by PediaBlog | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Low intake of healthy foods and high intake of unhealthy foods is the leading cause of mortality, globally and in many countries.” — Dr. Ashkan Afshin (University of Washington) — Time A new study analyzing the health effects of dietary risk...
by PediaBlog | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
(CDC — Updated 3/28/19) In January, we checked in on Clark County, Washington after Governor Jay Inslee declared a public health emergency because of a measles outbreak. Vaccine hesitancy and refusal were threatening to turn back decades of remarkable...
by PediaBlog | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Health data regarding the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems has been piling up lately and the results are not good for people who think they are avoiding the dangers of tobacco smoke by vaping instead. In a large American study from earlier this year,...
by PediaBlog | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Because we know that sometimes, an essential oil is better than science,” Sara Petty doesn’t waste time finding “the best vaccination alternatives already on the market”: There aren’t any. Vaccinate your children. Dr....
by PediaBlog | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you missed the story in the news about the unvaccinated young man who, when turning 18 years old, defied his mother’s wishes and got himself immunized, Jamie Ducharme gets you caught up: Lindenberger, who said his mother is an anti-vaccine advocate who...