By Tricia White / Managing Editor We all know by now to avoid the baby oil and reflective mats some of us may remember from our tanning days in the past. We’ve heard about the importance of using sunscreen, but as with any topic in the field of…
Time to Weigh Your Diet Options By Karyn Brodsky “It’s all fun and games until the shorts don’t fit.” So says Kathy Kennelly, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and owner of Institute of Health Promotion (IHP) in Plano. The moment of truth occurs when the kids are out…
By Dawn Bluemel Oldfield Things just taste better when they are fresh from the garden. There is absolutely nothing that compares with the taste of a home-grown tomato. What’s not to savor about that sweet-tart flavor as the juices drip down your chin? Combine with fresh-picked peppers for…
Fractional Ownership Can Make Your Dream a Reality by Dawn Bluemel Oldfield If a ski chalet, beach house, or other vacation home seems out of reach, there’s a hot trend in vacation homes to consider that brings those dream vacation properties within reach. Called fractional ownership, it’s a…
Good Kid Award Recipient Sadie Keller uses her experience to help other children with cancer. by Karyn Brodsky Cancer diagnosis is terrifying for anyone. When it’s a child, no words can describe the anguish felt by the parents. Now, imagine what goes on in the mind of that child……
What Parents and Coaches Need to Know to Keep Athletes Safe to Succeed By Alicia Wanek My son will start playing middle school sports this upcoming year, so this is the first summer where I’ve dealt with figuring out how to add summer football and conditioning camps into…
Supplement Use in High School Athletes By Tavis Piattoly / Contributor High school athletic programs, especially football, are bigger than ever, and athletes are looking to gain any potential edge to accomplish the challenging task of winning a state championship or earning a college scholarship. Research from the…
By Kwabena “Bobo” Blankson, MD, FAAP / Contributor At our busy adolescent medicine practice, I sometimes get the impression that parents view the sports/pre-participation physical as a chore, another box to check so that their kids can play sports for the year. In the mind of this medical…
by Dr. Melanie Ross Mills Gone are the sippy cups and mid-day naps. No more choosing their outfits and hand-picking their best friends. It feels as if it happened over night, but it’s actually been a 17-year process. In a recent article written by John M. Grohol,…