Health & Beauty
Mar 15, 2010
Turns out, delicious school cafeteria menu items such as calzones, potato rounds and meatball grinders are NOT the healthiest options for your kids.
Mar 9, 2010
Once upon a time, Payless was synonymous with “inflexible plastic shoes that really f*ckin’ hurt my feet.” They’ve come a long way, however, with increasingly cute footwear and accessories that are still inexpensive, yet are higher quality and allow feet to, you know, MOVE.
And if you’ve ever looked at a pair of Payless ballet flats [...]
Mar 8, 2010
Confession: I didn’t know male circumcision was such a hot-button issue in the U.S. until I got pregnant.
Mar 4, 2010
Several studies have revealed that adolescent boys aren’t putting on a Jimmy hat when having sex. So, in response to this problem, a major condom manufacturer in Switzerland has created “extra-small” condoms named the “Hotshot” for boys as young as 12 years old.
Mar 1, 2010
Although numerous studies have debunked the theory that childhood vaccines cause autism, one in five parents still believe that vaccines may cause autism, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.
Feb 26, 2010
Are hot dogs KILLING YOUR CHILDREN? News at eleven.
Apparently, they are — which has prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to release a new policy statement on choking prevention for children, recommending, among other things, changes in government oversight of food choking hazards, and asking food manufacturers to consider redesigning potentially dangerous food products, [...]
Feb 11, 2010
Before you deprive your supposedly peanut-allergy-ridden child of a lifetime of delicious Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Eggs, you may want make sure it’s necessary — because, turns out, many kids whose allergies were diagnosed on the basis of blood or skin tests alone may not be truly allergic to those foods, experts say.
Feb 10, 2010
If you’re tired of driving all the way to the salt mines to get your child’s daily intake of yummy sodium, you’ll be happy to know you can just grab Gerber’s “Chicken & Pasta Wheel Pickups” toddler dinner, which contains a whopping 550 mg of sodium — equivalent to that contained in two medium orders [...]
