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Dr. Gwenn Is In
Help…My Preschooler Won’t Poop in The Potty!
My 4 ½ year old boy is still in pull-ups because he will not poop on the potty.Any ideas? Related posts:To Poop or not To Poop: The bottom line on your baby’s bottom end How To Know When Your Infant Is Sick If a fake ID is bad, changing birthdays to go on...
Gowalla is a No-Go for me and for Good Reasons!
The cute logo that never truly fit the concept should have been my tip off to not hit "down load now"...Gowalla. No related posts....
Quote of the Week: can’t we all play nice?
My family has a tradition to give each a cute or whimsical calendar as one of our Christmas presents. The the goal is fun and laughter...to brighten each other's day as we get through another year. This year, my family found the "Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bitch"...
Kelping Kids with “Text-iquette”
Do your kids text? My 12 year old has a friend who loves to text but doesn't get that it exists on a phone that 1. has an off switch 2. belongs to a person who may be busy when the text comes in an unable to return the text right...
Understanding Teen Suicide: the true reality and resources that could help
The coverage about Michael Blasil's suicide raises important issues about how to really help depressed teens...and where to look for resources in our own communiti Related posts:New study highlights a surprising risk for teen suicide: family moves This just in: TV watching as a teen may cause depression as an adult Being bullied...
Helping Kids Make Sense of the Sea World Tragedy
Wednesday's tragic death at Sea World was stunning for everyone and reminds us that these wild life shows we enjoy put many highly trained people at risk each and every day. Related posts:Seeing the world as our kids do will make us better parents Helping Kids Understand The Disaster In Haiti Media...
Change.org's Global Health Blog
Humanitarians: Staying Strong in the Face of Constant Threat
When you decide to dedicate your life to humanitarian work in the field, remember this: Not everyone wants you to succeed. As an affiliate of the United Nations or a non-governmental organization, many people won't think of your work as simply providing security, distributing food or teaching children. Though most of the communities served are extraordinarily grateful...
Beer Makes People More Attractive...
...to mosquitoes. That's the finding of a new study that helps explain why mosquitoes seem more attracted to some people than others. Researchers -- who focused on a malaria-endemic area of Burkina Faso -- found that volunteers who drank the local brew were more attractive to mosquitoes than volunteers who only...
In western Uganda's Kyaka II refugee camp, as Laura wrote earlier this week, women are fashioning a living out of sanitary pads composed of waste paper and papyrus. It's a terrific exercise in ingenuity, if not necessarily one that begins to grapple with the bigger issues facing the camp --...
Giving Congress the Good Global Health Stories
I wonder whether Bill Gates, burdened by global cares, counts statistics at night rather than sheep as he tries to fall asleep. He certainly has a talismanic series of them to offer -- some of his "favorites" which he rattled off before the Senate Foreign Relations committee yesterday in an effort to...
The Ground View: Why Social Justice in Global Health Matters
Recently, Victor argued here that talk of social justice should be more prominent in global health debates. I agree -- though I don't think a rhetoric of social justice is a universal panacea. Using social justice as a frame, though, does help enrich my personal relationships and get me through the...
Better News on Africa Than You Thought
As often as Sub-Saharan Africa makes headlines, it's rarely for good news. Reports of genocide, hunger, poverty and war generally dominate coverage of the continent. Recently, however, news about the continent's growing economy has been making the rounds. IMF predictions show that economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to grow at...
Center on Media and Child Health
Research Toolbox: Resources in Spanish/en Español
Did you know? A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that Latino children consume up to 4 1/2 hours more of media daily than other children. The following resources, in Spanish, highlight child health and media use and are especially useful to parents, educators, and researchers. ¿Sabía usted? Un estudio de......
CMCH and UNICEF Celebrate The International Children's Day of Broadcasting 2010
Celebrate the International Children's Day of Broadcasting 2010!The Center on Media and Child Health celebrates the International Children's Day of Broadcasting by joining other efforts around the world to ensure that children's needs and rights are addressed and protected via use of media. CMCH thrives to improve the understanding of......
Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies- March 5
Check out these recently published studies on children, media, and health which explore a range of topics: Anderson, C.A., et al.(2010). Violent video game effects on aggression, empathy, and prosocial behavior in Eastern and Western countries. Psychological Bulletin, 136(2), 151-73. The authors used meta-analytic procedures to test the effects of......
Research Toolbox: Media Literacy Resources
What’s Media Literacy? Media literacy is the ability to understand how mass media works and media literacy education is the approach to protect children and adolescents from the unhealthy effects of media by giving them tools to think critically about messages in the media. Here's a list of media literacy......
Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies-February 26
Here is a list of recently published studies on children, media, and health which explore a range of topics: Dooley, J.D., Deshpande, S., & Adair, C.E. (2010). Comparing adolescent-focused obesity prevention and reduction messages. Journal of Business Research, 63(2), 154-160. This study tests the effects of adolescent-targeted obesity prevention messages......
Research Toolbox: New Book on Children and Television
Professor Dafna Lemish, editor of the Journal of Children and Media, incoming Chair of the Department of Radio-Television in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University, and visiting scholar at CMCH, has published a new book, Screening Gender on Children’s Television: The Views of Producers......
Healthy Child Healthy World Blog
Dictionary.com defines natural as "not artificial" or "having undergone little or no processing and containing no chemical additives." When I think of "natural" I think of things "as Nature made them" - a tree, a flower, an apple, a bunch of carrots. I can recognize natural products in more...
