by Dr. Shawn Benzinger, D.C., DABCO, FIAMA. | Sep 27, 2010 | Articles on Mother/Infant/Child, Health Topics
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesThere are growing concerns that environmental toxins may play a larger role in children’s developmental disorders than previously thought. This outcome came from a recent conference focused on the prevention of “childhood...
by Dr. Shawn Benzinger, D.C., DABCO, FIAMA. | Sep 24, 2010 | Articles on Mother/Infant/Child, Health Topics
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesResearchers report that children in daycare do not seem to suffer significant detrimental effects, provided they are placed in a high quality daycare and they have a supportive home life. Children who received quality care were able to...
by Dr. Shawn Benzinger, D.C., DABCO, FIAMA. | Sep 24, 2010 | Articles on Mother/Infant/Child, Health Topics
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesOffspring of parents who suffered from depression face an increased risk themselves for depression, anxiety and drug dependence that extends well into adulthood, a new study shows. They report in the American Journal of Psychiatry on a...
by Dr. Shawn Benzinger, D.C., DABCO, FIAMA. | Sep 24, 2010 | Articles on Mother/Infant/Child, Health Topics
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesTreating women for depression with serotonin-reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, does not appear to increase the overall risk of birth defects. This is the conclusion reported in The New England Journal of Medicine based on findings from two...
by Dr. Shawn Benzinger, D.C., DABCO, FIAMA. | Sep 24, 2010 | Articles on Mother/Infant/Child, Health Topics
Mother/Infant/Child | ArticlesParents may be doing more harm than good by putting their overweight children on a diet. According to findings published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, dieting can backfire for some obese children. The dieting sets off...
