Health

How Old Should Parents Be

What Is the Perfect Age? This is certainly a loaded question. Data suggests that parents somewhat over 30 bring much more to the parenting table than do teens and twenty-somethings. However, they also bring a greater risk to their unborn children of genetic malfunction and decreased overall health after birth. Reading dozens of studies and summaries... [Read more of this review]

Teaching children healthy habits

Healthy Hippo teaches children that being healthy entails maintaining an equally healthy mind and lifestyle. Healthy Hippo is also a big advocate of helping children understand that being healthy does not mean that you look a certain way. Children of such a young age are easily impressionable, and society tells us all that not looking a certain way... [Read more of this review]

Kids Flip Flops

Much concern about Kids Flip Flops is causing some controversy. Parents are wondering if it is safe for their children to wear flip flops. First of all, flip flops are designed for casual wear at the beach or around swimming pools for short period of time. Wearing them, in this situation, makes sense. However, the fashion world has made flip flop wearing... [Read more of this review]

Treating Autistic Children – 5 Time-tested Alternative Methods

As more research is done on autism, a brain development disorder, doctors and researchers are finding alternative ways to treat it. Medication used to be the only recourse and can have nasty side effects. Parents are looking for different, natural ways to treat their autistic children. There have been some alternative methods in treating autism that... [Read more of this review]

Teaching Dental Health for Kids

Tooth decay can cause pain and infections when left untreated. It is the leading chronic infectious disease affecting children in America. Tooth decay is easily preventable if children are taught proper dental hygiene, which includes proper eating, brushing and flossing. Regular visits to a dentist for an examination and dental cleaning is vital. Dental... [Read more of this review]

How Words Can Affect The Health of Our Children

There are many parents these days including myself who are overly concerned about what their kids are eating and that is justified as proper nutrition is one of the keys to living a long and healthy life. The one thing that we do not often think about is how our kids overall health is affected by the words we speak to them and the way that we say them.... [Read more of this review]

Not Just For Kids — The Surprising Health Issues Of Midlife Women

One of the advantages of reaching midlife is that we are finally finished with all those issues that make childhood and adolescence such a pain in the neck, such as needing set bedtimes as well as regular dental and eye checkups; having to worry about using protection during sex and about cigarette smoking; getting all those shots to prevent diseases... [Read more of this review]

Child Outdoor Games- Are Your Kids Breaking a Sweat

Do you recall playing games like red rover, hopscotch, tag or marbles? Games that used to have you out playing until your mum came out calling for you because it was getting dark. It seems like our own kids spend less and less time playing these simple active outdoor games. Studies have shown that the average child spends more than 20 hours a week... [Read more of this review]

Health Minute Too many antibiotics to kids, CDC says get smart

September 2, 2011: Although prescribing antibiotics to children is declining, there are still too many given to children according to today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting in Medscape noted that the fear of overuse is resistance continuing to rise and antimicrobial choices dwindling.... [Read more of this review]

Dangers of Soy in Children’s Diets

Many people have been led to believe that soy products are not only heallthy for children, but that they are healthier than dairy products from animal origins such as cows’ and goats’ milk. Soy products are now found in nearly everything imaginable, including “health food” items. Soy milk is mainstream and available in grocery... [Read more of this review]

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