How Standing Desks are a Valuable Weight Control Tool At medical conferences I attend one of the main topics is the issue of people who sit all day, or majority of their day. Those at the conference reference it as “the sitting disease, the new tobacco”. Researcher shows that prolonged sitting can lead to the increased […]
Does Your Family Have Diabetes? The headline on March 10, 2016 in the Los Angeles Times read: “Almost half in the state are at risk for diabetes.” While many have always thought those “granola-fed Californians” are a bunch of health food nuts, researchers from UCLA have recently determined that 55 percent of California adults either have diabetes or pre-diabetes. […]
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FLU VACCINE NEWS Flu season is once again upon us, which means you are making key decisions about flu vaccines. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in the September 2016 issue of Infectious Diseases in Children revealed that the live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), available as a nasal spray, has been proven ineffective against influenza […]
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Eye Health is now tied to Childhood Obesity We pediatricians are reading more and more scientific articles about the long-term disease consequences of childhood obesity, especially diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease. A study published in the December 2014 issue of The Journal of Pediatrics revealed that children who carry around excess body fat […]
It’s a Virtual World: Setting Practical Screen Time Limits (dailyRx News) Tablets, smartphones, computers, TVs — sometimes it feels like a screen-crazy world. As children use more screens in their daily lives, guidelines on their limits may need to be reconsidered. That’s the message from a new study on kids and screen use. The authors […]
