Wellsphere is a new health site on the horizon, specifically designed like my favorite, Trusera. Wellsphere’s mission is to help people live healthier by connecting people with knowledge via the average person, the Health Maven. One can also find information on the WellPages, a search engine that helps you find an answer to your specific health need.
I have some reservations about this entire site. How do we know exactly where this information is coming from and if this information is really true? Are the doctors real? Are the studies confirmed? Or, are people simply posting for the sake of …read more

The latest news on Vitamin D is that kids need more. The previous recommendation (from 2003) from the American Academy of Pediatrics was 200 IU of vitamin D daily. Now they are saying that kids need 400 IU’s.
Dr. Frank Greer states that this could have life-long benefits.
Vitamin D helps build strong bones and prevents rickets (a common disease in developing countries and in institutionalized children like my son who was very borderline). Although rickets is uncommon in the US a recent study estimated that 40% of US infants and toddlers are deficient in Vitamin D.
The recommendation is for infants to …read more

If you can ask Gymnastics Olympians Shawn Johnson and Nastia Luikin questions, what would they be?
image used with permission by Newscom

Well, coz now you can!
2008 Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medalists Nastia Luikin and Shawn Johnson are teaming up with Secret Deodorant to help other female athletes achieve their own dreams by offering $100,000 in scholarships. Secret is hosting a Webinar on Monday to announce this program and has invited GroundedFitness readers to come and listen, and have the chance to ask Nastia and Shawn a question, LIVE.
Head to www.groundedfitness.com for more details.

The best way I can explain the importance to you, is with this question:  Can you imagine wanting to share a story, a thought or a belief with forty people and preparing what you had to say, choosing the right words and nervously approaching them and then saying what you had to say, you say it just as you planned and you wait for the response and the person you are talking to listens to you, looks at you and just walks away.  Without a smile, a frown – no reaction.  They just walk away.  And out of the forty …read more

b5media Health and Wellness Channel (previously Science and Health) have always given their best for their blogs. Today, each blog rounded up his Top Seven Posts for April.
Here is that beautiful list.
And of course, we don’t mind some Stumble Upon love from our readers.
 
There is something for everyone (breastfeeding or not) in the mix of the Breastfeeding 1-2-3 highlights from April 2008:Free Pattern for Sewing Your Own Crew Neck Over-the-Head Baby BibsJudge Denies FLDS Request to Keep Mothers with Nursing BabiesWorld Health Day 2008: Protecting Health from Climate ChangeBreastfeeding Basics Checklist for a Good Breastfeeding LatchGentian …read more

Inspired by Marijke’s “11 Health Observances for May“, I want to share with you more health observances this month that relate to children’s health. It
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCE

Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)
Better Hearing & Speech Month (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Better Sleep Month (Better Sleep Council)
Bike Month, National (League of American Cyclists)
Breathe Easy Month, National (American Lung Association)
Correct Posture Month (American Chiropractic Association)
Healthy Vision Month (Healthy Vision 2010)
Lime Disease Awareness Month (Lyme Disease Foundation)
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month (American Academy of Dermatology)
Skin Cancer Awareness Month (American Cancer Society)
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, National (Advocates for Youth)
updated: Pregnancy Awareness Month (Pregnancy …read more

Wow, I opened my Gmail and there it was.. A nice surprise at the end of a crazy week of contests. I won the $20 Amazon GC at Daily Mish Mash ’s bloggy give-away! The theme was ‘best romantic movie’.
Mine were -

“You’ve Got Mail” which was sort of our love story, except their script was much better than ours. Still, I have to credit the internet for playing a major role in getting me and hubs to connect. Also in my list are
“Titanic” – you just have to love Jack Dawson when he asked Rose to trust him. …read more

It really is Christmas this week!
Well, actually this one is in honor of her son’s birthday. It’s a party and we’re invited to join.
Seven Dogs and A Baby (yeah, that’s the blog name) is giving away more than $300 worth of items.
You even get to pick your favorite prizes! Bloggers and non-bloggers alike are free to join. Go check out, HERE. I’m joining myself!
 
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Monday morning brought me lurking at the b5media channel for posts that relate to children’s health. I found a great deal earlier in the day. it had to do with Hulk Hogan, persistence, being green, and diabetes. Makes sense? Just check it out! 
For part 2 -
Fight cavity with candy! Is it sugar-free?
The gene behind juvenile cataract.  It may have to do with balancing homeostasis in the lens.
Ten foods that are hard to digest. Your kids eat most of these.
Heart-warming stories about kids. There is the Iraqi girl with the broken heart, and the Indian girl with …read more

This morning, I lurked around the b5media science and health channel in scoop of KID-FOCUSED articles and boy, did I find a goldmine. In fact, I found so much that I have to split this into two posts and lurk again later for the rest.
Here is part 1 –
Surprise! Our kids imitate us – our eating habits, our view of other’s eating habits, our acceptance/rejection/ridicule of our and other’s weight.
Hulk Hogan is bald. Now that is way kwel! (and the 13-yo’s go shaving their heads)
Persistence is half the game. Consider Charlie, a young bowler who has autism, …read more