Archive for January, 2008
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Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog
Although the press is consumed with this story, which is sad with hopefully some lessons learned for our teens, this is the story we should be talking about.
In short, a teen in a vegetative state in New York is on life support. Her [...]
Boy Scouts Take On Bullying
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
There is a tendency in some circles to dismiss the recent efforts to deal with school bullying as unrealistic or “feel-good” nonsense. In part, I think that the situation may be exacerbated by stories about fringe programs that characterize boys as natural bullies or by remembrances of the important [...]
Wednesday Wellness: Pass the salt spray and coffee, please.
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog
The moral of today’s post is things are not always as they appear but that doesn’t make them bad.
The Common Cold: saline as a cure??
MomLogic called me yesterday about whether salt water can cure the common cold. No different than other doctors, [...]
Safest (and cheapest!) Way to Wash Veggies–
Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids Blog
According to Newsweek magazine (who, by the way, has been increasing their reporting on some environmental health issues, including a mention of BPA free bottles and sippy cups– am I sensing a revolution? an American wake up call?), the safest way to remove surface wax, pesticides and bacteria is to spray [...]
Boys on the Radio
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
Just wanted to let y’all know that Michael Baisden is scheduled to cover the Boy Crisis on today’s radio show. (Check the website to see which stations carry the show.) He’ll not only be discussing the crisis in general, but also as it affects black boys. (A [...]
Need more family time? Bake cookies - from scratch!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog
During the Nor’Easter last week, school was cancelled and we found ourselves in an interesting predicament: we wanted to make a fire, yet ran out of Duraflame logs. We wanted to bake cookies yet had no “ready to go” dough. The only path to take on both fronts [...]
Allergen Cross Contamination Labeling Voluntary for Foods (huh?)–
Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids Blog
Here is a comment that for some reason mistakenly got listed under the “Do You Eat Fish” post. It shares important information about cross contamination and food allergies, so I thought I would post it here. Lynda, I hope you don’t mind! And, being inspried after reading this, I added some [...]
Classroom Prejudices
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
If you were the tiniest bit aware of the great Girl Resurgence of the 1990s (my nickname for the new feminist wave that combined girl power feminism with a huge helping of “studies” about the different ways that girls are disadvantaged in modern Western culture), you probably heard all about [...]
Cell Phones and Your Child’s Health
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog
It should be a shocker that doctors and scientists want to further explore whether cell phone use is safe for kids. Cell phones are being used in record numbers by kids and at younger and younger ages. Keep in mind that what [...]
Got a Kid with a Food Allergy? Avoid Bakery Items at the Grocery Store–
Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids Blog
A few months ago I went to a party with my two girls. There was all sorts of yummy food there for everyone (and I was thrilled to not have to cook). I found some dark chocolaty brownies in the kitchen and kept sneaking back there to have a bite (or [...]
Five For Friday: A Potpourri of Safety - from medicines to computers to pools
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog
Today’s weekly wrap up includes headlines that range from the head scratching to the notable.
First on deck, yesterday’s FDA announcement that cold and cough medicine is, indeed, bad for kids under 2. I wont’ harp on this again. I’ve discussed it [...]
Do you Eat Fish?
Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids Blog
I am a vegetarian, and have been for a long, long time. But I do worry about my girls getting enough Omega-3 fatty acids in their diets, and of course protein. So, we’ve given our daughter wild salmon before (with my husband cooking it- I can’t get over the skin thing). [...]
It’s Official Now - Don’t Use Cold and Cough Medications In Toddlers and Infants!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In Blog
Today, the FDA made it official: cold and cough medications should not be used in infants and kids under 2 years of age. This should not be news to any one, at least anyone who has been listening to the news over the last year, or their pediatrician, who [...]
Success for South Carolina
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
So . . . um . . . I know that saying, “I told you so,” is widely considered to be extremely annoying and smug, and is a generally unattractive trait . . . especially among those on the wrong side of the telling. But I just can’t restrain [...]
A Tale of ADD Misdiagnosis
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
There were a bunch of things I was planning to talk about today. (Including a digression on how only a little boy, given a scrap of dough to play with post-baking, could invent a game that sent the dough lump screeching around corners, sending powdered sugar flying in its [...]
