Archive for June, 2006

Hidden, Resistant Lice

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

How common are head lice? Are they really getting increasingly resistant to the pesticides commonly used to treat them? Researchers in the United Kingdom decided to tackle this question by randomly selecting kids from a pool of almost 300,000 children in 1644 different elementary schools. Over 4000 random kids were carefully checked for lice. The […]

The Organic Business Traveler

Friday, June 9th, 2006

I.m a frequent business traveler.  I pride myself on having .figured out. the little things that make traveling easier, like packing a pair of disposable ear plugs in my carry on bag for long and noisy flights.  When I decided to go 100% organic, I knew I.d have a few challenges.  Here.s what I.ve learned […]

Healthy Ovaries after childhood Cancer

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

Children’s bodies are amazing! They are capable of so much regeneration and renewal. Today when kids have cancer, often the treatment includes both radiation and multiple chemotherapeutic agents. The survival rates are now so good, that people are now looking into the long-term effects of these toxic exposures - especially on the sensitive reproductive organs. […]