As parents, many of us have been there. You’re going about your day and BAM…fear and anxiety start creeping in as soon as you read the email, that perhaps again, there’s an outbreak of lice. Someone in your child’s school has lice and your child may have been exposed…blah, blah, blah. Nothing about this ever […]
MLK Day, The New Year And Tiny Habits
I’m quieted today by the profound example of Martin Luther King Jr. and one of his many enduring proclamations, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” The answer I often feel is “not enough.” While most of us spend portions of our everyday caring for or enriching the lives […]
How To Help Your Gassy Baby
Things to give to new parents: smart books. Awesome things to give to new parents: books about how babies eat and poop. What and how babies eat and how they fart and poop (and sleep) are basically all new parents think about. I’m not exaggerating — of course the most emotional part of new parenthood […]
Is your teen’s cough linked to vaping? Parents and doctors urged to up their antennae
The death of an Illinois patient with a vaping-related lung disease brings a new urgency to identifying those at risk of developing the dangerous illness before severe symptoms appear.
Genetics By Far The Biggest Factor In Autism Risk, Study Says
Kids already have a lot of AI friends to chat with, whether they’re asking Siri to play their favorite song or quizzing Alexa on trivia about blue whales. But one new Alexa skill is hoping to do more than just entertain the next generation.
Working Geek: Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson uses social media ‘like a stethoscope’ in public health crusade
Kids already have a lot of AI friends to chat with, whether they’re asking Siri to play their favorite song or quizzing Alexa on trivia about blue whales. But one new Alexa skill is hoping to do more than just entertain the next generation.
Pediatricians Urge Social Networks To Stop The Spread Of Anti-Vaccine Lies
Kids already have a lot of AI friends to chat with, whether they’re asking Siri to play their favorite song or quizzing Alexa on trivia about blue whales. But one new Alexa skill is hoping to do more than just entertain the next generation.
Facebook under pressure to halt rise of anti-vaccination groups
Kids already have a lot of AI friends to chat with, whether they’re asking Siri to play their favorite song or quizzing Alexa on trivia about blue whales. But one new Alexa skill is hoping to do more than just entertain the next generation.
Feeding these foods early and often can protect your baby from developing a food allergy
Wendy Sue Swanson, a pediatrician with Seattle Children’s Hospital, wants parents to know immunizations are safe, necessary and effective. As a mother of two boys (ages 10 and 12), she understands why parents get nervous.
