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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!They are disguised as hospitals, maternity clinics, orphanages or foster homes. But these supposedly humanitarian institutions are actually engaged in inhuman activities - breeding and trafficking babies for money. This news came out of Nigeria as law enforcers raided [...]
I know it’s been said, it’s been written before. But it is still a topic that is worth revisiting - smoking during pregnancy. This time I am summarizing two new studies published in the November issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.
Study # 1:
This international study looked at pregnant women from the US (Texas), Norway, and [...]
We are finally reaping the fruits of the Human Genome Project - in the form of affordable personalized genetic information - or simply said “retail DNA test service.”
And 23andMe seems to be in the frontline. It has just been named Best Invention of 2008 by Time magazine. The company’s name comes from the fact that [...]
IVF babies which developed from frozen embryos are much healthier compared to those which developed from fresh embryos. This is according to three different studies in three different countries in three continents, as reported by several news dailies, including the British paper The Herald.
Study #1:
A Finnish study observed that babies from fresh embryos have 35% [...]
Childhood obesity is a big issue these days and this study by Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters tells us age 2 might actually be the “tipping point” wherein doctors and parents should worry about weight control. Scaringly early, don’t you think?
The study looked at the health data of 111 children from 1 suburban pediatric [...]
“Mom, you can’t just hug or kiss somebody. You first have to ask,” my 5-year son told me at bedtime the other day. “Who says so?” I asked, truly surprised. “K”. K is his preschool teacher. After delving further, I found out that apparently he tried to hug a classmate - a girl - who [...]
Time and time again, we have heard about the health risks of gestation diabetes to both mom and baby. This latest study suggests that babies born to moms with pregnancy-related diabetes have twice the risk of having problems in language development compared to babies born to non-diabetic moms. These children performed poorly in language tests [...]
Some of us were born tall, some short. But height and size is subjective. Take me, for example. At 5 ft, 1 in, I am considered “of medium height” in Asia, but “petite” in Europe. My husband stands 6 ft. 3 in, tall but not necessarily super big by European standards; a veritable giant in [...]
The world seems to be happy to see Barack Obama in the White House. So am I. But I am also delighted to have a first family with little children - the first since the Kennedys, if I am not mistaken.
This reminds me of one of my favorite poems - Longfellow’s Children’s Hour - about [...]
Everybody thinks that because our twins look and are genetically identical, that they are also identical in all things. They couldn’t be more wrong. As mom, I notice all the little differences but there are big differences as well.
Take nightmares and night terrors, for example. I always thought that bad dreams and nightmares are one [...]
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