Allergies/Asthma
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Are There Safer Ways to Vaccinate Our Children?
Are There Safer Ways to Vaccinate Our Children? Maureen McDonnell, RN “There are unanswered questions about vaccine safety. We need studies on vaccinated populations based on various schedules and doses as well as individual patient susceptibilities that we are continuing to learn about. No one should be threatened by the pursuit of this knowledge. Vaccine
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What Can Be Done to Prevent Autism Now?
Although the mystery of the autism epidemic has not yet been solved, emerging science and reports from parents about specific treatments that have improved (or in some cases recovered) their ASD children have given us strong clues regarding ways to prevent and treat Autism Spectrum Disorders. Causation theories range from: it must be due to
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One of the Greatest Gifts You Can Give Your Child (& Yourself)
Get Healthy BEFORE You Get Pregnant… by Maureen McDonnell, RN We all know there are many factors at play in the days and weeks following conception that are crucial for the survival and healthy development of a fetus such as diet, stress, infection, tobacco use, environmental toxins, alcohol, drugs etc. But what we don’t often
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Stop the Insanity! The Over-Drugging of a Nation
Let me start this article by saying, that as a nurse, I have seen drugs used in extraordinarily positive and helpful ways. In emergency situations involving infection or serious injury, they literally save lives. But, I beg you to look at the alarming statistics (especially as they relate to psychiatric medications) and see for yourself,
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Super Foods for a Healthy Family
I know the names Acai (pronounced ahh Sigh Eee), Cacao (pronounced Ca Cow) and Goji sound like exotic, foreign substances, but the truth is these are nutrient-dense “superfoods” that are rapidly gaining in popularity. And my prediction is, as more of us focus on ways to live longer, healthier lives, these strange sounding powders and berries
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Flushing out the Toxins
We have all come a long way in our awareness of the role the 87,000 chemicals that have been created in the last hundred years (which are mostly untested and unregulated) play in conditions ranging from Infertility, Autism, Cancer to Obesity. As a result of our understanding of just how detrimental these substances can be
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What Do Cigarettes, Sugar and Vaccines Have in Common?
In 1958 the Center for Disease Control (undoubtedly influenced by Big Tobacco) announced: “Smoking does not cause lung cancer.” In the 1970’s, the Sugar Industry began its well-funded PR campaign to shift public opinion away from the health destroying effects of sugar. Documents have recently been unearthed from the archives at Colorado University’s library (1)
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The Relationship between the Gut and the Brain
Typically, gut specialists (gastroenterologists) and the brain docs (psychiatrists) do not function under the premise that their specialties are in any way related. However, new understandings have emerged which show a wonderfully interwoven, codependent relationship between what goes on in the gut and how well the brain functions. The relationship is so profound, that I
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10 Facts about Vaccines
Important Facts To Know Regarding the Current Vaccine Debate List compiled by Maureen McDonnell (a registered nurse who has worked in the field of pediatrics for over 37 years)
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The Pearls and Perils of the Paleo Diet
I know how emotionally-charged discussions about diet can get. So, with that in mind, (as well as the fact that for over a decade I was a vegetarian), I’ll be treading cautiously on this topic of the Paleo diet. Not only do I not want to add to the polarization that already exists in the