Some parents who read the September 28th, 2000 Daily Dose News Alert were alarmed or saddened about the concerns raised regarding plastic-lined disposable diapers. As I said, the association has not been proven (though it does make sense to me). If...
True homeopathic remedies are often criticized by allopathic physicians because the remedies are so dilute that no molecules of the active ingredients remain. Advocates of homeopathy reply that the homeopathic remedies retain some sort of memory of...
The international CPR guidelines published by the American Heart Association have simplifyied the CPR performed by laypersons. But the most significant change in the guidelines is that they now tackle an important ethical and social aspect of...
The "Joint Statement on the Impact of Entertainment Violence on Children," at the August 2000 congressional public health summit, cited well over 1,000 studies that "point overwhelmingly to a causal connection between media violence and aggressive...
Kids’ changing diets may be, in part, responsible for the worldwide increase in asthma. A study published in the September 2000 issue of Thorax looked at the demographics and skin test results of children with and without asthma. They found that the...
In boys, the scrotal sac is marvelously designed to maintain the testicles within a narrow temperature range, just below normal body temperature. When it is cold out, the sac constricts and draws the testicles close to the body for warmth; when hot...
A study in the September 20, 2000 issue of JAMA reported that lead was discovered in calcium supplements! A "public health concern" as some are proclaiming? I'm more concerned about the scare than about the lead! Let me explain...
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Parents are attractive targets for con artists. Because parents long so deeply for the best for their kids, businesses spring up promising fantastic benefits even if they can’t deliver. We especially see this with solutions for very frustrating...
We now know that ulcers, once thought to be stress-induced, are often caused by a bacterial infection. What if autism where an infection? Ellen Bolte, a self-trained computer programmer and mother of four, wondered this when she watched her son's...
In fact, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, about 1 in 5 athletes had indications of asthma. The physicians who observed this decided to measure it - so they surveyed the US athletes who took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan....
When a toddler or preschooler is still using a bottle to go to sleep, this choice has become a deeply ingrained habit. Weaning her from the bottle will require either finding an effective substitute, or using tremendous force to break the patterns. Click here for Dr. Greene’s tips for weaning a child from a bedtime bottle.
