by Marianne Halterman Do you know how much sodium is in your diet?  How about in your children’s diets?  The latest release of the USDA’s recommended Nutritional Guidelines, January 2016, suggests that we limit adult intake of sodium to 2,300 … Continue reading →

Recently, several reliable news articles have highlighted the CDC’s conclusion that “the number of U.S. women dying due to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled in 25 years1.” (“Why is the maternal mortality rate going up in the United States?”, … Continue reading →

June 10, 2015 –One of the reasons I began writing this blog was that I was moved to honor the memory of a young child named “E. J.” who died from an E. Coli infection. He was only about eight … Continue reading →

Children and food allergies are a daunting mix!  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports “Food allergies are estimated to affect 4 to 6 percent of children and 4 percent of adults.”1  Food allergies can be not … Continue reading →

I didn’t know much about e-cigarettes until I began researching an article for this blog. The more I read, the more I realize many people out there are using e-cigarettes who don’t know much about them either! And the research … Continue reading →

February 3, 2015–It’s good to see companies doing healthier things for consumers, especially where children are concerned. After all, kids are our future! The national fast-food chain, Wendy’s, announced in January 2015, it would remove soda from its “kids’ menus” … Continue reading →

The current measles outbreak which appears to have originated in California and has most likely been traced (according to CNN and other media reports) to an Arizona family who visited a Disney theme park, whose children apparently were not vaccinated … Continue reading →

December 7 – 13, 2014 is National Influenza Vaccination Week. This message is from Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). For more information about influenza, please visit www.flu.gov/. As we near the … Continue reading →

When I wrote a piece last winter on Measles, I did not think I’d be writing again so soon about what physicians used to call another common childhood ailment, the Mumps.  Measles aren’t funny… and neither are Mumps.  Both measles … Continue reading →

In 1963, a vaccine against Measles (Rubeola), Mumps and Rubella (German Measles), the MMR vaccine, was developed and finally made available through physicians to the general public.  This was a great day in medical science for all, especially children, parents … Continue reading →