Children and Obesity
Are Soft Drinks Really to Blame? The number of obese children in America is on the rise and the percentage of obese children has nearly doubled since 1980. A growing concern over these growing children...
View ArticleWhat do you Have to Offer
If you are having trouble getting physicians to participate, remind them that this kind of community work will look good on the resume that they submit to managed care companies who are now paring down...
View ArticleChoose Mr. Right, Not Mr. Alluring
Professionally, we’re on fire! We women of the millennium continue to demonstrate our abilities in the workplace. When it comes to affairs of the heart, however, we’re still living in the dark ages,...
View ArticleLower Levels of Estrogen Lead to Urinary Problems
Last week, we started our discussion on urinary problems like incontinence, or the inability to control one’s urination, in the menopausal woman. Urinary incontinence is much more common in women than...
View ArticleWorking With Your Child’s Doctor
When a child is being treated for amblyopia it is important to maintain frequent vision checks. To achieve the correct balance between the eyes, your physician may frequently change the number of hours...
View ArticleDiscovering My Child Had Juvenile Diabetes
I should have known when he was in the womb that this baby was going to be a wild one! Maybe a future gymnast, who knew? Little did we know that within a couple of years he would be diagnosed with...
View ArticleMothers Raising Daughters, Part 1
My teen-age daughter started high school last month and hit a wall. Nothing seems to work for her at the moment — not the hours, the environment or the workload. She used to love school and get all...
View ArticleMothers Raising Daughters, Part 2
The problem Monac often sees, however, is that yesterday’s tight control is replaced by today’s inattention. Instead of automatically popping a video into the VCR, play a game with your girls. Revive...
View ArticleWhat Are the Effects on Family and Friends?
Certainly, the emotional affects on the genital herpes sufferer can also affect those that care about him or her. Besides this emotional aspect, it is important to reiterate that the affected...
View ArticleCooking With Carcinogens?
Researchers have found that cooking foods to the point of browning or charring produces carcinogens. That even includes browned or burnt toast. The simple act of cooking and overcooking foods produces...
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