In Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Posted 2 days ago

The AP reports that a study, conducted by the Lewin Group consultants, puts the total financial costs for diabetes at $218 billion last year -- the first comprehensive estimate of the financial toll diabetes takes. The Lewin Group figure include...

In ParentDish - Posted 2 weeks ago

Filed under: Newborns, Just for moms, Babies, Pregnancy & birth, Money & work, Eating & nutrition Employees from at least one company view breastfeeding policies positively, a new study finds. Over 400 staff members from a single corporation were pol...

In Baby Babble - Posted 2 weeks ago

Confirming, perhaps, what most of us already felt to be true, a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research and discussed over on Stroller Baby, condcludes that the more weight a woman gains during pregnancy, the more......

In ParentDish - Posted 3 weeks ago

Filed under: Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, Development, In the news, Education We all know that teenagers are stupid. Rather, they act stupid. Having been teens ourselves and now being adult enough to be able to reflect back, most of us agree that at on...

In ParentDish - Posted 3 weeks ago

Filed under: Newborns, Pregnancy & birth, Money & work, Bump watch, Rumors, That's entertainmentSaturday Night Live star Amy Poehler and husband funny man Will Arnett welcomed a baby boy into the world Saturday night. As a result, the hysterically fu...

In ParentDish - Posted 3 weeks ago

Filed under: Just for moms, Pregnancy & birth, Health & safety, Mommy warsThe debate as to whether or not epidurals are a good idea is one that has and will wage for ages. And that's not what I'm here to discuss. For the sake of argument, let's say y...

In ParentDish - Posted 4 weeks ago

Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Pregnancy & birth, Celeb parentingRemember the Sarah Palin baby name generator? I suspect Governor Palin has been using it as well. Recently, the potential second-in-command of these United States told People Magazine h...

In ParentDish - Posted 4 weeks ago

Filed under: Pregnancy & birth, Special needsAmniocentesis is not only uncomfortable, it can put an unborn baby at risk. Still, the test is often the only way that parents can find out if their baby if there baby has a chromosomal disorder, such as ...

In ParentDish - Posted 5 weeks ago

Filed under: Pregnancy & birth, Adoption, Money & work, Life & style, Rumors, That's entertainmentYou know, it wasn't so long ago that actress Katherine Heigl eschewed motherhood for her career. The Grey's Anatomy star said being in the film Knocked ...

In ParentDish - Posted 5 weeks ago

Filed under: Newborns, Just for moms, Bump watch, Celeb parentingIt seems like Ashlee Simpson has been pregnant forever, and this fall she'll finally give birth to her first child with dad Pete Wentz. Like many new moms, Ashlee's invited her mom to ...