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Allergens can haunt your child year-round, and Halloween is no exception.
Christa Easley, Ph.D., of Austin Clinical Research Inc. in Texas, says kids should watch out for seasonal allergens while trick-or-treating or participating in other Halloween activities. (more…)

So Are Lots of Shots

With the flu virus percolating quietly in scattered states across the nation, disease officials reiterated their call for healthy Americans to allow more vulnerable people first access to the vaccine as it arrives.

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Some kids say they don’t like the taste of milk and prefer soda or juice at meals. Many kids like yogurt, but it’s not likely that they will be able to eat four or five servings every day. Here are some easy ways to increase the amount of calcium that kids get.
Include cereal, served with milk, in every breakfast.

Enroll your child in the lunch milk program at your school.Let kids drink chocolate or strawberry milk. Serve hot chocolate made with milk on cold afternoons. Make blender shakes with milk, ice cream or frozen yogurt, and vanilla, banana, chocolate or other flavors.

Make pudding mixes with milk.Enrich foods such as casseroles and meatloaf with nonfat dry milk.Offer cheese and yogurt as snacks. Buy orange juice and other foods that are fortified with calcium.

Serve lots of green vegetables like spinach, broccoli, and collards. And most importantly, let your kids know how important you think it is that they eat dairy products. Pour 8 to 12 ounces of milk for them at each meal, and pour a glass for the adults, too — skim milk for the adults and teens, 2 percent for the school-age kids, and whole milk for the toddlers, unless your child’s doctor recommends otherwise.

A recent report found that children and babies are at greater risk for medical errors than adults, and now the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a set of guidelines on ways to reduce that risk.

“[Although] we know that there are problems with patient safety in all healthcare settings, pediatricians want to give the best care available,” Dr. Carole Lannon told Reuters Health. Lannon is a pediatrician who works with the AAP on quality improvement issues.

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Instead of diagnosing, ask questions. Be particularly careful when using iridology and muscle testing. For instance, don’t say “You have a sinus problem.” Rather, ask them, “Do you have sinus problems?” Let them diagnose themselves. You can also teach by talking to them in the third person. For example, you might say, “People with lymphatic rosaries typically have trouble with their sinuses.” Or you can cite authorities: “Dr. Bernard Jensen says that this particular eye sign is associated with sinus congestion.” (more…)

Mothers are not getting the straight story on safety for their children. First it was toxic baby bottles. Now it is contaminated breast milk. What is a mother to do?
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Although there are few absolutes when attempting to promote any health-related behavior change, several things are clear regarding adaptation to regular exercise. (more…)

A Hopeful Final Four
What are the chances that Matt, Butch, or Christy approaches Rob and tells him the obvious: That if he votes with the “cool people,” there’s no way he could possibly go higher than fourth place? Rob has shown smarts all along. Is it possible for him to put aside his lusting over the unattainable Heidi and realize that he will never truly be “in” their group?

(Note: The pictures of Heidi are to document her drastic changes throughout her less than 30 days in the jungle.)
If they can convince Rob of this, then we would see a final four that would truly be a joy to have. If not, then we’d be left with the eye candy, who I must admit has played a good game. I can’t deny them that. My only problem with the “cool people” is that they still have their have-yet-to-grow-up-and-realize-that-there’s-more-to-people-than-physical-beauty mindset. They’ve played a good game and they’ve been pretty good strategists (with some exceptions), but their immaturity leaves a bit to be desired.

Thus far, we haven’t seen Butch and Matt having many conversations with Christy, but we know they had to have bonded out there. I have a feeling that the editors have purposely not shown us this because there is a long-shot that we’ll see them convincing Rob to vote against group hottie-body.

Psycho or Editing?
And we’ve seen Matt portrayed as a potentially murderous psycho, but I wonder how much of this is due to editing. Matt’s father is a bone-and-joint surgeon — Dr. Harry Von Ertfelda. Matt went to a prestigious culinary school in Paris. We already know he speaks Mandarin because he grew up in Hong Kong. And according to an article in his local paper, Matt has successfully traversed the Darien Gap, a famous jungle stretch that links Colombia to Panama.

He dived for sunken treasure off Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands and has trekked deep in the jungle into unmapped areas of New Guinea to track cannibals.

It’s difficult to have done all these things and not have social grace and be a complete, freak-everyone-out loner. Yes, he’s looking increasingly psycho, but we must put things into perspective: compare Matt’s changes to Heidi’s!

A man’s self-confidence can lessen when he has either a receding hairline or hair that starts getting thinner. Having a nice head of hair is something men really value. You take good care of it, keep it styled nicely, and take pride in your appearance. Then, all of a sudden, it looks like your forehead has expanded. The hair on your temples begins to lessen, and the hair located on the top part of your head starts to get thinner. (more…)

Rob isn’t really “in” their group even though they are doing very well at making him think he is.
So, who’s left? Here’s a little review:
Rob aka Thinks-He’s-Cool-Drools-over-the-Hotties-Forgotten-Magic-8-Ball-Too-Many-Alliances-Too-Many-Secrets boy.
Alex (see the picture at right of the skinny guy whose pants are falling off) aka Way-Too-Skinny-Triathlon-Coach-Successfully-Flirts-With-The-Hotties-Weird-Beard-Action-On-His-Neck guy. (more…)