Tag: health
group name: themanicmommies
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August 18, 2008 11:54 AM EDT --
As the author of White Lies , a novel about a vaccine-injured baby, I was so pleased to finally see a website that's giving the same advice I've been giving at my author presentations for . . . more
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September 25, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
These days, I’m doing something in my pediatric practice that I didn’t plan on doing: I’m giving medications to children with attention problems.
When I started working in pediatrics . . . more
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July 10, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
This week I brought my 10-month old in to see the pediatrician. I was worried about an ear infection. “He has had a high fever for two nights,” I explained, “and do you see all that yellow . . . more
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March 13, 2008 12:37 PM EDT --
You turn one way, toss over to the other side, and then try lying on your back. No matter which position you take you just cannot fall asleep! We all have restless nights and unfortunately some have more . . . more
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September 18, 2007 05:13 PM EDT --
My youngest of three just had his first birthday. “This is really your day to celebrate, more than his,” my husband said. I thought back to the day my baby was born and smiled a little wryly. . . . more
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May 27, 2008 01:26 PM EDT --
Swallow hard—your grocery bill is getting more expensive.
According to a U.S. Government report, this April's food prices were 14% higher for bread, 13.5% higher for milk, and 5% higher . . . more
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July 27, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
I'm sitting down to watch my local news, and a story just came on about a Planned Parenthood facility that has been being built in Aurora (a few towns away from me) without the community at large knowing . . . more
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August 03, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
This blog is dedicated to those “Yikes—what is happening to me?!?” symptoms that often occur after the delivery of a baby. My patients have been shocked to find themselves battling . . . more
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August 25, 2006 08:01 AM EDT --
Forbes.com published an article by editor Michael Noer called "Don't Marry Career Women." In the article he stated men married to working women run a higher risk of a rocky marriage, divorce . . . more
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December 06, 2007 01:52 PM EST --
My son is 22 months old and is sick today. His fever was 101.3 last time I checked (about 2 hours ago). He is miserable. He doesn't want to eat or drink anything. He will drink . . . more
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October 17, 2007 06:53 PM EDT --
This is a re-publish of an article I wrote for Gather last May after my daughter was diagnosed with an MRSA -- it's in all the news today, but last April I had little knowledge . . . more
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August 09, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
I was up to seventy-three before I lost count. A lone woman standing in the feminine hygiene aisle looking for the same kind of -What do they call it?- protection- that I bought . . . more
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August 10, 2006 04:21 PM EDT --
As I sat in my doctor's office, flipping through a dog-eared copy of "American Baby" and glancing at the clock, I could feel my blood pressure start to rise. Probably not the best way to . . . more
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November 12, 2006 04:28 PM EST --
Wendy H. Oddy, PhD, from the University of Western Australia and colleagues investigated the relationship between the level of the cytokine TGF-ß1 in breast milk and wheeze in infancy to determine . . . more
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June 21, 2007 06:21 PM EDT --
The biggest myth in the field of infertility is the one that goes: “just relax and you will get pregnant.” That myth is followed closely by: “just adopt and you’ll get pregnant” . . . more
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June 30, 2008 08:39 PM EDT --
Here's a blog entry I posted last week. I read and reply to blog entries each week about the vaccination issues confronting families now, and my inside scoop on the government's compensation fund . . . more
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July 28, 2008 09:26 AM EDT --
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day. Eating together builds strong families. These are two nutritional and developmental guidelines that while important, may perplex many families. Kids . . . more
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July 01, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
When it comes to an allergy, your immune system acts like the Incredible Hulk, senselessly following good intentions gone wrong. In allergic individuals, genetics and environment have conspired to make . . . more
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January 21, 2008 11:39 AM EST --
In my practice, I find parents usually have one of two attitudes toward starting their baby on solid food: Some are eager to start, thinking it might help their baby sleep through the night. Others are . . . more
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March 18, 2008 02:03 PM EDT --
It's a moment rich in parental lore, the dreaded Big Talk. It's the time when every parent sits down with Junior and tells him about the Birds and the Bees. After the talk, Junior goes off wiser, . . . more
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