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“Dynamic features in fetal and postnatal zinc-copper metabolic cycles predict the emergence of autistic spectrum disorder”
- Posted on Jun 13, 2018
The title sounds daunting. “Dynamic features in fetal and postnatal zinc-copper metabolic cycles predict the emergence of autistic spectrum disorder” What does that mean, anyway? Researchers in Sweden have been studying the teeth of twins.
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K2 or Spice
- Posted on May 31, 2018
I saw a teenager that had a negative drug test. That sounds like good news but she confessed to her parent that she had been using marijuana recently. That has me really worried. Perhaps you’ve
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The Magic-Pill
- Posted on May 30, 2018
We got to spend some nice family time the other weekend at my in-laws lake house. While we were there it rained, so we watched a documentary on Netflix. It was called “The Magic-Pill” and
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The Time Dilemma
- Posted on May 23, 2018
All around the world, people are working longer hours and drowning in the quicksand of ever-expanding task lists. And somehow they still feel guilty when they take time for themselves. It’s madness — and it
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Brain Under Construction
- Posted on May 22, 2018
Around here we’ve notice a pretty lax attitude about marijuana amongst our families and we’re pretty worried about it. Seth Ammerman MD (American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Substance Abuse) says that marijuana could have
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Diagnosing Autism
- Posted on May 3, 2018
Sometimes I read a medical article that gives me chills. Let me tell you about some research that’s underway. A hearing test, called the ABR (auditory brainstem response) is done on every newborn to discover
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Parenting tips
- Posted on Apr 30, 2018
As Cooper is getting older, I’m trying to read up on more parenting books and blogs to help our family and other families I see at Kid’s First. I have come across one website recently
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