One louse and your weekend is shot. Lousy. Full of nit picking, laundry, and the changing of sheets.  Cancelled events.  Phone calls to fellow parents who get it, because they have gotten it, and calls to the uninitiated parents who cancel playdates for the next ...

Breast-Feeding May Lower Women’s Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Women’s breasts are like fountains of youth, make sure your kids get a sip for everybody’s sake. (Businessweek) Clear Kids With Concussions Before Sports: “…young athletes take longer to recover than college and professional athletes…” (Reuters) Weight Loss Cuts Risk Of Pregnancy Complication: ...

Haha, wow, whatever you've ever said about vaccines and thimerosal and mercury and autism and herd immunity and government cover-ups and Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey and the Lancet and fabricating data to serve your litigious overlords, you're absolu...

I know the weekend's almost over, but I think freaking out over these stories from the worlds of parenting, science, health, and education can still ruin it retroactively: You thought "anchor babies" were gonna getchya? A politician in Rhode Island...

About 25 years ago, I came to the realization that I was getting headaches from dehydration. The problem started way back in 1986, after I first moved to Arizona. I primarily blamed the dry heat, of course. After all, it was not always obvious how much I was sweating; the ...

Today I’m asking for a little help for a friend of mine. A cause very dear to him, CureJM, is currently in the running for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh project. I’m doing everything I can to help spread the word because we Prada bags need to stick together

By now I’m sure most everyone has heard about the half billion eggs being recalled by a couple of Iowa farms. So far, about 2,000 people have reportedly become sick, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Food and Drug Administration only says hundreds were sickened. But while driving to ...

Some parenting, kid, pregnancy, science, and education headlines from all over to freak you out and ruin your weekend: Despite August not being a good month for launching a new product recall, the CPSC recalled 3,700 Zooper Tango double...

Three days ago, Omar Thornton – a 34 year-old driver for a beer distributor in Connecticut – walked into work and opened fire on his colleagues, killing eight and injuring two. As the police closed in, he called his grandmother – and the police – to say goodbye before turning ...

…Continued from Vasectomy Diary – Part I Without further delay, the conclusion to one Dad’s vasectomy adventure. 11:00 – I am called and walk in to the hospital room, the nurse goes over some last minute things, reiterating that the procedure is to be considered “non-reversible”, asks me to sign ...