When I speak at a prenatal childbirth class, I usually talk about "little things."
The things which sometimes seem insignificant, but which in reality really do make a great deal of difference.
Things like: fluoride drops, car seats, feeding the right foods, etc.
The first time a physician is faced with an unconscious patient of unknown cause, he becomes “sold” on the idea of Med Alert bracelets.
For years, most of us have encouraged diabetic patients to wear these type of bracelets or carry an I.D. card in their wallet.
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Recently there has been developed a new technique of dental care which, if proves successful, may totally change dental practice.
Several different contributing factors to cavities have been known for some time; but, (more…)
In younger years, I was in a play in which a very interesting song was sung.
“Did you ever think in the middle of a wink what your eyes are doing for you? Your nose when it blows, your hair when it grows, consider what a job they do” went the lyrics.
There are many things (in fact most things) about the human body that we do, in fact, take for granted.
For parents with small children: what is their health and fitness like right now, and what is it going to be like going forward? Developments in measuring techniques seem to be telling us that our children now are less healthy than our parent’s children.
Fitness? Well that’s almost a no brainer. Everyone is less fit than the kids in our parent’s generation. Not so smug now, are we?
Yes, it’s true the life-span is longer because we’ve made humongous strides in medical treatment and inventions; but truly, our lifestyle is doing us in.
This curation of posts are those which try to explain why and what to do about it: Children’s Health and Fitness.
I’ve written several other posts over the years on similar topics. If you’d like to know a bit more perhaps you might like some health-related proverbs.