This ‘Handy’ Cough Medication Might Save You $400 to $28,000
More people get asthma as adults than 'grow out' of asthma they had as kids. Many people who had asthma as a kid assume they grew out of it. But you know those bouts of bronchitis you get every year or so, the ones the urgent care doctor gives you antibiotics for and the antibiotics don’t always work very well? You get those because you don’t really grow out of asthma—not entirely. And that means when you get a cold or a sinus infection, or when your allergies get really bad, it can stir up enough inflammation that it triggers…
Birth Month and Autism Risk
Making veggies look bad
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The Miracle Moment: How to help an autistic child step into the world
How to be Beautiful: Care About Your Kids
Kate Middleton Versus Pippa: Who is the more beautiful sister?
What is celiac disease? A recipe for recovery beyond gluten free.
The China Study: Does Avoiding Animal Protein in Pregnancy Help or Harm?
Brain-researchers seem to be misinterpreting their own data
Is a Nature Deficit Depressing kids?
Early Puberty: What does it mean for tomorrow’s women?
Abnormal sexual development from unclear cause, environmental changes suspected. According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, 1 in 10 girls in second and third grade, of Caucasian descent, showed stage 2 breast development (small mounds of tissue under the nipple area), which is considered the first sign of sexual maturation. This is an increase of two hundred percent since the 1980s. For African American girls, the increase is even more alarming, with nearly one in four 7 and 8 year-olds showing the early breast signs. The causes are unclear, but suspects include: Pthallates, compounds that make their…
Raw Milk-Why Mess With Udder Perfection?
One more vital food source down the drain: The health effects of the BP oil spill
When I first saw those helicopter shots of red oil plumes staining the ocean, my only thought was: How could any animal survive in that? As a person who loves animals, this tragedy is too awful to think about. But as a doctor concerned with the prevention of human illness, I can’t help thinking about it. I can’t help but wonder: If the entire Gulf ecosystem is trashed, how will that affect us? It’s impossible to measure, let alone predict, the long-term human health effects that emerge from a major environmental catastrophe like the one we are now witnessing in…