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...US, The Non–GMO Project. Both verify products that contain less than 0.9 percent GMO ingredients. In selecting a cow’s milk alternative for your little one, a common-sense approach is to understand food labels and look for seals such as European...
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Toddler
...you live, chiropractors can perform school physicals. Some chiropractors combine chiropractic techniques with other forms of alternative medicine such as acupuncture. Doctor of Chiropractics (DCs) are not medical doctors, similar to dentists,...
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Pregnancy
...en alternative or complementary practices are perfectly fine, too. But just because something is advertised as “natural” or “alternative” doesn’t mean it’s always safe — or even effective. Here are some alternative practices that are safe in...
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Health
The herb echinacea is one of the most popular alternative medicine remedies. Echinacea is reputed to help prevent common colds and make them less severe when they do hit. But is this true? And is it safe to give echinacea to your child? Used in the...
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...performed by trained therapists, chiropractors, or osteopaths. CST includes variations of both osteopathic and chiropractic medicine, and two physicians are credited with developing its techniques. In the 1930s, Dr. William Sutherland studied the...
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...makes accidental ingestion more dangerous to children. Medical marijuana comes in many forms, some of which don’t look like medicine at all, including cookies, brownies, soft drinks, and candy. Medical marijuana is not required to be labeled or...
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...trician may encourage the family to find another physician or practice.” So what’s the real problem here? Many perceive that alternative schedules, where vaccines are often spread out over a longer period of time and are given in fewer simultaneous...
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...hat pure garlic and its oil are too harsh to place directly in the ear, and that herbal drops are much milder. Remember that it is always a good idea to speak with your pediatrician before trying any alternative treatments....
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I’ve always been terrified of needles, so you can see why IVF frightened me to my core. I was always the patient who passed out at the lab every time I had to have blood drawn on Day 3 for fertility tests. (Or rather infertility tests). My palms...
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Baby
...ge feeds are not needed. 3. Think outside the bottle! Some babies may refuse all bottles, so it might be time to consider an alternative feeding method. Even if it seems strange to you, alternative methods are very common in countries outside the...
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Health
...ldren with severe behavioral problems. Alternative Treatments—These approaches are outside the recommendations of mainstream medicine. They include “biomedical” treatments such as dietary modifications, supplements, chelation, and hyperbaric oxygen...
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...s data. This article even says (buried way down deep, unfortunately), “In fact, according to an article in the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database— a resource for health professionals that provides evidence-based reviews of dietary...
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Health
Marijuana, or cannabis, has been used for a variety of medicinal purposes for many years. Doctors prescribe medical marijuana to treat numerous symptoms and diseases, including seizure disorders, muscle spasms, nausea, cancer, weight loss, and poor...
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...ll-being to patients—only to find outspoken physicians such as Dr. Robert Sears, who took it upon himself to create his own “alternative” vaccine schedule without a shred of evidence to back it, all the while instilling fear and mistrust about the...
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...you want an immune boost! Do all of these sound pretty negative? And is that just because I am a doctor and don’t believe in alternative or complementary medicine? Not at all. I truly believe in practices such as acupuncture for low back pain in...
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Health
...out immediately vomiting it back up. The good news is that you have an excellent alternative to make sure your baby gets the medicine they need: a rectal acetaminophen suppository. Rectal acetaminophen is a smart part of a parent’s medicine cabinet....
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Toddler
Vitamin D is an important nutrient for bone health, so getting enough is key, especially during childhood and particularly if you have a food allergy. Allergies to milk, eggs, or fish can make meeting the daily vitamin D requirements a challenge....
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Baby
From your diet to feeding issues, there are lots of reasons your baby might experience gas. Here are the top ten things you should know about infant gas (and a word of advice: don’t skip #9!).
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Health
...sehold spoon to measure medication. For babies who can’t take oral medication, acetaminophen suppositories are a great alternative. It often takes 60 minutes to see the full effect of a fever reducing medication. A visit to the doctor can help...
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Baby
Baby-led weaning (BLW) is an approach to introducing solid food to your baby that skips the step of traditional spoon-feeding. Throughout the US and Europe, BLW is becoming a popular “first food” approach to feeding babies. Baby-led weaning was...
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Parenting
...William Sears, pediatrician and Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Attachment parenting focuses on meeting a child’s basic nurturing needs through the three p’s: proximity,...