One of the nation’s most alarming health crises is the growing number of babies born before week 37 of pregnancy.  The increase in these preterm live births is behind federal law PL 109-450, or the PREEMIE Act of 2006, which…

There’s been a lot of media attention lately placed on the safety, or non-safety, of ingesting foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is most often found in baby bottles and water…

The findings of a study conducted by the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, leads to the conclusion that just growing up as a male increases the risk of heart disease by the time the young man is 19 years…

Statistics on longevity in the United States have indicated an increase in expected life span that began in the 1960s and rose steadily until 2000. Now, newer statistics, gleaned from a study conducted over an extensive period of time, reveals…

Just as exposure to common household and yard chemicals affect us and our children, our pets are affected by these toxins, too. And the exposure to these toxins may produce compounded harmful effects in our cats and dogs.

A recently conducted poll of parents indicates that about 83% of them thought the last medications prescribed for their children had been approved for use as pediatric medications.  The truth, however, is that not even a third of the medications…

The link between good nutrition during pregnancy and healthy babies was established many years ago. A new study shows that the nutritional choices made prior to conception can also have profound effects on your baby’s health.

Researchers who studied the dining habits of almost 89,000 women over a period of 24 years have concluded that those who routinely consumed a diet as close as possible to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet were at…

The FDA has joined forces with Malt-O-Meal to identify the cause of contamination while state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working to identify other cases of the disease and to prevent further illness.

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Although advances in health care have contributed to the longevity of baby boomers, there will be serious problems in three years when the first of the nation’s 78 million boomers begin reaching the age of 65. According to a report…

The crafty critters that plague our food supply and make us sick can’t always be washed away with conventional means. Scientific studies have found that the microbes that can cause bouts of vomiting and diarrhea can burrow inside the leaves…

Even though most of us don’t talk much about it, almost everyone would like to leave this life in a pain-free, peaceful, dignified manner.  And dignity at the time of death is exactly what every hospice strives to achieve.  It’s…

The latest issue of The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert addresses the high risk for error medical care professionals face when administering adult medication formulations to children. The chance of miscalculation puts children at three times the risk of adverse…

Ten to 15 out of every 100 mothers report feelings of depression during the first year after giving birth. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently analyzed data taken from PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring…