A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that Englishmen, who ate mainly fruit, vegetables and fish. were less likely to get depression 6 years later, compared to those who were heavy meat and bread eaters. This study had…

Margaret Mitchell, owner of Mitchell Dental Spa in Chicago, offers some common sense tips for protecting your kids teeth at Halloween:

·        Avoid sticky candy such as taffy, gummy bears, caramel, etc.  Sticky Candy adheres to teeth and causes decay

·        Kids can…

First, what is it? A common sweetener and preservative that’s made by changing the sugar in cornstarch to fructose, which is another form of sugar. The end product is less expensive than sugar and extends the shelf life of processed foods, sodas…

This blog is written from Holland, where I just gave the keynote address at a Conference at Radboud University in Nijmegen. The conference focused on the science of movement. As succinctly put by the organizer, Professor Sander Geurts “The motto…

This is my first blog. For someone my age this is intimidating as I have imagined a blog as an alien creature. Of course my memory is playing tricks on me and that amorphous creature was actually “The Blob.” A…

Overweight children are more responsive to food advertising and branding than kids in a normal weight range, according to a new study published in the journal Appetite.

The study looks at the quantity of food that children aged four to six choose to…

Parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder should be cautious about accepting free prescription drug samples from their doctors, according to a  Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs report.

Free samples can hook consumers on high-priced brand name drugs that are not any…

They may not smoke, drink or gamble but almost one in ten young video gamers display behavior patterns similar to addiction, according to a new study.

The gamers, aged 8 to 18 , also reported adverse effects on their family, social, academic and psychological…

We were ready to leave after school Friday for a weekend Easter getaway. Then we got the e-mail and a note sent home — two confirmed cases of the highly-contagious Pertussis, or whooping cough, in my 2nd-grader’s class.

We were told…

St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital has opened  a new pediatric outpatient sedation unit, which has five large private rooms designed for children and their parents.

The unit is being used for children requiring sedation for tests such as CT, MRI and brain…