Category: Health care & fitness
Kids and Food Allergies: What to Look For
0 Every parent knows that kids can be picky eaters, especially when it comes to healthy foods like broccoli and spinach. Yet pickiness has nothing to do with some kids refusal to eat certain dishes. According to Food Allergy Research and Education, about 1 out of every 13 children is allergic to at least one…
Dr. Tanya Altmann’s Tips for Keeping Kid’s Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
0 With germs everywhere and kids in school, sometimes a cold is inevitable, but these are tips Tanya uses at home and with her patients to keep their families as healthy as possible during cold & flu season. Wash your hands. So simple, but so important! Get kids in the habit of washing their hands…
When A Dental Emergency Strikes, Were Here to Help
Comments Off When a toothache continues for several days, when a portion of the tooth breaks off, or when someone knocks a tooth out, an emergency dentist is the most effective course of action. Below are several reasons for you to visit a crisis dentist. TOOTHACHE A toothache is among the very common reasons people…
Lice! School just started…
0 I cannot believe my kids got lice already?! Good news after a week of itching, I discovered a local business that hand delivered some non toxic spray called Lice Ease right to my door. My kids are lice free this morning!!! Please check your kids heads and dont send them to someones elses house…
Backpack Display at UCSB to Help Create a Dialogue About Suicide
0 1,100 backpacks will be scattered across UC Santa Barbaras Student Resource Building Lawn on Monday, October 12th from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to represent the number of college students who take their own lives each year. UCSBs Active Minds chapter invites the community to help save lives by standing up to stigma and…
Drugs, Mental Health and Adolescents
0 Whats the big deal? Causes? How and when to seek help! Some Adolescents experiment with use and or use occasionally. Some begin to use in such a way that asit starts to affect their healthy functioning they are able to stop or self-regulate on their own. Many willexperience problems ranging from mild to severe….
Concussions in contact sports
0 Concussion Researchers Consider Initial Results of Monitors Worn by College Athletes Last fall, as concerns about concussions in contact sports amped up for professionals and younger athletes, Cottage Health researchers helped introduce a new monitor that can measure the force of a blow to a players head while also recording an individualized hit count….
Why Does My Child Need Braces Twice?
1 I just finished taking my 8 year old to the orthodontist and I was told that they should start a two-phase treatment before all of the baby teeth are lost. It just seems so aggressive to start so young. Over the last several years, the approach to orthodontic treatment has changed remarkably. In past…