What does it tell you about eating “conventionally grown” foods if your own health insurance plan includes in its newsletter a short article about eating “organic”? Harvard Pilgrim’s Winter 2009 mini-magazine includes a brief feature titled “Eating Organic on a Budget.” (see page 11) Now, if you read the “fine” print (the paragraph titled “A [...]
Antibiotics and increase in symptoms
My son got strep last week and is on antibiotics until the end of the week. Interestingly, I don’t know if it’s because of the antibiotics, lack of exercise and fresh air (it’s either snowing or too cold to go outside), boredom, or what, but we’ve seen some increase in symptoms recently — much more [...]
NTs or the Neurotypical
In her comment to my post “Why are white lies considered ‘politeness’?â€, Debra mentions “the NT world.†Responding to her comment, I wrote in the post scriptum “I doubt that anyone visiting my site would not know what NT, mentioned by Debra, means — but just in case — NT is short for ‘neurotypical’ or, [...]
Nestle caving in (and removing artificial coloring) … but only in Australia (and Britain)
The Age – Business News, World News and Breaking News in Australia reports in an article “Smarties to lose a little of their lustre†by Kelly Burke (December 20, 2008) that apparently Nestle Australia has caved in, and despite years of insisting that artificial coloring in candy and other food products is safe, has decided [...]
Gifted and Special Education in Texas
Going over the news I’ve bookmarked a while ago I found a brief story from FortBendNow.com “FBISD Gifted and Talented Academy Students Connect with Real World,†by John Pope that talked about gifted students “learning about the nutritional perspectives of various cultural food items, including those representative of the Latino, Indian and Asian cultures.†FBISC [...]
Food dyes and the Center for Science in the Public Interest
This isn’t exactly news – I found this information months ago, when the press release just came out, but I had no time to blog during the summer, so here it is: An organization calling itself the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban artificial [...]
Eagle Hill School’s graduation speech delivered by Dr. Edward M. Hallowell
Dr. Edward M. Hallowell, a former instructor at the Harvard Medical School, one of the foremost experts on ADHD in the world, and the founder of the Hallowell Center for Emotional and Cognitive Health, was invited by the Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, Massachusetts to deliver this year’s graduation speech. (March 2, 2011 – Eagle Hill [...]
Heart Conditions and ADHD
The American Heart Association recommends that children with ADHD should get “careful cardiac evaluation and monitoring, including an electrocardiogram (ECG) before starting treatment with stimulant drugs.†Apparently, “studies have shown that stimulant medications like those used to treat ADHD can increase heart rate and blood pressure.†And while “these side effects are insignificant for most [...]
Bisphenol A and ADHD
Apparently major retailers in Canada are pulling off the shelves products that contain bisphenol A because they’re anticipating an announcement from Health Canada that the chemical is “dangerous.” (See the April 15, 2008 article “Major retailers pull bottles containing bisphenol A” on the CTV News web site. Bisphenol A or BPA is a component in [...]
Sari Solden – Part Seven of the Unwrapping the Gift of ADD series
Guest of the seventh lecture in the Unwrapping the Gift of ADD series was Sari Solden. Sari Solden has a Masters Degree in clinical counseling from California State University and is also licensed as a marriage and family therapist (LMFT). She currently serves on the professional advisory board of the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association [...]