It’s hard to overestimate the enormous potential of families sharing meals together. Prepare to be inspired! Even without giving extra effort or conscious thought, family meals are associated with better nutrition, better health, better behavior,...
Do allergy shots make a difference in which kids will be which? And is there a way in childhood to look into the future and see what is likely to happen? Researchers contacted and evaluated 85 young adults who had all been in an asthma study as...
You've heard of DM cough syrups. How about DC cough remedies? DM is an abbreviation for an over-the-counter cough suppressant called dextromethorphan. What is DC? It.s the nickname given by members of the DrGreene.com community to dark chocolate....
Kids (and pets) left alone in cars have died from heat stroke on days as cool as 70 degrees Fahrenheit. How can this be? We all know that on hot August afternoons the inside of cars can become unbearably hot. But researchers at Stanford University...
For some parents, the idea of planning to have their baby born at home feels natural and normal; for others, especially in high-tech countries, the idea of a home birth may feel frightening and unnecessarily risky. Conflicting medical opinion has...
Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used medicines in children. One brand name, Tylenol, is known by most parents in the U.S. Often used by itself to relieve pain or to reduce fevers, it is also a common part of multi-ingredient medicines in...
About 25 percent of baked goods, ice cream, and candy that was sampled by the FDA failed to mention eggs or peanuts on their food labels even though one or both were present! And if allergens were listed, they are often included under a technical...
Holidays are upon us and many families are enjoying coming together to celebrate. For those with serious nut allergies, a holiday kiss may be an unsuspected danger. The November 2005 death of Christina Desforges, the Canadian teenager who died after...
Watching broadcast images of the devastation caused by the rushing floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina was heartbreaking. But after the fury of the storm had passed, my concern continues to rise. When sanitary water systems and sewage systems are...
Many healthy babies have small dimples on their lower backs. A mother who had just graduated from nursing school came to my office hours chat this week at DrGreene.com. Her baby had one of these sacral dimples. Her pediatrician told her not to worry...
Headlines trumpet that Red Delicious apples have been shown to have higher antioxidant levels than seven other apple varieties, according to a study to appear in the June 29, 2005 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. But what's the story on...
When a baby is admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), life can be quite stressful for the baby . and for the parents. Mothers often report that being separated from their babies, especially not being able to hold their babies, is...
How much kids weigh is important, but whether they depart from their own growth curve lines appears to be even more important - even for kids of normal weight. The speed of weight gain between their second birthdays and the end of elementary school...
...what we eat and drink and smoke. Children as young as two are already developing their own internal 'scripts' about adult social life that they will want to imitate, according to a study in the September 2005 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent...
The more servings of French fries that women had eaten way back when they were preschoolers, the more likely they were to develop breast cancer as adults, according to a Harvard study in the August 10, 2005 online International Journal of Cancer.
More than a third of overweight kids, age 2 through 18, already have elevated blood pressure, according to a study of 497 kids that appears in the August 2005 Pediatrics. About half of the kids with high blood pressure were already in trouble with...
For most people who develop mental illnesses, the problem usually starts in childhood or adolescence, according to a study published in the June 6, 2005 Archives of General Psychiatry. Researchers from Harvard Medical School conducted face-to-face...
How a baby eats during the first week of life may set lifelong eating patterns that could lead to obesity, according to a fascinating study from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, published in the April 19, 2005 Circulation. Here, 653 formula-...
The medicinal use of cocoa to treat childhood diarrhea and other intestinal problems was common among the Mayans and Aztecs. Europeans began writing about this in the mid 1500s, but the practice is probably far older. Now, 21st century research...
People who use either oral OR topical antibiotics to treat their acne are more than twice as likely to catch colds, according to a study in the September 2005 Archives of Dermatology. If the results of this study hold up to further investigation, it...
About a quarter of nursing moms today are told by one of their health professionals to have a glass of beer or wine to help them with nursing, echoing the nursing folklore that has been around for centuries. The popular wisdom suggests that the...
A lot of people heard the alerts about Karo syrup in the 90's, but never heard the quieter, less flashy, changed recommendations that followed, so the warnings will still circulate around the net for years to come.
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We would like to thank S. Jill James, Paul Cutler, Stepan Melnyk, Stefanie Jernigan, Laurette Janak, David Gaylor and James Neubrander and their affiliated institutions the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,...
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American Academy of Pediatrics, Center for Disease Control's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. 2004. Autism A.L.A.R.M. http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org
Autism Society of America. 2003. Autism...
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