This Gift Shows Mom She Counts
This week I’m getting lots of compliments on my pretty new bracelet – and I’m staying hydrated. That’s because the lovely silver bangle I’m sporting is from Count Me Healthy ($88,...
View ArticleFoot ‘Facelifts.’ Really?
As a health writer, I receive buckets of information from a long list of organizations and other resources. Much of it is helpful or interesting, some of it surprising. Now and again I get something...
View ArticleHealth-E Stuff: Human Body Detectives
Here’s a fun way to sneak a little body awareness into your kids’ brains without it feeling like homework. Created by Heather Manley, N.D., a naturopathic doctor and mom of two, this series of activity...
View ArticleCupcakes Are Good For Kids
Take a few minutes this weekend and enjoy a guilty pleasure for a good cause. Cupcakes. At more than 700 bakeries and other sites across the country you can indulge in Cupcakes For a Cause and see part...
View ArticleHand Sanitizer For Your Nose!
Flu season has officially come to L.A. County. Yesterday the county health department announced that a man in his 30s is the season’s first confirmed influenza case. He had H3N2 (seasonal influenza A),...
View ArticleHealth-E Stuff: A Duffle For the Sniffles
“Something’s going around the dorm,” my daughter said to me when she called yesterday from her campus in Chicago. Going into her next care package: the Sniffle Duffle! This adorable little pouch has a...
View ArticleHealth-E Stuff: SPIbelt
Whether you’re a mom who wants to bring a phone on your morning hike (like me!), or you’re trying to keep your son from losing his keys on the soccer field, SPIbelt can solve your problem with a...
View ArticleGreat Kid DVD: Storytime Yoga
Mix one of my favorite childhood pastimes – story time – with one of my favorite indulgences as an adult – yoga – and you’ve got the “Scooter and Me” DVD series now out from Move With Me. I love the...
View ArticleHand-Washing Help For Your Little Duckie
Getting an early start teaching good hand-washing is a great way to keep your kids from getting sick. But lifting your growing toddler up to reach the faucet might not be ideal for your back! The...
View ArticleCould Your iPhone Diagnose Your Child’s Next Ear Infection?
Well, no. But a new device in the works could eliminate millions of doctors’ visits every year for parents whose kids are fussing and tugging at their ears. Around 75% of children have had at least one...
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