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Unplug this summer
- Posted on Jul 16, 2018
I know it’s mid-July and super hot outside. But our kids need to learn to unplug and not rely on technology or screens for entertainment. It’s never too young to set limits and manage
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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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