Guasa Therapy

Recently I had two Guasa Therapies in my house. I have to tell you that, this is first time I experienced Guasa and it hurts. But it is good for your health. Guasa Therapy is an X-Ray for your health. It tells you which part of your body or which organs of you have unhealthy [...]

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Soy Infant Formula Information

On December 18, an independent scientific panel that advises the National Toxicology Program released its evaluation of research on soy infant formula. Over the next few months, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program will review the outside panel’s conclusions which expressed “minimal concern” for adverse development effects in [...]

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Which Plastic Water Bottles Don’t Leach Chemicals?

Choose your water bottles very carefully in order to prevent chemicals in the plastic from leaching into your water. Plastic water bottles are very convenient for carting water around when we are on the go, as they don’t break if we drop them. However, it is worth paying attention to the type of plastic your [...]

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Diabetes All Over

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. Diabetes is a problem across the whole country, but a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says some areas have it worse than others. The first county-level data find wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some [...]

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Flu and the High-risk Kids

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. Children with high-risk medical conditions can also face worse problems if they get the flu. That’s especially something to be concerned about this year, because we face 2009 H1N1 as well as seasonal influenza. At the Centers for Disease Control [...]

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Keeping on the Baby Weight

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. A study finds the baby weight is hard to make go away when a pregnant woman who is already obese gains the weight. Kimberly Vesco of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, found that in Kaiser [...]

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After Cancer, Babies

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. Childhood cancer survivors increasingly are living to ages when they want to have children themselves. The question is whether their treatment – or the cancer itself – could affect the babies or them. At Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, [...]

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Child Development – Middle Childhood (6-8 years old)

Middle childhood brings many changes to a child’s life. By this time, children can dress themselves, catch a ball more easily with only their hands, and tie their shoes. Developing independence from family becomes more important now. Events such as starting school bring children this age into regular contact with the larger world. Friendships become [...]

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Child Development – Preschoolers (3-5 years old)

As your child grows into early childhood, his world will begin to open up. She will become more independent and begin to focus more on adults and children outside of the family. He will want to explore and ask about his surroundings even more. Her interactions with family and those around her will help to [...]

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Child Development – Toddlers (1-2 years old)

During this time, your child is becoming increasingly more mobile, and aware of himself and his surroundings. Her desire to explore new objects and people is also increasing. During this stage, your toddler will show greater independence, begin to show defiant behavior, recognize himself in pictures or a mirror, and imitate the behavior of others, [...]

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