• Scientists Turn Ethical Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Into Heart, Blood Cells
• CDC: Breastfeeding hits 20-year high
• Disease-modifying drug may slow Alzheimer’s disease
• Girl Freed From 16-Pound Facial Tumor

Here’s Part 3 of an excerpt from my and Donal O’Mathuna’s book, Alternative Medicine: The options, claims, evidence, how to choose wisely. You’ll find out more about the book here.

Next week, I’ll post another five warning signs.

11. Does the proponent of the therapy claim to be criticized unfairly? Some proponents of CAM portray themselves as martyrs, persecuted by the government, the medical establishment, or some other organization with a stake in keeping you unaware of their breakthrough.

• McCain assails Democratic health-care approach
• Tough job: Volunteers needed for chocolate study
• Chocolate may reduce pregnancy complication risk
• Gene Therapy Helps Near-Blind
• Type 2 Diabetes a Growing Problem in Pregnancy

In my book, God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Teen, I wrote about the fact that highly healthy teens need four things from their parents to maintain their emotional health during their preteen and adolescent years.

I call them the ABCD’s of parenting:

• A = Affirmation

• B = Blameless love

• C = Connectedness

• D = Discipline

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• Should you really take those drug samples?
• More doubts about echinacea for preventing colds
• Aerobic exercise helps turn back biological clock
• FDA to seek panel’s advice on LASIK
• ACS says several factors have caused cancer prevention efforts to stagnate
• Montana Board Rejects Planned Parenthood Anti-Pharmacist Request
• House Committee Hears Biased Report on Abstinence Education
• Medical director tells physicians to “get over” the ratings game
• Simple four-question test to identify possible sleep apnea
• Advanced life support by paramedics may not improve survival in patients

• Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Gives Birth to Down Baby Despite Abortion Pressure
• Heavily marketed kids’ cereals are least healthy
• Aerobic exercise may shield aging brain
• Worst Menopause Symptom? Lack of Sleep
• A Blurry Outlook for LASIK?
• Girl to Have Giant Facial Tumor Removed
• Study indicates life expectancy declining for some American women
• Researchers say screening healthcare workers may reduce MRSA infections
• Columnist discusses differences between generic, brand name drugs

This is the second entry in a series from my book God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child.

Probably the best recent example of the positive impact of vaccines is the Hib vaccine, which prevents meningitis, ear infections, and other serious infections caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib).

When the current Hib vaccine was introduced to this country in 1990, Hib was the most common cause of bacterial meningitis.

For decades, Hib had caused approximately 15,000 cases of meningitis and 400 to 500 deaths every year. After the current Hib vaccine was introduced, the incidence of Hib meningitis declined to fewer than fifty cases per year—typical of all widely used vaccines.

• Group urges heart test before kids get ADHD drugs
• Heart surgery results good in low-volume hospitals
• Spring Allergies Are Back: Five Natural Ways to Put Them in Check
• Short breastfeeds ‘best for baby’
• Healthcare differentiates Democrats, Republicans more than any other issue.

Here’s Part 2 of an excerpt from my and Donal O’Mathuna’s book, Alternative Medicine: The options, claims, evidence, how to choose wisely. You find the book here. Next week, I’ll post another five warning signs.

6. Are technical words used without a clear definition? “Energy” is one of those words. Claims that a therapy “boosts energy” can mean anything from the common idea that you feel better able to do things, to Eastern ideas of promoting the flow of chi or prana. Introducing ideas from quantum physics is usually not necessary if the product really works. Information sheets should clarify, not baffle with mind-boggling gobbledy-gook.