One reason parents often avoid the polio vaccine is the fear that their child may actually contract the disease from the vaccine. Once upon a time, I was told that this live vaccine could actually be contracted through changing diapers. Like much information about vaccines that … [Read more...]
Is Breastfeeding Revolutionary?
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org I remember the first time I saw someone breastfeed. I was 27 and had just gotten married; one of my best friends had her baby the same year. We all sat around marveling … [Read more...]
One Year Breastfeeding Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer by 32% for BRCA 1 Gene
It's relatively common knowledge that long term breastfeeding reduces the risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Even so, some prominent cancer organizations still don't wholeheartedly embrace the premise. Cancer.org reports: Not breast-feeding: Some studies have shown … [Read more...]
Introducing The Honest Company! Diapers, Sunscreen, Detergent, Etc.
When someone you admire joins a start up company, you take notice. Janelle Sorensen was the chief communications oficer at Healthy Child Healthy World. She is a "seasoned environmental health advocate". For her to join this new company and thus give it her endorsement, it has to … [Read more...]
Raising Boys With ADHD
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that affects 5.4 million children between the ages of four to seventeen, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although this disorder was first documented in 1845, "rates of ADHD diagnosis … [Read more...]
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