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Cure for Bed-Wetting?
Have you had to change your child’s bed sheets one time too many? Do they continue to wet the bed even far beyond their potty-training years? If so, there may be a very simple reason why. They could merely be constipated.
A new study that was published in the journal Urology (and no we don’t have a subscription we found the study via Jezebel) came to that conclusion with some pretty convincing data. Continue reading »
The End of the Twinkie?
There was a time, not that long ago, when the Twinkie held a carefree, coveted and creamy mystique. But throughout the years, Twinkie’s image has been tarnished by such things as Dan White and his “Twinkie Defense,” the questionable list of 37 ingredients and the rumor that a Twinkie has an infinite shelf life. But the biggest hit that the Twinkie has taken has been the punch of the health-conscious parent and their avoidance of feeding their beloved children junk food from the likes of Hostess.
This week Hostess (who also makes the Ho-Ho, Ding-Dongs and their once-popular cupcakes) has filed for Chapter 11. The reason? Could it be that the healthy parent is killing the Twinkie? Continue reading »
A woman demonstrates using a neti pot on The Oprah Show.
It’s not often we talk about nasal irrigation here at Strollerderby, but this is definitely some health news you can use: Do not use water straight out of the tap when clearing your sinuses with a neti pot.
Two people in Louisiana were recently killed by brain-eating amoeba — no, we’re not making this up — after having used their neti pots. According to a story on MSNBC, “Both victims are believed to have filled their neti pots with tap water instead of manufacturer-recommended distilled or sterilized water. When they used these pots to force the water up their noses and flush out their sinus cavities — a treatment for colds and hay fever — a deadly amoeba living in the tap water, called Naegleria fowleri, worked its way from their sinuses into their brains.” This parasite apparently causes an illness that kills sufferers in a matter of days.
Red Wine - Yeah, It's Good for You
There is plenty of bad news out there, so it’s nice when we get a little good news. And as parents we spend far too much time telling our kids what’s not good for them that we come down with severe “It’s bad for you!” fatigue. But it turns out that 2011 was chalk full of studies of what was previously considered “bad” things that turn out to be actually “good” things. The Huffington Post put together a list of 11 switch-a-roos. Check out what made the list after the jump! Continue reading »
Don't eat the yellow snow or the cookie dough.
I discovered the joys of eating raw cookie dough in high school. My friends and I would make a run to the 7-Eleven before after-school rehearsals started for the latest play, get a tube of the stuff and sit against the lockers and snarf it up. We had no idea E. coli bacteria could be lurking inside our delicious snack.
Now the medical community is saying NO to cookie dough. Cue the violins, sad friends. A new report on the E. coli outbreak of 2009, during which people were sickened after eating raw cookie dough, finds raw flour may have been to blame. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that, regardless of which ingredient caused 77 people to become ill, ready-to-bake cookie dough isn’t safe to eat if it hasn’t been cooked as directed.
Babies Know a Jerk When They Meet One
One thing that many an adult holds dear? Integrity. It’s one of those social standards that we all admire. No one likes a liar, a cheat, or a total a-hole.
Now, most would assume that the ability to discern a person’s personality and overall character would be a knack that was developed over years of social interaction and trial and error. But apparently, as it turns out, that’s not true. Even babies know a jerk when they meet one. Continue reading »
Midwife Lim wins CNN's 2011 Hero of the Year for her work helping Indonesia's mothers and babies.
A midwife who works with underserved Indonesian women to provide healthy pregnancy and birth services was named CNN’s Hero of the Year last night.
American Robin Lim, known as “Mother Robin”, open Yayasan Bumi Sehat in 1995. The clinic is a non-profit, village-based organization that runs two free community health centers in Bali and Aceh, Indonesia. They provide more than 17,000 health consultations for both children and adults per year, and bring more than 600 new babies into the world each year.
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