This is a little different Pumpkin Pie. It’s a desert recipe for the Thanksgiving dinner that the whole family will enjoy!
It sounds delicious… ……

It’s Turkey Time! Well, almost. Check out this delicious recipe for cooking your Thanksgiving family meal at this year. This turkey is glazed with a buttery cider syrup, is burnished outside and juicy within. Sound delicious?
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Here’s one more reason to avoid unhealthy weight gain. ……

Can being a superwoman in a high-powered job with a high-powered salary cause problems health-wise in today’s workingwomen? Does the pursuit of a career demand too much of the body of the female if she wants to eventually have children? ……

Vicks VapoRub which has been sold for more than 100 years for help in fighting the common cold is now under scrutiny.

A new study out of Wake Forest University warns about improper use of Vicks VapoRub for infants and children. The study shows it could cause serious breathing problems in  very young children. ……

A woman from California gave birth via c-section to a very big baby. The baby boy named Richard Walker Sault weighed in at a whopping 14-pounds 2 ounces, and was 21 inches long at birth. ……

If you’re anything like me you can look to give toys that are just above your child’s age range. Here’s an article that may correct this for us. There’s still time to check the safety factors for toys of your choice for your children.

Let me quote some serious statements made in this article and you decide:

“The right toy can make the Christmas season the most wonderful time of the year for children and their parents. But the wrong toy can make this season a time of pain, grief and regret for families with children who suffer injuries or death from toys they never should have been given in the first place.” ……

A newly released study by researchers of National Institute of Health, a nonprofit advocacy group, together with Common Sense Media and the Yale University showed how mass media exposure can be toxic to kids.

The report showed that there is a strong connection between media exposure and the childhood health problems. ……

What a tragedy to hit a family! Thousands of infants die every year due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Can we avoid such a horrific loss?

All known steps to avoid the possibility of their child dying from SIDS are taken by parents across the nation. Doctors give advice to parents to always put the baby to sleep on his/her back. Blankets and pillows are removed from the baby’s crib and parents are keeping the room temperature cool in hopes of reducing the risk of such a terrible tragedy. Maybe ceiling fans are one more thing that can help keep baby safe. ……

Kids and chronic disease…  The number of kids who take medication for chronic disease has jumped again.

According t author Emily Cox, senior director of research with Express Scripts…”We’ve got a lot of sick and take his only inning put up to clean women and finished historical children,what we’ve been seeing in adults, we’re also now seeing in kids.”

Also FTA: “The number of children who take pills for type 2 diabetes — the kind that’s closely linked to obesity — more than doubled from 2002 to 2005, to a rate of six out of 10,000 children. That suggests that at least 23,000 privately insured children in the USA are now taking diabetes medications, according to authors of the new study in today’s Pediatrics.

Doctors also saw big increases in prescriptions for high cholesterol, asthma and attention deficit and hyperactivity. There was smaller growth for drugs for depression and high blood pressure.

” says author Emily Cox, senior director of research with Express Scripts, which administers drug benefit programs for private insurance plans. ”

Kids on medication