Depression Drug Illegally Marketed to Kids, Kickbacks Paid, FDA Approved Anyway

A five year probe of Forest Laboratories by the U.S. Justice Department into illegal marketing of Lexapro to children has an ironic twist to it: The FDA just approved the use of Lexapro for depression in children. "Federal health care programs have paid thousands of false and … [Read more...]

Do You Need a UV Pocket Purifier?

I'm not one for gadgets, but sometimes I find one that I think might be useful. I do not have germaphobia, at least the germs in my home, but I do get paranoid putting my kids in shopping carts and on public toilets. Really, does that thin piece of paper used as a toilet seat … [Read more...]

Economy Makes For Tough Family Planning Choices: Go Natural

Let me start this off by saying I don't want to have a big ol' controversy here. But when I open my big fat mouth laptop, sometimes it's inevitable. Looks like the crashing economy is "good" for a sector besides pawn shops: the family planning clinics. Maybe it's because we're … [Read more...]

Springtime: Where I Crush the Souls Of Girl Scouts

According to the National Action Against Obesity the girl scouts who peddle cookies each spring get 40 to 60 cents from each box sold. Roughly ten percent of each sale. Ask any mother whose living room has been taken over by boxes of cookies, any father who's had to drag their … [Read more...]

Muddling Our Way Through Developmental Disorders or What's Going On With My Child?

This beautiful little girl is the youngest of my five children. She is the one who makes me break out into a sweat any time we venture into a grocery store, doctors office, library (or any other new location). She is the angel who needs her blankets on in a specific order, her … [Read more...]