This weekend on The My Great Kid Radio show we’ll be talking about Autism Insurance from two angles: Autism Insurance Lawsuits – Blue Cross Blue Shield has suffered two significant losses in the past year concerning their mistreatment of children with Autism. This weekend we’ll be talking to the lawyer that beat them in those [...]
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Insurance News – Blue Cross to Pay $125,000 in Ground-Breaking Settlement for Autism Care It’s not getting much (any?) attention anywhere in the media but yesterday the ground shifted in the Autism Insurance battle that’s been battling for years in states across this country. When you buy insurance you buy it to protect yourself from [...]
Evidently having four product recalls in 6 months isn’t a good thing – “The matter of a series of Tylenol recalls has been referred to the Food and Drug Administration’s crime division, an FDA official told lawmakers Thursday.” and the child’s recall, it turns out it was because of “…some of the products could contain [...]
No Long Term Benefit To Delaying Vaccines, Study Finds Hmmmm, what’s this….. a study looking at the effects of vaccines? That’s an interesting finding ….. They report in the June issue of the journal Pediatrics that children who were vaccinated following the recommended immunization schedule exhibited better verbal skills, had higher IQs and were less [...]
Two great (and helpful) articles that I ran across this morning: Dr. Dean Ornish: How to Transform Your Lifestyle and Your Life (Part One) Mark Hyman, MD: 5 Simple Steps to Cure IBS
It’s amazing how much technology (even going back to the good ol’ lightbulb) changes not only our lives but our bodies. It’s even more fascinating though how adaptive our bodies are (whether we realize it or not). How Your Tech Could Be Resting Your Internal Clock
Dr. Christine Wood is on a mission to help us all have healthier kids. Of course she’s a doctor, so that shouldn’t really be a surprise. However, something that might surprise you are some of the following statistics: American children get 40% of their calories from extra fat and added sugars. Podcast: Play in new [...]
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We shared the air with health care advocate and Vaccine expert Mary Tocco on April 18th and Mary shared with us a TON of useful information, stats, facts and figures about the US Vaccine program. I know this is one of those lightning rod topics. It seems the whole Podcast: Play in new window | [...]
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Great interviews this week! Jim Amick from Nordic Naturals, who is one of the show sponsors but he’s one of the show sponsors because we’ve been long time fans of Nordic Naturals Fish Oils, joined us to tell us a little bit about fish oils and the Nordic Natural products. You hear all the time [...]
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The kids that make every meal a ……. challenging, torturous, frustrating, hair-pulling experience (though many other adjectives would fit there too)…. THE PICKY EATER It’s not just that if you don’t give into them they can make the whole meal a test of wills, it’s also the fact that you worry …. Are they really [...]
I ran across this anti-bullying website for kids and parents (primarily younger kids). It’s got some good information on it and some scenarios that parents can work through with their kids. I especially liked that it had some good resources, book recommendations, tip sheets, etc.. Best of all there are little animated scenes that you [...]
A new study released from New Zealand researchers shows that an extract from blackcurrants can help prevent lung inflammation similar to what you’d find in asthma. It’s an interesting study that might help explain how diets rich in fruits may reduce Asthma challenges BUT it’s important to realize that this was research being done on [...]
We talked about dental anxiety on the show a couple of weeks ago and almost as soon as I put up the post there was a news story here locally about a dentist using a product called “The Dental Button” to reduce anxiety. Essentially, it’s a button that the patient holds that allows them to [...]
Our interview with Dr. Peter Green from the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University was a huge success (and a bit of a disappointment for my sister). Lots of great information and some common myths addressed (i.e.- Can you grow out of Celiac?, If it doesn’t hurt do you have Celiac?, etc.). I especially liked [...]
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Dentist. Not my favorite place to go. Actually, it’s one of those places that I HATE to go. With a passion. It turns out that I’m not alone. According to a study 80% of folks dislike going to see the dentist and for 50% of us it keeps us from keeping those regularly scheduled appointments. [...]
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This week on “The My Great Kid Radio Show” we will be interviewing Dr. Peter Green , Professor of Clinical Medicine and the Founder and Head of the Columbia University Celiac Disease Center. Articles from Dr. Green Dr. Green is one of the top Celiac specialists in the world so if you, or someone you [...]
