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Parents have lower blood pressure

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Parents have a stressful job. It isn’t easy raising kids, but new research calls into question some long-held beliefs about physical and psychological effects of having kids.
Surprisingly, a new study finds that parents have better blood pressure readings than childless adults.
“Women were driving the effect,” says co-author Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychologist at Brigham Young University [...]

General Mills to Cut Sugar in Kids’ Cereals

Friday, December 11th, 2009

If you ask, many adults would tell you that kids cereals are very bad for their health. Why? Mostly because they are so sugary. Well, something is finally being done about that.
General Mills plans to further cut the amount of sugar in its cereals that it markets to children under 12. The company will reduce [...]

Cords on window blinds can be strangling hazard to kids

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Consider this a healthy reminder about one of the not so hidden dangers in our homes. The death of a Maryland toddler has prompted federal officials to issue a safety alert about the risks of window cords.
The 2-year-old child was strangled in November after his head became entangled in window cords. It happens more often [...]

Prolonged Use of Pacifier Linked to Speech Problems

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

A pacifier is fine, but don’t let your child use one for too long. That’s what some experts are saying.
In a study of 128 children from age 3 to 5 in Patagonia, Chile, researchers discovered that children who used a pacifier or sucked their fingers for more than three years were three times as likely [...]

Anxious kids at risk for obesity as adults

Friday, September 18th, 2009

New research suggests that children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood. In the study, researchers examined data from about 6,500 members of the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study.
The participants in the study were assessed when they were 10 years old for emotional problems, self-perceptions and their body-mass index (BMI), [...]

2008 Healthy Reader Eco Friendly Gift Guide

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

1. An environmentally friendly ceramic memo board- that comes in handy for writing household messages and grocery lists. $15. Comes with dry eraser. Available at See Jane Work.
2. Stylishly designed and it makes a bold eco statement- “I Am Not A Paper Cup”…at first glance, it appears to be one of those disposable paper cups [...]