Published: May 17, 2012
As May 13-19 is National Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week, it only seems fitting that we do our part to help raise awareness by sharing with you the many dangers of alcohol and drug abuse on unborn children . . . and the many lasting effects those children suffer upon coming into this world.
Some of these just may surprise you.
Published: May 16, 2012
Each month has various causes and interests associated with it to increase our public awareness of issues of importance to different groups of people. In the month of May, you have a choice of approximately 70 of these causes to support. They range from National Strawberry Month to National Stroke Awareness Month; from Jewish-American Heritage Month to Latino Books Month; from Family Wellness Month to Heal the Children Month; and so on and so on. As a parent of twins who celebrated their May birthday this past week, I thought that I'd share some thoughts and information on children's healthcare in today's world.
Published: May 14, 2012
With the release of TIME Magazine’s new provocative cover-- depicting a 3-year-old standing on a stool, suckling casually from his mother’s breast— the public debate over breastfeeding has been reignited.
Published: April 19, 2012
Researchers have gone back and forth about the health dangers of cell phone use for years now. One day your Blackberry is giving you brain cancer; the next day you can practically super-glue your iPhone to your head and you’d be fine.
Published: March 27, 2012
Back in September 2011, the Campbell’s Soup brand was attracting a quite a bit of unwanted attention. A recent study claimed the company’s soup had some of the highest BPA levels out of the canned foods they tested. At the time, Campbell’s was confident that their products were safe.
But not everyone felt that way.
Published: March 26, 2012
Once upon a time…
As a child of the 80s, I inevitably grew up with a stockpile of Disney VHS’s by which I lived and died. A dramatic assertion, I know; but at a time when the world is a black hole of unknowns, they provided the comfort and consistency that every child yearns for: the bad guy will never really get you, there will always be a happy ending, animals are generally friendly (although they do not actually talk, which was a huge letdown). However subliminal, these were lessons that we absorbed through the whimsical storylines and integrated into the fabric of our daily lives.
Published: March 22, 2012
If you haven’t heard yet, a couple in Portland, Oregon is suing their local hospital because the doctors identified their yet-to-be-born child as a fully healthy baby girl.
Published: March 19, 2012
#KONY2012. If you haven’t heard about this African warlord yet then you are either too old to use the internet properly or you have your own fulfilling life that takes most of your attention. Either way, get in the know, people.
Published: March 14, 2012
Being a mom of an autistic daughter, I wanted to shed some light on the cost of raising an autistic child as it something that is very close and very important to me. It’s a serious issue, and I want to bring awareness to those who don’t realize how autism truly affects the family on not just an emotional level, but on a financial level as well.
Published: March 05, 2012
College students, teens and adolescents will do almost anything to get a laugh from their friends. And who can blame them? Everybody loves a good laugh . . . right?
But sometimes this group likes to experiment with a different sort of game – one that will ultimately give them quick “high.” Unfortunately some of those games are becoming more and more dangerous, and pose a great risk to the participants’ health.
