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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Why does TV viewing lead to obesity in children? Turns out there are several reasons
Obesity experts have been saying for over a decade that children who sit in front of the TV screen day in and day out tend to be heavier. However, experts are finding it’s not only the couch potato effect, but … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, Obesity, pediatric obesity, preventing obesity, TV, TV and children, TV and health, TV and teens
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Pediatrics group urges lawmakers to ban childhood obesity “media diet”
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in America – with 17 percent of children aged 2 to 19 obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics “has a new … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, Obesity, pediatric obesity, preventing obesity, TV and children, TV and health
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Video violence keeps preschool kids awake at night
Researchers are reporting that violent content on the TV or computer during the day disrupts sleep for preschool children. And it’s worse for any TV or computer time in the evening regardless of content, according to Michelle Garrison, PhD, and colleagues … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Mental Health, Parenting
Tagged poor sleep, sleep and children, TV, TV and children, TV and violence, violence
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Even one glass of beer, wine boosts car crash risk
Even a single glass of beer or wine makes you, as a driver, more likely to speed, neglect seat-belts, and be in the striking vehicle, results of a new study shows.
Posted in General Health, Mental Health
Tagged alcohol, beer, wine
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Teens look to parents as guide to healthy sexual behaviors
Yet another study has shown what many parents are shocked to discover: Mom and Dad are most often the key to a teen developing highly healthy attitudes about sex — NOT friends or the media.
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged Parenting, sex, sexual health, sexuality, teen sex
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Could too much calcium harm your health? Here’s the latest.
Calcium is commonly used to prevent osteoporosis and fractures, but experts are now debating how much calcium is really needed, especially by women.
Have you heard of Lazy Cakes Relaxation Brownies? Slowtivate? Unwind? Be careful!
Lazy Cakes Relaxation Brownies are stirring up lots of controversy. Why?
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Mental Health
Tagged Drank, insomnia, Lazy Cakes, melatonin, National Sleep Foundation, passion flower, poor sleep, preventing stress, stress, valerian
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Ever heard of anal angina? FDA approves nitroglycerin for chronic anal fissures.
When I first started practice, I had the privilege to serve in the small town of Bryson City, North Carolina, the southern wilderness entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While there, one of the older surgeons taught me … Continue reading
Posted in General Health
Tagged anal angina, anal fissure, Bryson City Tales, nitroclycerin
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Which foods lead to more weight gain than others? You might be surprised.
It turns out that there are some specific foods that may be the biggest culprits behind weight gain according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged avoid weight gain, healthy diet, nutrition, Nutritional Health, Obesity, overweight
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Experts concerned about growing number of youth with type 2 diabetes
In a past blog I told you that “Type 2 diabetes (is) appearing more often in kids.” Now that story is worsening.
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, childhood overweight, diabetes prevention, diabetes risk, pediatric obesity, pediatric overweight, preventing diabetes, type 2 diabetes
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Long-term use of daily aspirin may prevent melanoma
It turns out that an aspirin a day may keep melanoma at bay, according to a new study.
Posted in Cancer, Skin Health
Tagged aspirin, melanoma, NSAIDs, preventing melanoma
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FDA allows silicone breast implants to remain on market
Five years after they were allowed back on the market in this country, the FDA is saying they are confident silicone breast implants are indeed safe, although the very small risks are still very real.
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged silicone breast implants
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‘Hammock’ effect or ‘rocking’ helps adults fall asleep faster
You’re lying in a hammock on a warm afternoon. You rock softly back and forth. In no time you’re … snoring. This is no real surprise—after all, we’ve all rocked our babies asleep. But researchers wanted to know how rocking … Continue reading
Posted in General Health, Mental Health
Tagged lack of sleep, nap, napping, naps, poor sleep, sleep and health
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Long-term sedentary jobs linked to cancer risk
According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, sedentary behaviors, particularly those that require minimal energy expenditure, may increase the risk of developing chronic diseases including colon cancer and heart disease.
Posted in Cancer
Tagged colon cancer, preventing cancer, rectal cancer, sedentary behavior
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Emergency medical care myths
In a Huffington Post report, Leigh Vinocur, M.D., debunked three emergency medical care myths. I must tell you that I believed each of these three “myths.” So, this article was very informative to me.
Posted in Medical Economics
Tagged emergency medical care, health myth
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Death, diabetes, and heart disease risk increase with only two hours of TV a day
In the past I’ve told you that children younger than two years of age should have NO screen time, while children over two should have less than two hours per day. Now we may have to extend this advice to … Continue reading
Posted in Heart Health, Men's Health, Mental Health
Tagged preventing cardiovascular disease, preventing diabetes, preventing early death, preventing heart attack, preventing heart disease, TV, TV and health
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Dad’s good parenting may help daughters avoid risky sex
The daughters of fathers with good parenting skills are less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, a new study finds.
