Why Aren’t You Using A Drinking Water Filter System?
This is going to sound crazy but I recently learned that using a drinking water filter system is the smartest, cheapest and most convenient step you can take to guarantee the health of you and your family. Read more
5 Big Reasons For Having A Whole House Water Filter
If you’re like me, the term “whole house water filter” conjures up a vision of an expensive, complex system of tanks, pipes, filters and special faucets. So even if you would like to install this much needed filtration system, you may be having second thoughts. Read more
Teenagers Taking Off For Summer Could Mean Running Away
While the summer months mean time off from school for teenagers, it also means more time spent at home. While on the surface most of us cherish the idea of more family time, teenagers can see it as torture, more rules, more chores, more criticism. From their perspective, they may as well be in school. Read more
Protecting Kids From Sun While Mowing Lawns
Protecting children during summer activities conjures up thoughts of bike helmets, knee pads, and sun block. However, during the summer months, mowing the lawn can be as routine for some children as riding a bike and can be dangerous if proper safety precautions are not taken. Read more
Preschoolers In Family Child Care Homes Need More Activity
Young children enrolled in family child care homes are unlikely to be meeting physical activity recommendations for their age group, according to research released today at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Read more
Quick Way To Make Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against Flu
Human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)—highly specific, identical, infection-fighting proteins produced in large quantities in the lab in cell lines that are derived from a single cell—against influenza can be rapidly produced in the lab, according to a new report from scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more
Consumers Warned Against Using Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream
FDA is warning consumers not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises, Inc., because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory distress or vomiting and diarrhea in infants. Read more
Teen Birth Rate Increased In California
California has more teenage girls pregnant as the teen birth rate increased in the state in 2006, after 15 years of decline. A report by Public Health Institute examined teen birth rate in 2006 for those aged from 15 to 19. This teen age diapason is estimated by Department of Public Health for rating teens. Read more
Attractive Teens Are More Likely Targets For Bullying
University of Alberta Educational Psychology PhD student Lindsey Leenaars has completed a study that assessed what types of high school students are being indirectly victimized. This includes being involved in emotionally damaging scenarios such as receiving hurtful anonymous notes Read more
Teens and Sexual Health: Study On Myths
Study, focusing on teenagers and their sexual health shows oral sex is no substitute for vaginal intercourse.
Today the Guttmacher Institute released the results of recent research that breaks the myth that teens are substituting oral or anal sex for vaginal intercourse in order to continue to claim they are still virgins. Read more