Sunday, October 30, 2016

New Screen Time Guidelines have been released

In the ever changing world of electronics, it is hard for research to keep up and thus hard for groups that make recommendations to keep up.  However the American Academy of Pediatrics is doing their best and have updated their recommendations. 

Doc Smitty from Cook Children's has summarized them into 11 useful facts to guide us.

11 facts about screen time rules

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Time to get rid of your anti-bacterial soaps!

There has been an underlying focus on eliminating unnecessary antibiotics from our environment to prevent the development of "superbugs".  Most of the attention has been towards careful prescribing of antibiotics only when needed.  However, recently the FDA has taken steps towards eliminating antibiotics in household ingredients including soap. 

what to know about antibacterial soap