Article Archives: Health

Childhood Vaccines Offer Protection from Serious or Potentially Fatal Diseases

February 4, 2016 | by Dr. Nydia Nunez-Estrada

To help your child grow into a healthy adult, I highly recommend children receiving all immunization (vaccines) from birth to age 18. Vaccination is a way of creating immunity to certain diseases by using small amounts of a killed or weakened microorganism that causes a particular disease. Childhood vaccines offer … Read More

Newborn Skin Rashes and Conditions

January 7, 2016 | by Weekly View

Babies can develop multiple skin conditions during the first few months of life including diaper rashes, infantile acne, milia and cradle cap. Some are caused by normal hormonal changes or immature pores, while others are caused by inflammation. Diaper rashes are common with babies, and there are multiple ways to … Read More

Your Guide to a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season

December 3, 2015 | by Dr. Nydia Nunez-Estrada

It’s hard to believe the holidays are already here. There are multiple ways to combat stress during this bustling season, including illness prevention, managing stress, traveling safely and eating healthy, along with keeping up with your exercise routine. It’s important to wash your hands often to stay healthy and germ-free … Read More

A Wall of Words, Part 2

November 12, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

We dedicated readers talk books, relive books, luxuriate in books with a deep satisfaction. Reading is a compulsion with us: We have to read, need to read, cannot stop reading. If nothing else is available, we read the information on cereal boxes. That doesn’t mean that we don’t apply exacting … Read More

7 Tips on Talking With Children About Violence

November 5, 2015 | by Weekly View

A lot of attention is given to the affects of violent movies, cartoons, and video games on children, but this isn’t the only place they are exposed to these images. Increasingly horrifying and graphic pictures are shown daily in the news from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and … Read More