QUESTION: My grandmother told me she didn't produce enough milk to breastfeed any of her three daughters. My mother didn't produce enough to breastfeed me. Does this mean I will have a problem producing milk? ANSWER: Milk supply is a concern of many mothers. You will likely be able to...
Does Olive Oil Release Toxic Smoke During Cooking?
You ask, we answer. Find all of our frequently asked questions or ask your own by visiting Get Answers. QUESTION: Does olive oil release toxic smoke during cooking? ANSWER: Read Debra Lynn Dadd's answer. Image Courtesy Of Mel B. / CC BY 2.0 ...
Healthy World Watch March 12th, 2010
Top Tips If you’re overwhelmed at the thought of making your own organic baby food, check out this video featuring Dr. Greene. Making your own organic baby food is easy, some might even call it fun, and it is the best for your baby. ...
Dump Dioxins to Prevent Endometriosis
Almost every woman dreads the bloating, crankiness and cramps that accompany monthly menstruation. But dread does not approach the degree of fear felt by a woman with endometriosis. Endometriosis causes endometrium cells to migrate from the uterus to places in the body that they don’t belong - like...
Baby-Health.net
Is Jennifer Lopez getting more in vitro procedure?
Jennifer Lopez has been dealt another crushing blow in her quest for motherhood. The 36-year-old Latin beauty underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) with a Beverly Hills specialist in mid-October - only to get the heartbreaking news from an ultrasound earlier this month that the procedure had failed. But Jennifer’s so determined to...
Ectopic pregnancy is a rare pathologic process of fetus development outside the uterus. Ectopic pregnancy is a threat to a woman’s life, because it is accompanied by the risk of tissue rupture and bleeding. Learn more about ectopic pregnancy signs and symptoms, as well as possible risk factors. Ectopic pregnancy In rare...
Baby bathing tips: infant bath temperature
Many latter-day parents are experiencing some difficulties in the first baby bathing, because they do not know what to do with this and which infant bath temperature to choose. In fact, at first, the process of bathing may seem rather complicated, and parents need special attention. It is at first,...
Christening. What you should know
For Orthodox christening is the second (but in a sense, the main) spiritual birth of a man, his cleaning for further existance, a sort of “pass” to heaven - the kingdom of God. After christening a person receives forgiveness of past sins. That is why christening is the first sacrament,...
Recently, experts conducted a small survey among kids in kindergarten: “What hurts you most?” The answers, in general, did not surprise - most children complained to their bellies. Unfortunately, kids cannot say exactly what they are concerned - the intestines, pancreas, or something else, so parents should carefully examine problems in...
Maternity leave: 140 days and nights
For the first time a woman-mother’s rights were enshrined in Convention on Protection of Maternity June 4, 1952 at the General Conference of International Labor Organization in Geneva. According to article 3 of the Convention, the minimum period of maternity leave was not less than 12 weeks, ie 6 weeks...
BlissTree
Junk Food in Schools: Child Abuse?
What do human trafficking, “The Lovely Bones,” and school cafeterias have in common? In varying degrees, they all involve a bit of child abuse. Bear with us: We’re not living out childhood antagonism ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Cycle Style - Bike Blogs Blisstree Loves
Commuting on two wheels is healthy, good for the environment, and a cheap alternative to fueling up your car or buying a train ticket every day. Plus, Google’s Bike Maps make it ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Lifetime Movies We Love...And Make Fun Of
We’re staying in this Saturday night. Why? Because “Who Is Clark Rockefeller?” premieres March 13 (9 p.m. ET) on Lifetime, that’s why. (Remember the con-man who pretended to be a Rockefeller, duped ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
“Are canned foods good for you?” is what the guys over at AskMen.com wonder. But dudes aren’t the only ones eating canned chili. In a pinch for time or money, cooking with ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Cool Clocks in Time for Daylight Saving
Daylight Savings is this Sunday, and unfortunately, this is the one we dread: we lose an hour of precious sleep. Though we can’t help you make up for the lost time, we ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Things That Smell Like (Happy) Things
Taken from TheGloss, our splendid sister site. Thanks to Deputy Editor Jennifer Wright for this delicious and nostalgic post: Lilit and I are fairly skeptical about things that smell like things, especially after ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
ScienceDaily: Child Development News
Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had significantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time...
Abused children more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting
Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a new study concludes....
Prevalence of cyberbullying and its psychological impact on nonheterosexual youth revealed
One out of every two lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and allied youths are regular victims of "cyberbullying," which causes psychological and emotional distress to victims -- producing thoughts of suicide in some who are repeatedly victimized, according to new research....
Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a new study....
Students' physical fitness associated with academic achievement; organized physical activity
Physical fitness is associated with academic performance in young people, according to a new study....
Baby monkeys receive signals through their mother's breast milk that affect behavior and temperament
Among rhesus macaque monkeys, mothers who weigh more and have had previous pregnancies produce more and better breast milk for their babies than mothers who weigh less and are less experienced. Scientists are using this natural variation in breast milk quality and quantity to show that a mother's milk sends...
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Layla Grace: Tomorrow will always be there for you
Two year toddler, Layla Grace passed away after a battle with cancer. We’ve been watching the...
Investigation of the mechanism by which ritalin improves focus has shown it also has a distinct comp...
Recent research shows that the practice of not phoning after 10 o’clock at night or before 8.3...
Babies worse after educational videos.
Rebekah A Richert and colleagues studied 96 children aged 1 to 2, “To examine whether children...
According to a current news release by McGill University Health Centre that is hitting the headlines...
Public Forum on Maternal and Child Health at Barnard College
Barnard College and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) are holding a discussi...
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