Reading my fellow bloggers’ farewells these past two weeks, I feel a little like a character at the end of an Ocean’s Eleven movie. We’re all moving on with our families and careers and Parenting.com is evolving and changing. After five and a half years and around two hundred and fifty posts, I’m taking down my shingle at The Parenting Post, a blog I was a founding writer of. I’m taking down my shingle, that is, until they decide to call the gang back together for our next impossible heist.

I’ve been pondering what to write about for my last post but I thought I’d just fill you in on what else I’ve got cooking in my life.

For one – I’m working at raising my small people to be slightly bigger small people and eventually grownups. I’ve been doing qui

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Pediatric dentist Ling Zhan, DDS, PhD, an assistant professor in the UCSF School of Dentistry, is building a path to something children and parents the world over welcome: fewer cavities.

Cavities are the number one infectious disease in children in the U.S. Every year, nearly $4.5 billion is spent to treat them and about 1.6 million school days are missed annually related to dental decay. The prevalence of this disease is five times higher than asthma.

Zhan is an emerging leader in the use of xylitol, a naturally occurring sugar alcohol, to prevent tooth decay in children.

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Hmmm..where to begin?

We could begin with the fact that Ms. Deen has kept her condition quiet for a few years. Certainly, it is a personal issue and need not be discussed publicly.

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The mobile phone is fast becoming a key tool in promoting health and well-being and in treating illnesses. The purpose of the solutions developed in the Care4Me project is to enable early detection of risks in the lifestyles of healthy individuals on the one hand and to allow chronically ill patients to control their own condition as far as possible on the other.

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Based on the contributors own experience of typical problems and dilemmas, and including thorough explanations for each answer, this book is not just an exam crammer, but a valuable learning tool.

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We had the official opening party for our health store in Pisac on the weekend. I cant believe that I now run a health store in Peru its one of those if somebody had told me that Id be doing this a year ago, well then. It was difficult in the early stages but now two or three months into it were full steam ahead and loving it. I love it because I get to work with the community here. And no longer am I sitting in boredom in a mostly empty store waiting for people to come in. Now most days are filled with people and laughter and stock going in and out.

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It’s hard to focus on pain when you’re watching a kitten chase her tail or when a dog is cuddled up next to you. Animals give patients opportunities to enjoy life through simple moments and events, like throwing your dog a ball, playing with your cat or listening to your bird sing.

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By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist   Greetings from my afterlife.   I’m not dead yet, by the way, but I had a glimpse of my death recently and I realized, upon considering it, that I was completely unprepared to have it arrive so soon. Why is it that sometimes we need a good kick in the teeth every so often to get us to sit up and pay attention?   My kick came in the form of cancer on a routine mammogram. There’s nothing like a good cancer diagnosis to push you into a state of acute awareness. Hello, this is your WAKEUP call!   Suddenly there I was, crying until I couldn’t cry any more, scared like I’d never been scared before. I spent man Get more info…

What are those rubber gloves really protecting you from?

The kitchen is often the heart of the home, a bustling place to enjoy a good meal and mingle. But many common convenience foods, drinks, and gadgets found in the kitchen could be putting your health at risk. In fact, just last month, researchers found evidence that bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical commonly found in kitchen cabinet contents, could be causing heart attacks in women. The kicker? You’re probably paying more for these toxic rip-offs compared to safer alternatives.

Here’s how to ID—and avoid—unhealthy stuff in the kitchen.

Canned Soup
There’s probably nothing more convenient that cracking open a can of soup and popping it in the microwave. A h

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Here’s why: by giving children the chance to participate in sports, arts and theater programs. MTX is partnering with HELPS, a local foster agency in Sacramento, California, to fund extracurricular activities for foster children who don’t have the financial means to participate. SELF is committed to advocating and promoting a healthy lifestyle and healthy community, and loves brands that do the same.

The feel-good bag is only $40, so don’t worry about breaking the bank when updating your fitness wardrobe.

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Whats your Resolution?

Im not going to bore you with the statistics on Resolutions and how many people drop their health and fitness Resolutions before the end of January. There really is no need: you all have friends who you have watched make and break those promises. You may have made the promises to yourself, only to decide in the first few weeks of the year that life was better without being burdened with all those chains.

But the start of the New Year is a brilliant time to turn over a new leaf. Heres the catch: the leaf is delicate and if you turn it over with a big iron fist, its going to tear (oooooh imagery!).

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1) After a holiday season of too much beer, food, chocolate, beer, late nights, junk and beer (!) a great start is to systematically just completely eliminate all the junk from your diet. There are an entire category of diets and plans out there but my favorite is from Dax Moy and is entitled simply the Elimination Diet.This involves eliminating caffeine, alcohol, wheat, red meat, sugar, artificial sweeteners and dairy amongst others. Its tough but youll feel great at the end. Couple of bonuses youll probably lose 4 or 5lbs during the first week, and more importantly its completely free here!

You can even pick up a useful Elimination diet cookbook, which will make it a lot easier here.

2) If fat loss is your goal Make a real commitment to lose the unwanted pounds.

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The 2011 Skills for Life Survey, published in December by the Department for Business and Innovation found that one in six (15 per cent) of adults aged 16-65 achieved literacy skills at or below entry Level 3 – the equivalent expected by the National Curriculum of those leaving Primary School.

Chief Executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter, says the profession need to make sure those who lack basic reading skills get the right information in a form that is more easily understood.

Dr Carter said: “Millions of people in the UK suffer from poor literacy skills and this can have a troubling impact on their oral health.

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