Written by Dan Olmsted To get a quick fix on how insanely inconsistent the public health authorities and the media are on the question of mercury exposure in infants, just check out Saturday’s New York Times. There on Page A9 is Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the ...
HELPING A CHILD WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME
Written by Pamela S. Lewis When my son, David, first began to crawl, he made strange movements and seemed uncoordinated. His pediatrician and naturopath told me not to worry; every child has his own style, they said. When David was two, he began making odd stretching facial expressions, especially when eating. I thought to myself, ...
HOW TO TELL IF YOUR CHILD IS AT RISK FROM AUTISM FROM VACCINES
Written by Dr. James P. Blumenthal Even as controversy swirls around vaccines and autism, a set of lab tests can now identify many of the children who are most at risk for the kinds of toxic neurological injuries that can cause autism, Asperger's, attention deficits, and the rest of the pervasive developmental delays. Knowledge is power ...
Simple Ways To Calm A Crying Baby!
Mother-Baby Sleep Experts Offer Tips for Soothing Crying Babies, Giving Exhausted Mothers Alternatives to Crying It Out. Recent research reports have encouraged mothers to not respond to their babies when they cry. In response to this advice, a panel of noted mother-baby sleep experts from the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and Australia have developed a free ...
Baby Led Weaning
Throw out the jars, get rid of the boxes of baby cereals, chuck out the ice cube trays and baby food mills!!!! no more steaming and boiling, mashing and blending, mixing and storing: It's time to sit down to dinner and embrace the art of Baby Led Weaning. ....But you might want to hang onto those ...
Ignoring Insurance For Mom Is Risky Business
(ARA) - In these tough economic times, families may be putting themselves at risk by placing more value on the man of the house. Women are less likely than men to have life insurance, and if they die their families could be thrown into financial chaos. “Underinsuring the female, whether she is a working or stay-at-home ...
Children ‘Should Sleep With Parents Until They’re Five’
Margot Sunderland, director of education at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London, says the practice, known as “co-sleeping”, makes children more likely to grow up as calm, healthy adults. Sunderland, author of 20 books, outlines her advice in The Science of Parenting, to be published later this month. She is so sure of ...
Hidden Messages
Have you ever wondered what your actions say to your children? What does your infant feel when you leave him to Cry it out? How does you baby feel when she is taken off the breast and put on formula? This excellent article by Jan Hunt gives a wonderful insight into how our children feel ...
Adrenal Fatigue
Your adrenal glands are each no bigger than a walnut and weigh less than a grape, yet are responsible for one of the most important functions in your body: managing stress. “The adrenals are known as ‘the glands of stress,’” writes James Wilson in his book Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome. “It is ...
Merck Researcher Admits: Gardasil Guards Against Almost Nothing
On the morning of 2 October 2009, one of us (Joan) joined an audience of mostly health professionals and listened as Dr. Diane Harper, the leading international developer of the HPV vaccines, gave a sales pitch for Gardasil. Gardasil, as you may know, is the new vaccine that is supposed to confer protection against four ...
