Artificial turf has become an increasingly popular option for sports fields instead of natural grass. However, artificial turf comes with its own set of harms including abrasions, concussions, and musculoskeletal injuries.
Read More »Child & Teen Health
Should your children take medication for a cold? Are some popular children’s sports more dangerous than you think? Are children reaching puberty earlier than ever before, and if so, why? Why is breastfeeding important? If my children have no health insurance, might I be able to get low-cost insurance for them? The National Center for Health Research makes this information available and understandable.
Keeping your child safe and healthy partly depends on keeping them away from harmful habits and behaviors, including smoking, alcohol, violence, and sexual activities that can harm them.
We scrutinize the latest research and cut through the hype. We keep information from studies and reports up on our website as long as they are accurate and useful. Sometimes the best studies are a few years old.
To find the information you need, please use our search box to search for exactly what you are looking for or browse through our various topics on the right. →
For information about how to help your children so that they won’t get cancer as adults, visit our Cancer Prevention & Treatment site.
If you don’t see what you are looking for on any health topic, please contact us and we will try to get the information you need within a few days.
Letter to the Editor: Why Expose Children to the Danger of Artificial Turf Fields
Woodbridge Town News, April 22, 2021. Dr. Zuckerman writes about her concerns for children regarding artificial turf. Currently no tests for the impact of turf on human health are required before getting the product on the market.
Read More »MyPlate: Understanding the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
An important goal of the U.S. government is to help guide adults and children to be as healthy as possible. One way to do so has been to make dietary recommendations as visual representations of nutrition guidelines. The most recent update of the Dietary Guidelines came out in 2020, and it uses an updated MyPlate visual model.
Read More »Helping Your Child Develop a Healthy Microbiome
Microbiome research is a new and quickly growing field. We still know very little about the microbiome in general and how it develops in children in particular. There has been some recent research that suggests that babies born vaginally have different microbiomes compared to babies born via caesarean section (C-section). This article will mainly focus on ways to promote microbiome development in children, specifying when there is good research evidence (such as breastfeeding) and when we don’t yet have enough research evidence (such as fecal matter transfers and vaginal seeding procedures).
Read More »Choosing Wisely: Physician Groups Make Recommendations to Improve Health Care and Reduce Costs
Do females under 21 need pap smears? Should a patient with lower-back pain get an MRI? You might be surprised that the answer is usually NO.
Read More »