Posts Tagged ‘children’
Healthy Halloween Candy Alternatives
Halloween is around the corner, and even though this holiday is fun and exciting, many have a complicated relationship with this holiday. If you are health conscious, you may not approve of your child trick or treating, or maybe your child has a severe food allergy. Severe food allergies can make this holiday downright scary.…
Read MoreThe Simple Treatment for Measles!
Measles, a highly contagious sometimes fatal infection characterized by fever, malaise, cough, conjunctivitis, and rash, has been a growing concern in our developed country. In recent months, there have been outbreaks of the disease in the New York area. In 2018, New York and New Jersey accounted for more than half of the measles outbreaks…
Read MoreHandwriting Helps Children Learn and Boosts Memory
When it comes to handwriting, school systems are shifting their focus towards less traditional forms of instruction, but it could be negatively impacting proficiency and memory standards because it has been discovered that handwriting boosts the brain. As psychologists and scientists begin to unravel the link between educational development and cognitive retention, and due to…
Read MoreBreastmilk Boosts Brain Function
What if breast milk could boost infant IQ levels? According to new data featured in the Project Vida study, researchers surveyed 1,312 mothers and children. As the results were tallied, researchers noticed a notable increase in picture-vocabulary tests and overall intelligence scores. These are wonderful findings, but many mothers are not initiating, nor do they…
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