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Overuse of Tubes for Children's Earache
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 13 weeks ago
One of the most common childhood surgeries, tympanostomy tubes for earaches, are most often done inappropriately says a new study. Many people are familiar with tympanostomy tubes as they are used commonly in the treatment of earache. These tubes p...
A Debate We Shouldn't Need
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 13 weeks ago
We're being forced to a debate that we shouldn't need to have; rather to breastfeed or not. There is an undeniable advantage to infant health that comes with breastfeeding. This benefit, however, now must be weighed against environmental pollutants...
Breastfeeding and Cholesterol
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 20 weeks ago
Babies who are breastfed have lower cholesterol as adults, researchers say. It should be noted that breast milk itself is full of cholesterol. Infant formulas actually tout themselves as low cholesterol as if that were somehow healthier, despite ...
Fish oil and Asthma
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 24 weeks ago
Mothers-to-be can decrease their child's risk of asthma by simply taking fish oil. In 1990 researchers gave one group of expecting mothers 2.7 grams of omega-3's from fish oil, and gave another group olive oil. They began giving the oils when the m...
C-Sections for Everyone?
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 30 weeks ago
The best scientific studies show that the optimum cesarean rates for mothers and children are somewhere between 5 and 10% for the general population. Rates above 15% do more harm than good. Astonishingly, 1 in 3 childbirths in this country are curr...
Hayfever and Good Bugs
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 31 weeks ago
A new study shows that regular consumption of probiotics can ease seasonal allergies. Holistic doctors have been prescribing probiotics for allergies for years--this new study lends credence to the practice. Researchers found that people who regula...
Toxic Chemicals in Pajamas
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 33 weeks ago
The following is published in this month's Environmental Health Perspectives, a journal of the National Institutes of Health. The moral is buy organic sheets and PBDE-free furniture whenever possible. Buy your children organic sleepwear , as oppos...
A new epidemiologic study of French children diag
In DocRoberts Holistic Health Blog - Posted 51 weeks ago
A new epidemiologic study of French children diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma in 2003 or 2004 suggests that a child has about twice the risk of developing acute leukemia (AL) or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) if his or her mother used insecticides in...