Posted in Children's Health, Marriage and Family Health, Parenting
Tagged fathering, fathers, Parenting, parenting style
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IOM report outlines steps to prevent early childhood obesity
It’s no secret America has a weight problem, but in a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) revealed one in five children between the ages of two and five is obese or overweight. The rate has doubled since just … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, Obesity, pediatric obesity, preventing obesity
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What natural medications may help infant colic?
An article published in the journal Pediatrics … notes that there is some ‘encouraging’ evidence that fennel extract and some herbal teas could relieve colic symptoms, but researchers concluded that the studies so far have been weak and unconvincing. So what, … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged chamomile, colic, Colimil, fennel, German chamomile, infant colic, Lactobacillus, Lactobacillus reuteri, lemon balm
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No evidence for Gripe water as treatment for infant colic
The Los Angeles Times reports, “Gripe waters have never been tested as remedies for colic” in babies.
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged alternative medicine and children, colic, complimentary and alternative medicine, gripe water, infant colic
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Reading with mom can boost a child’s kindergarten readiness
Home learning experiences such as reading books with parents can improve low-income preschool children’s readiness to start school, researchers say in a press report from Society for Research in Child Development.
Posted in Children's Health, Parenting
Tagged Parenting, parents, reading
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CDC: Most teens not getting enough aerobic activity
The CDC released a report of a nationwide survey of more than 11,000 high school students across the country, finding that only 15 percent get the minimum of 60 minutes per day of aerobic activity that meets the goals outlined in the … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged aerobic activity, childhood exercise, exercise, inactivity, physical activity
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CDC: One in four high school students drinks soda daily
According to the results of a nationwide survey of over 11,000 high school students in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, “one in four high school students drink soda every day – a sign … Continue reading
Posted in Bone Health, Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged diet soda, Obesity, overweight, soda, sports drinks, sweet drinks
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Which vitamin D supplement boosts levels best — D2 or D3?
It turns out that vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) has the edge.
Posted in Alternative Medicine, General Health, Nutritional Health
Tagged vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin D supplements, vitamin D2, vitamin D3, vitamins
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ConsumerLab.com puts multivitamins to the test
Long-time readers know of my fondness for and (unpaid) endorsement of ConsumerLab.com, one of the two best companies that test natural medications (herbs, vitamins, and supplements) for safety and quality. Now ConsumerLab has test results of 60 multivitamins and have shown … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Nutritional Health
Tagged consumerlab, multivitamins, vitamins
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Sleep deprivation associated with carbohydrate craving and depression
In a number of past blogs I’ve discussed the association with lack of sleep and overweight and obesity. This association is found in children, teens, and adults. Now we know another reason why this occurs.
Posted in Children's Health, Nutritional Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged lack of sleep, Obesity, poor sleep, sleep and children, sleep and health
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Mom’s sleep position during pregnancy may affect stillbirth risk
HealthDay reported that pregnant women who sleep on their back or right side have “twice the risk of having a stillborn infant” as women who sleep on their left side, according to a study in BMJ.
Posted in Children's Health, General Health, Woman's Health
Tagged pregnancy, sleep position, stillbirth
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Life expectancy has fallen in hundreds of US counties
In my 2005 book, SuperSized Kids: How to protect your child from the obesity threat, I published this the then shocking statement, “If we don’t get a handle on (childhood obesity), this generation of kids coming up will have a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health, Obesity, Parenting
Tagged childhood obesity, childhood overweight, life expectancy, Obesity, overweight, pediatric obesity, pediatric overweight, preventing obesity
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Short-term HRT may be safe for menopause symptoms
HealthDay reported, “Treatment with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), if tailored to an individual woman’s needs, appears to be safe during menopause, according to a report released at the World Congress on Menopause.”
Posted in Cancer, Woman's Health
Tagged breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy, hormone therapy, hot flashes, HRT, preventing heart disease, preventing hot flashes
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New guidelines for sunscreen
The Food and Drug Administration’s long-awaited announcement of significant changes to sunscreen labeling was widely reported both by television and print media. The changes will empower us, as consumers, to make better decisions in choosing a product to prevent sun damage … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Skin Health
Tagged melanoma, preventing melanoma, preventing skin aging, preventing skin cancer, skin aging, skin cancer, SPF, sunscreens, UVA, UVB
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