Some women are described as “natural born mothers.” When you’re pregnant for the first time, those words can cause feelings of inadequacy and confusion. If other women are “natural mothers” …
How to Help Your Newborn Sleep at Night
Sleeping through the night is a skill most babies achieve by 2-3 months of age. If they are helped along, that is. I have been advising my patients to give …
Early Childhood Obesity Intervention Is a Must
Summary: To be effective, any campaign against childhood obesity must include intervention strategies to combat obesity in preschool children, say researchers at the University of California San Francisco in a …
Herd Immunity: Creating a Shield of Protection from Disease
Ever since the beginning of time mankind and every other animal creature on earth had to learn to defend against predators. Animals kill each other for food and territory and …
Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency
The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently published new recommendations regarding vitamin D intake for infants, children and adolescents. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin involved in many processes in …