Calculating BMI Want to know your child’s Body Mass Index? (KidsHealth) Portion Distortion How do you judge the amount of food your kids should eat? (KidsHealth) Jump in Kids’ Sports Injuries Due To Overuse “Injuries are increasing because kids are playing sports year-round — often without seasonal breaks.” (Healthday) Entire Family Genome ...

UN Says Mother-Child HIV Can Be Eliminated By 2015 “It estimates that between $13-20 billion are needed for the period 2011-2013.” (AP) Kids Born Via IVF Mostly Faring Well Into Adulthood “Because those earliest stages are different for children conceived through IVF, that could, in theory, result in differences in disease ...

In Theory: Don’t play the “Mom’s Away” Card. Dad taking care of the kids when mom is out of town should be a non-event. Because dads are now equal co-parents, it would be absurd and demeaning for a dad to ask for some kind of accommodation or special ...

I cannot believe it.  Ace will be 3 years old in 6 days! At three years old there is the three year check up with the doctor… Ace has always been small for his age, 4th to 5th percentile for his weight, but it looks like he is making some progress!  He ...

Jailing a Woman for a Miscarriage? Should the government create a law that will tell you how to act during pregnancy? Should the woman be criminally charged for causing her own miscarriage? Utah thinks so. (NYTimes) 85 Million African Children To Be Immunized Against Polio Polio might be a disease of ...

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While I was aware that some of the state parks in Arizona were about to be closed because of budget cuts, it’s another to read the list and realize my kids will not be able to visit some of my local favorites from when I first lived in the Grand ...

Sure, I know DDT-soaked Disney wallpaper sounds like a hilariously bad idea now. But back in 1947, the massive spraying of DDT had just wiped out malaria and typhus and saved millions of people, including Our Boys Fighting In...