Not Antibiotics – There are Alternatives
This is the first in a series of articles about alternatives to common pharmaceutical medications. There are situations when antibiotics are necessary and sometimes life-saving. Severe infections of the nervous system, kidneys, blood, and lungs require antibiotics. But common respiratory and ear infections, for example, do not need antibiotics. Most of these are caused by ...
Continue Reading »California Parents of Teenagers Beware
Governor Jerry Brown has just signed an unprecedented bill into law that allows 12-year-old children in California to choose for themselves whether they want to get an HPV vaccine (Gardasil) without their parents’ consent. This vaccine is intended to prevent human papilloma virus infection, a sexually transmitted disease associated with cervical cancer. Boys and girls ...
Continue Reading »Back to School Health Checklist
Lunches Packing lunch for school can be hard on parents. I suggest you sit down with your kids and make a list of things they want to eat in their lunches. This can lead to (yet another) discussion of the foods that are nourishing and foods that are not so good for your body. Putting ...
Continue Reading »Whooping cough vaccine
School districts are informing parents that their children are required to have a whooping cough vaccine in order to register for school this fall. What they fail to explain is that whooping cough is usually mild in older children and adults. They also neglect to describe the waivers for vaccine requirements. In many states including ...
Continue Reading »Reduce Your Exposure to Cancer-Causing Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals cause cancer. They are also hormone disruptors, capable of contributing to hormone imbalances and premature puberty in children. We are all exposed to these chemicals every day, but we can also limit our exposure by taking simple measures in our daily lives. Some products, like air pollutants, are not in our control. However, there ...
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