As an ardent crusader to stop childhood obesity, I'll take every opportunity I can to give you information and ideas to help keep your children at a normal, healthy weight. This information is the result of a recent study at the University of South Australia. It's safe to presume Australian kids are just like American ...
It's his first minute in a brand-new world, and he's taking in big gulps of the air that will sustain him for the rest of his life. Wouldn't it be nice if we could promise him a childhood---and a lifetime---filled with clean, fresh, breathable air? If we don't act now to find a viable, global ...
In the past, parents had to wait until their children were talking before doctors would make an official diagnosis of autism. In the meantime, months and years of therapy were lost. A decade of study by two researchers at the University of Florida indicates that watching your child's movement may be an early-warning system that might ...
It's amazing! It's controversial! It's spectacular! It's a gimmick! It's 4-D ultrasound--3-D with movement--and moms- and dads-to-be absolutely love it! You can check out a number of them on YouTube. Apparently, the accuracy is so amazing, you'll recognize your baby when it's born. But for gathering medical information, some doctors say 4-D ultrasound adds little to what they already know ...
First, the stats. According to an article on FoxNews.com, more than 12 million U.S. women use an oral contraceptive--better known as "the pill." That pill is 99% effective in preventing pregnancy. Pretty solid, right? Between two and eight percent of women become pregnant each year while using it. Whaaaat? Yes, and guess what? It's not a pharmaceutical error. ...
I find it very annoying that people willingly hurt their children and especially babies. No one reading this will deny that second hand smoke is a major health risk for children, but that doesn't appear to stop people from doing it. Is it that they just don't care about their children or their ...
Time, once again, for Sue's TWIST (The Way I See Things!) And I'm here with scientific support of my belief that every baby should have a dog from birth! I'm sure some of you are cringing at the photo of that gorgeous Golden Retriever kissing a newborn. While you're cringing, there are millions of us ...
A study in New York University showed that women with periodontal (gum) disease were at much higher risk for gestational diabetes than pregnant women with healthy gums. The study was led by Dr. Ananda P. Dasanayak, a professor of epidemiology and health promotion at the NYU College of Dentistry studied 256 women in New ...
Mr. Christopher here from the Corner Stork Baby Gifts blog. Canadian researchers performed a study on 987 children from infancy to age 6 to answer the question, "Are nightmares hereditary?" and "Can babies have nightmares?". Any laymen like you or I could simply say that "Yes, a baby can have nightmares dependent on ...
Mr. Christopher here once again. Well, it appears that Telegraph in the United Kingdom released an interesting article about babies being born natural as a result of the, um, standard process versus babies born as a result of egg donation. Apparently, the U.K. felt that it was necessary that babies born from such donations ...
