My Mother the Nurse
Martha Sears Discusses Nursing & Motherhood by Lauren Sears As a kid, I would usually forget that my mom was a nurse. I never saw her in scrubs, or loop a stethoscope around her neck. In fact, I…
The Difference Between Snacks and Treats
Teaching Kids How to Choose Snacks instead of Treats A few afternoons ago, our 9 year-old was pretty hungry after getting home from school. I suggested she go to kitchen to get a snack as…
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Childhood Inflammation Solutions
6 Steps to a Good Gut Start While we tend to think that inflammation affects only older people, it really is an illness of all organs at all ages. In fact, new insights reveal that…
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How to Eat for a Healthy Pregnancy
Graze, Sip and Dip for a Healthy Pregnancy What's going on in there? Every mother wonders how her habits affect how her baby is growing. Once upon a time it was thought that a baby…
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ASTHMA: IT’S NOT ALL JUST ABOUT THE INHALERS
Are inhalers the best solution? One of the aspects of asthma and allergy treatment we discuss in The Allergy Book is the important of lifestyle changes. Inhalers certainly help reduce asthma symptoms when needed, but…
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Cutting Edge Treatment for Severe Asthma
It's allergy season again, and those who suffer from severe allergic asthma now have a new option for treatment for severe asthma. Omalizumab is a cutting-edge therapy that offers hope for asthma sufferers who don't…
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Where in the Body Do Most Allergies Begin?
The answer might surprise you. It's allergy season again. Noses are dripping, eyes are watering, skin is itching, and lungs are wheezing all across America. And many people have the misconception that allergies are primarily…
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Try This if you are an Allergy Sufferer
THERE'S ONE MAJOR THING EVERY ALLERGY SUFFERER SHOULD TRY FIRST Introducing The Allergy Book: Solving Your Family's Nasal Allergies, Asthma, Food Sensitivities, and Related Health and Behavioral Problems. It comes out April 7 and is…
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Learning to Play an Instrument
The Benefits of Your Child Learning to Play an Instrument We are a very musical family. I remember playing two leading roles in musicals when I was a kid: Tom Sawyer (I can still sing…
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Delayed Cord Clamping
My Bradley Instructor was Right about Delayed Cord Clamping? 22 years ago, during our Bradley childbirth class, I remember our instructor teaching us about some crazy idea called delayed cord clamping. At the time I…
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Parenting Tips from Dr. Bill
Dr. Bill's Top Ten Parenting Tips Parenting, in a nutshell, is giving your children the tools to succeed in life. Here are ten parenting tips that I have tried to teach our children and have…
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ADHD and Nutrition
The Link between ADHD and Nutrition Are too many school kids being drugged for their D’s? We pediatricians dub October “D-month” because the kids have been back to school just long enough to get labeled.…
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