Even as a doctor with parents in the medical field, I was not immune to new-mom anxiety when I first became a parent. Back then, and even more so today, you can get information from so many places. It seems [...]
There are plenty of reasons not to eat out all of the time, ranging from eating healthier to spending more evenings at home with your family. But avoiding foodborne diseases may be the biggest reason to stay in for dinner. [...]
By Karen DeMuth, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatric Allergy/Immunology Specialist I’ve seen it time and time again. A child will eat something, which will prompt an allergic reaction. Once the symptoms start, there’s a very small window of opportunity to treat it, [...]
By Kipp Ellsworth, M.S., R.D., C.S.P., C.N.S.C., Clinical Nutritionist Migraines occur in about 10 percent of all children before puberty—in teen years, it jumps to 28 percent. Migraines result from changes in brain chemistry that are usually inherited. These chemical [...]
I was walking through the supermarket the other day, and I couldn’t help but stop and marvel at the size of the vitamin section. It’s huge! Two or three rows at least, filled to the brim with all kinds of [...]
