It was once popular to start solids according to a rigid timeline of set serving sizes at certain intervals, but we now know that each baby develops uniquely. Click here to read more about the right time to start solids.
In general, a cough is a friend, not an enemy. It protects the lungs, clears secretions, helps to get rid of infections, and alerts us that the body is dealing with something.
Thankfully, babies are born with a sophisticated internal mechanism for determining just how much they need to thrive. Healthy babies given the right selection of healthy foods will tend to eat just the right amount. Our role as parents is to learn...
Star GlucoWatch, a painless glucose monitor for diabetics that is worn like a wristwatch, is FDA-approved. The device measures glucose levels every 20 minutes -- without needles -- even while the wearer is sleeping. Even though the device has yet to...
Women who have gum disease are more than twice as likely as other women to give birth to a premature baby, according to a study of more than 2000 women presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Association for Dental Research. Is gum...
You've probably already heard that we are raising the most overweight, out-of-shape generation of children in history. In October 2004, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released the latest round of figures. What is amazing is that the problem...
Which words do babies learn first? Not the words they hear most often, but the words they hear most often as single word communications, according to research by Michael Brent, PhD., presented at the 2001 American Association for the Advancement of...
Toddlers who drank lots of juice or who ate candy more than once a week were nearly twice as likely as their peers to have a mouthful of cavities by kindergarten, according to a 2001 study published in Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. Interestingly...
Children exposed to the most cigarette smoke have the lowest levels of vitamin C in their blood - regardless of how much fruit and vegetables they eat or the vitamins they take - according to a study of nearly 3000 children published in the March...
Nearly one sixth of high school boys and one third of high school girls show some of the symptoms of an eating disorder, according to a presentation at the 2001 annual meeting of The Society for Adolescent Medicine. Over 5000 students from 152 high...
Rates of diagnosing ADHD in some school and medical settings are still 300% higher than in others, according to an article in the March 2001 electronic issue of Pediatrics. Some children are labeled as having ADHD when they don't really have it....
Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of untimely funerals for 15 to 20 year olds. Almost 30% of the teen drivers killed had been drinking. Can anything really change these statistics? A study in the March 2001 issue of Alcoholism:...
A portable video camera in the back of the speeding ambulance allows doctors to begin making a diagnosis even before the patient reaches the emergency room. A pioneering prototype at the University of Maryland was described in the March 19, 2001...
We know that active culture yogurt can prevent gastrointestinal infections. Could something similar work in the ears? Researchers in Sweden identified a group of 108 ear-infection prone children, and gave half of them a nasal spray containing a live...
Children with type 1 diabetes are less likely to get asthma, eczema, or hayfever. And the reverse is true, that those with asthma, eczema, or hayfever are less likely to get type 1 diabetes. However, countries where diabetes is common also tend to...
You may not see an immediate improvement, but if you are going to successfully treat eczema, it is important to break the cycle! Click here to find out how.
