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Haiti : A brief update

I have only just begun to absorb the magnitude of the problem in Haiti on the ground, but I just want to thank everyone who did so much to support our efforts there and to respond so quickly to my requests for donations.
 
 
 

The medical “camp” where I worked was sponsored by Noah-New York and [...]

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Eat Right Box

Eat Right boxes are designed to help children get a healthy and nutritious snack even when they are on the go, travelling or at the playground. They are the brainchild of Dr. Natalie W. Geary, a top New York City pediatrician, creator and founder of the skincare collection vedaPURE™, and author of online parenting blog [...]



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December Holidays:

As the holidays swing into full gear, sleep becomes a valuable but very truncated activity for both parents and children. I just wrote about the critical importance of sleep for the developing child, but wanted to share some fun ways I found to enhance the likelihood of sleep for you and your family- and they [...]

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Proteins and your child: How to get them to really eat well?

Take a look at your child. What do you see? Underneath the sugar and spice cute-as-can-be exterior is an essential structure that enables your child to stand, walk, support herself, grow, breathe, circulate blood, and digest food. That structure is made of protein, one of three major classes of nutrients that provide calories to the [...]

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Am I in first grade OR is my daughter?

For some reason this fall I was not that nervous for my 6 years old’s start of first grade.
This should have been a warning sign right than and there.
We are now two and a half months into school and she has already had a fight YES a
fight with hands and feet with a “friend of [...]

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This weeks guest feed: Safbaby

  • A Rich Organic Baby Lotion That The Average Income Can Afford! - It is insanely mind boggling how many dangerous toxins readily make up many of the mainstream skin care products targeted for our children.  Seriously, if the mass public knew the dangers of rubbing these neuro-toxins and hormone disruptors into the bodies of those we love and cherish the most, major companies would be going out [...]
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    This weeks guest feed: webMD Health

  • 'Ghostly' Drug May Help Fight RA - A ghostly suicide drug wafts into undead immune cells in joints, making the cells self-destruct and reducing rheumatoid arthritis in mouse studies.
  • Mediterranean Diet May Prevent Stroke-Related Brain Damage - Following a Mediterranean diet may help lower risk of brain damage related to silent strokes, new research shows.
  • Thirdhand Smoke Creates Indoor Cancer Risk - Tobacco smoke residue, or ?thirdhand? smoke, mixes with indoor air pollutants to form cancer-causing substances.

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