Tips and tactics to bully-proof your children

Bullying has escalated to new heights and parents are concerned Jimmy is feigning illness again today. Why? So he doesn’t have to go to school. According to NoBully.org, Jimmy is among the estimated 160,000 children who refuse to go to school because they dread the physical and verbal aggression of their peers. Equally worrisome is that, in all likelihood, there are even more... Read More

Get the Family Heart Healthy

A cardiologist with Florida Heart Group offers heart-to-heart advice to lower the risk for coronary heart disease When you think about it, the family unit is a powerful tool when it comes to its members looking out for each other. Wouldn’t it make sense to harness this energy and work together to create a heart healthy unit? The bad news is that there are major risk factors that... Read More

Caring for Your Toddler’s Teeth

Getting toddlers used to brushing their teeth fosters a lifetime of positive dental habits and health Just because your toddler’s baby teeth will one day end up in the tooth fairy’s collection, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take the time to properly care for them. Brushing is needed to help remove build-up on teeth that results from sugars found in juice and many... Read More

Heart Disease in Women

Learn the Symptoms and Listen to Your Body…It Could Save Your Life When a local young woman decided to listen to what her body was telling her, it saved her life. Now, she is on a mission to save other women like her. In 2002, the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute joined together to create the National Wear Red Day to support women’s... Read More

Yoga… It’s A Family Affair

Going to the mat for a bit of tranquility Step into a neighborhood yoga studio and you are likely to be surrounded by shiny bamboo floors, tranquil green walls, soothing sitar music, and the calming fragrance of lavender oil. A deep sense of serenity washes over you. For family yoga, parents and children roll out their mats and sit comfortably in Easy Pose, or engage in familiar... Read More

Local Family “Keeps Moving” for the MS Society

Keeping active is important to the Frack family of Lake Mary, but not for the reasons you might think. Three and a half years ago Beth-Ann Frack, 48, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a little-known progressive disorder. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic... Read More

3-2-1… Happy New You!

3.2.1 A Happy You 2011 has arrived! Make it the start of your new healthy life. As the pumpkin pie, holiday cocktails, and sugar cookie memories begin to fade, we’re reminded that the time has come to set or “re-set” our goals. Most are familiar with the popular New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and/or stay fit that seem to resurface with a bang every year. Have you... Read More

A Local Audiologist Speaks Up

A Parent’s Guide to Recognizing and Avoiding Hearing Loss in Children While you may be aware that our planet is becoming noisier and noisier, are you also aware that the rates of hearing loss in children are increasing as well?  These rates reflect both children born with hearing loss and those facing reduced capabilities due to factors in their environment. Approximately... Read More

Diabetes and Kids

Helping parents make sense of a complicated disease Adult-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, gestational, type 1, type 2… a bewildering list of terms for parents who may have grown up in an era when type 2 diabetes wasn’t even on the diagnostic radar. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 186,000 children and teens in the U.S. are currently diagnosed... Read More

Is it a Cold or the Flu? Either Way, It’s Not Much Fun

Whatever you’ve contracted, you can manage your cold and flu symptoms with lots of purified water and OTC medication like Contac Cold + Flu. With Contac’s multi-symptom formulations you can take on your sore throat, headache, stuffy/runny nose and nasal congestion in one place. Hang on to your tissues…cold and flu season is here! It’s 7 a.m. on a school day and your... Read More