A new study links regular diet soda use with strokes and heart attacks. A study presented this week at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference (ISC) suggests a 61% increase in stroke for people who drink diet sodas regularly. (Click here to read more.) Does diet soda cause stroke? Or does the association merely [...]
An arm of Congress has investigated herbal supplements, and found that most are contaminated. The Government Accountability Office investigated commonly available supplements, and found heavy metals — including lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic — in supplements available at drugstores and health food stores. The FDA’s authority to regulate such supplements and treatments was rescinded during [...]
A new website, www.healthychildren.org, has been launched by the American Academy of Pediatrics. It’s excellent! The information is clearly presented, and the topics are very appropriate for families. I highly recommend, for example, the developmental information. Click on www.healthychildren.org and take a look! – David Epstein, MD
If you are breastfeeding, good for you (and your baby!) If you can pump some, and store some for later, so much the better. It can be stored for about 6 months in the back of your freezer. (Click HERE for more information.) Some mothers produce so much milk that their baby can’t drink it [...]
When patients in the past have asked me whether to give their kids vitamin supplements, my opinion has been lukewarm. Most foods are supplemented with vitamins, even junk food! There’s no harm in a daily supplement, but I have not felt strongly about it. Until now! Recently, I have seen a steady stream of recent [...]
A federal program, WIC (“Women, Infants, and Children”) provides free food to low income families. This excellent program has been funded for many years by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition service. Money is provided to states, who give infant formula and nutritious food to pregnant women and children who qualify. A new [...]
