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Health Benefits of a Colorful Plate for Kids and Parents
It is that time of year when a lot of us are setting resolutions for the New Year. As I read through research on phytonutrients, or plant nutrients, I made the decision that one of my most important...
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2012 RN Remedies Highlights
It’s been an exciting and eventful year for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ RN Remedies Program. Since the program’s inception in 2010, over 75 blog posts have been published covering topics like...
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Expert Tips on Troubleshooting Your Child’s Gastrostomy Tube (G-tube)
Most of my posts cover topics that impact the majority of parents. But, for this post, I want to give a little extra support to parents who have kids with gastrostomy feeding tubes (G-tubes). The...
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Expert Tips: Protect Your Family During the Flu Season
Keep you and your family healthy this season! Media reports that the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention states the seasonal flu has spread throughout the country and is reaching high...
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How to Treat and Prevent Frostbite
For three years, I lived in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. There I sometimes experienced cold weather down to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit during the wintertime. Frostbite was a real threat and you...
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): What Parents Should Know
We are in the middle of cold and flu season. Hospitals and Emergency Rooms are full with patients suffering from the symptoms. Adults and children commonly get colds. But bronchiolitis, an...
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Your Child is Concerned about Weight: How You Can Help
Recently, the rate of childhood obesity has fallen, this Feb. 26 ABC News story has more details, yet weight is still an issue with many parents and kids. Many parents want to know, “How do you help...
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Knee Injuries: Causes and Symptoms
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve playing basketball. I started playing competitive sports when I was about eight years old. I played on teams at my local park and recreation center and...
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Bullying and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): How to Help Your Child
Last August I wrote about the alarming issue of bullying, which is a profound public health problem in our nation’s schools and on social media. Bullying of kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is...
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How to Keep Knees Happy and Healthy
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries: the causes and symptoms. Knee injuries are not fun and can take young athletes off the field or court for a...
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What Parents Need to Know about MRSA Infection
It’s likely you’ve heard of MRSA and not known exactly what it was. Some people in the media call it a “flesh eating bacteria” or “staph infection.” The World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for...
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2012 RN Remedies Highlights
It’s been an exciting and eventful year for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ RN Remedies Program. Since the program’s inception in 2010, over 75 blog posts have been published covering topics like...
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Expert Tips on Troubleshooting Your Child’s Gastrostomy Tube (G-tube)
Most of my posts cover topics that impact the majority of parents. But, for this post, I want to give a little extra support to parents who have kids with gastrostomy feeding tubes (G-tubes). The...
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Expert Tips: Protect Your Family During the Flu Season
Keep you and your family healthy this season! Media reports that the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention states the seasonal flu has spread throughout the country and is reaching high...
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How to Treat and Prevent Frostbite
For three years, I lived in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. There I sometimes experienced cold weather down to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit during the wintertime. Frostbite was a real threat and you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): What Parents Should Know
We are in the middle of cold and flu season. Hospitals and Emergency Rooms are full with patients suffering from the symptoms. Adults and children commonly get colds. But bronchiolitis, an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your Child is Concerned about Weight: How You Can Help
Recently, the rate of childhood obesity has fallen, this Feb. 26 ABC News story has more details, yet weight is still an issue with many parents and kids. Many parents want to know, “How do you help...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Knee Injuries: Causes and Symptoms
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve playing basketball. I started playing competitive sports when I was about eight years old. I played on teams at my local park and recreation center and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bullying and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): How to Help Your Child
Last August I wrote about the alarming issue of bullying, which is a profound public health problem in our nation’s schools and on social media. Bullying of kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Keep Knees Happy and Healthy
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries: the causes and symptoms. Knee injuries are not fun and can take young athletes off the field or court for a...
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