Good Carbs, Bad Carbs
(published in Humana Active Outlook)
When you eat carbs like sugar or those in refined foods, you get a sharp spike in your blood sugar levels. That's not healthy. To keep your blood sugar levels even, you should eat better carbs like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
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Dodging Diabetes
What You Need to Know
(published in Humana Active Outlook)
At this time as many as 24 million Americans have diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that by 2050, 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. could get the disease.
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Encourage Healthy Habits at School
(posted on PTO Today)
Schools can be breeding grounds for the germs that cause colds, the flu, and other illnesses. Here's how PTOs can help fight germs to keep kids in class.
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Seeing spots: When to worry about birthmarks
(published in Arthritis Today)
Kita Ferrer was born with a 2-inch-long, football-shaped birthmark on her abdomen. Now 18 months old, Kira finds the birthmark interesting—when she finds it at all. But her mother worries that this won't always be the case and that as Kira grows older, the same birthmark could make her feel self-conscious, or even lead to teasing from peers.
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Energy At Rest: Getting enough downtime for body, mind and spirit can recharge your batteries.
(published in Energy Times)
If there's one thing you usually run short of during the holidays, besides money and time, it's energy. "We need a source to reconnect to when our energy battery has drained a little," says Michael Finklestein, MD, who practices integrated and holistic medicine in Bedford, New York. "If that source is available, you can use all the energy you want." That source can be found in changing the way you move, eat and rest.
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How to Choose the Right Cane & Use It Correctly
(published in Arthritis Today)
The right cane can relieve pressure on sore knees, hips, ankles and feet, as well as improve balance.
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Opening Medicine Bottles with Ease
(published in Arthritis Today)
Struggling to open bottles, specifically child–proof tops on prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine bottles, can be maddening. When getting to the medicine that's supposed to relieve your pain causes additional pain, it's tool time.
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Protect Your Baby From Choking
(published in ParentMap)
When it comes to putting things in their mouths, infants and toddlers don't discriminate between foodeating chalk and non–food. A shiny coin, a small toy—even a dab of dirt can seem like perfectly acceptable delicacies to them.
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Eight Ways to Help Your Child Lose Weight
(published in ParentMap)
It's a staggering figure: More than 9 million children and teens between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight, accordingbig boy to the American Heart Association. A 2004 study found that nearly 19 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 11 were overweight. However, Dr. Michelle Heng, a pediatrician at Group Health in Redmond, says there is a little good news: Though these numbers have been steadily increasing since the early 1990s, they are now starting to come back down.
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Dress Rehearsal
(published in Pregnancy)
When Raelynn Glispin experienced contractions during the 36th week of her first pregnancy, they caught her by surprise; she wasn't sure what they were.
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