Healdsburg Patch has a good article about a study of BPA in children’s school lunches. Here’s one more reason to send lunch from home if you can afford it and to take political action either way: Low-income children are particularly at risk of BPA exposure because they are more likely to eat federally funded meals […]
May 12 2015
New Story for Young Children Supports Nature as Natural
To counteract "Nature-Deficit Disorder," a new release from Barefoot Books, Outdoor Opposites, plays with words for opposites while portraying children enjoying the natural world. Macy Koch has written a nice description of the book (for ages 3-7) here. It is good to see a book that reminds children and parents how much fun playing outside […]
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Mar 30 2015
What is Healthy Eating for Children?
Is the “normal” U.S. diet harming your family? Since it is now estimated that one-third of people in the U.S. will end up with diabetes by the end of their lives, here is some good news: Type 2 diabetes is reversible! Roy Taylor, MD, a researcher at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, discussed the […]
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Jan 04 2015
Recent Study Questions Medication for ADHD
Long-term use of stimulants (such as Ritalin and Adderall) for children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) appears to lower both academic performance and emotional functioning, according to a September 2014 study published in the Journal of Health Economics. "We find little evidence of improvement in either the medium or the long run. Our results are […]
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Dec 18 2014
Soy and Health: Urban Myth?
Is soy a wonder food or full of poison? The Weston A. Price Foundation filed a lawsuit on December 16, 2014 against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At issue is that the FDA allows products to make health claims about soy protein’s effect on coronary heart disease. (Source: Citizens for Health, “Group Files […]
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Dec 14 2014
Children and Fluoridation
An email I sent to Sonoma County on December 4th: To Whom It May Concern: I am appalled that in this day and age, when scientific research has linked fluoridation to health problems, our county would propose such a thing and then proceed to waste our tax dollars on environmental impact studies. Fluoridation of drinking […]
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Nov 02 2014
Ebola and Isolating Unvaccinated Children
Is Mass Inoculation as Good as We are Led to Believe? With the current emphasis on creating a vaccine for Ebola, we can expect that one will be forthcoming eventually, whether it is 100% effective or only minimally so. We can also expect that once it is developed, school-age children will be required to get […]
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Nov 01 2014
Children Get Chronic Conditions Too
In the United States, we entered the new millennium with a dubious distinction: The frequency of autoimmune diseases in children is higher than it has ever been in the history of medicine. – http://www.health.thesfile.com/children/children-alarming-health-trends, citing the book, Healthy Child, Healthy World by Christopher Gavigan (Plume, 2009). I suspect the incidence of autoimmune – and other […]
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Aug 28 2014
CDC Purposefully Omits MMR Vaccine Autism Data
William Thompson, a Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1998, published this shocking admission yesterday on his attorney’s website: I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the […]
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May 25 2012
Nature and Children
When I was a child, I roamed the woods and played outdoor games with my friends. Few children today seem to be so lucky. Below are recent articles that point to the lack of outdoor experience among children and why that matters. “Kids These Days: Why Is America’s Youth Staying Indoors?” (Nature Conservancy website) “Only […]
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