difficult it can be at times to keep up with their lives. And you know as well as I do that a LOT has changed since we were teens! Unfortunately it seems many of those changes are for the worse, and the CDC has evidence to back up that sentiment. A recent report indicates that 20% of U.S. teenagers abuse prescription drugs. So the question is . . . does yours?
Published: June 21, 2010
Autism, and other autism-spectrum disorders, can be scary and bewildering diagnoses for a parent. Especially considering these disorders are on the rise. And all too often, the diagnosis comes late in the game when early therapy might have been helpful. But a new test may help identify autism and other disorders at an earlier stage.
Published: May 24, 2010
The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy recently conducted a study that warns parents of the significant rise in the number of prescriptions given to children for psychotropic medications. On average, one in every fifty Americans is now termed permanently disabled by a mental illness. Approximately eight million children take one or more psychotropic drugs. Is your child one of them? If so, is that drug really necessary?
Published: May 20, 2010
The
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has completed an investigation regarding Vitamin D supplementation. The study focused on how Vitamin D could play a role in preventing Influenza A in schoolchildren. Keep reading to find out all the details of this recent study.
Published: May 10, 2010
All parents are concerned with their children's health and welfare, and most have their kid's best interests at heart when it comes to nutrition. But with increasingly busy schedules and lives, it is becoming harder for families to sit down to the dinner table every night with a wholesome, healthy meal. And it shows in the “obesity epidemic” that’s a rising concern in United States. Beware of six big mistakes parents make with kids and food.
