Need your child a cholesterol test?

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends cholesterol tests were performed only on children with a family history of cardiovascular problems and high cholesterol as well as those who are obese, those with diabetes or hypertension. However, a panel of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has...

Teens and Energy Drinks: It must be very careful!

When you are sleepy or tired a cup of coffee comes from Wonderland. But the full coffee? Of course not, all that caffeine is too much for one heart. Yet that is exactly what enters the body of a child or a teenager growing drinking a bottle of energy drink. The new recommendations of the American Academy of...

A hearing test for your baby: why it matters

The baby’s world must be full of sounds, from those that provide security and pleasure, as the voice of mom, or that invite you to sleep like a lullaby. Your baby hears it is important to your ability to hear depends largely on its relationship with the world and in particular language learning....

Breast milk: more protection for the baby against the syndrome of sudden infant death (SIDS)

Breast milk is ideal for the baby: not only contains all the vitamins and nutrients you need it protects you from various diseases. Babies who are fed mother’s milk supply tend to have less colic, less respiratory infections, meningitis and ear and if they do, tend to be less severe. Another of...