The Magic-Pill
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 it talked about how the “magic-pill” is WHOLE FOODS! That is what we NEED to be eating to help with […]
Brain Under Construction
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 a “devastating impact on the lifelong health and development” of our teens. Those are STRONG words. Why is he saying […]
Diagnosing Autism
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 hearing impairment early. Researchers noted that some children had a delayed response on the test. These children were later discovered […]
Break-up with your phone
Attention Parents: Here are some tips for “breaking-up” with your phone! I know it’s hard to not look at your phone constantly, but we need to “break-up” with our phones so we can focus on what really matters – our children. Phones are a distraction from REAL LIFE! We need to make sure our kids […]
Herbal supplements
Nearly one in five people will take an herbal supplement and this number is even higher in children who have chronic illness. There continues to be this assumption that if it is ‘natural’ – it’s safe. That’s not necessarily true. Dietary supplements like vitamins and herbal remedies are regulated by the Dietary Supplement Heath […]
Marijuana
An article I read recently encourages “embracing the complexity of the issue” of marijuana use in teens. It discourages “vilifying cannabis”. My problem is that the rest of the article is spent telling about how bad marijuana can be with teenagers. Cannabis use typically starts in teenage years. Up to 55% of teens have tried […]
Rubber Ducky may not be the friend we thought he was…
A recent article in Nature (March 2018) studied bath toys and what they found was a bit disturbing. Due to the higher temperatures and humidity in bathrooms, toys were found to have greater microbial growth. Fungi were identified in 58% of all bath toys along with lots of different bacteria. Bath toys like the rubber […]
