Bedtime Matters! In a significant study a couple of years ago, British researchers compared the bedtimes of over 10,000 children and found that a regular bedtime had a significant [...]
Do our PCs, tablets, and cell phones emit radiation? And are there harmful effects on our health? There is a huge amount of controversy around this question and it is easy to understand [...]
Happy Equal Pay Day! This is the day when women employees catch up with their male counterparts. Women get paid on average more than three-months-worth less than men doing the same job. So if the [...]
Quality of sleep, quantity of sleep, and using fewer sleep medications were associated with improved scores on several different assessments of emotional and physical health used by psychologists [...]
No cold or flu after the holidays You may have noticed that many people end up with colds or flu after the holidays. For most adults, it’s a nuisance they almost expect, and they expect to [...]
Who Needs Homework? Once we have children in school, must our entire evening be about getting them to do their homework? What about just being a mom, giving them love and support in other areas [...]
Smart Phones for Kids Smart phone or no smart phone? Thirty years ago you just wanted your child to know his or her home phone number and address, and perhaps your work number. Now many parents [...]
Food quality is a hot topic in the news today. Many mothers are concerned about current efforts by leading chemical companies to alter our staple food crops in ways that have no precedent in [...]
In America today the typical super-market in a middle-class neighborhood has over 3000 different items you can eat. But is that enough? We assume this is a fantastic variety and gives us an [...]
Scientists and health authorities tell us that most of the health care challenges we face today are largely preventable by changes in lifestyle. And that goes for most of the medical expenses we [...]