Published Blogs
Can Getting the Flu Trigger a Heart Attack?
Preventing the flu with a yearly shot is more crucial for your health than you may realize. Why? Because having the flu significantly increases the chance of a heart attack.
Adults are six times more likely to have a heart attack within one week of being diagnosed with the flu.
One in eight adults hospitalized with seasonal flu has a serious cardiac event, such as a heart attack, acute heart failure, or a sudden decrease in blood flow to the heart. Read more.
Will My Child Outgrow ADHD?
Six million children in the United States are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and each one has parents who wonder if their child could outgrow the condition.
Our developmental specialists wish we could answer that question with a resounding yes! Unfortunately, the answer isn’t that simple.
Children’s ADHD symptoms can change, improve, and even go into remission, but it’s not fair to suggest they can outgrow this challenging, neurodevelopmental condition. Let’s explore what that means. Read more.
Why is Weight Loss so Difficult?
Do you believe losing weight should be a simple matter of limiting food and increasing exercise? Or has someone said the problem is your lack of motivation or self-control?
If so, it’s time to learn the real reason why it’s so hard to lose weight.
For decades (and still today), people have heard that weight loss required nothing more than consuming fewer calories than they burn.
While that is the foundation for reaching and maintaining a healthy weight, we now know that weight loss is more complex. Read more.
Parenting Differently: Stand Your Ground and Build Understanding
Parents of differently-abled kids learn to parent differently. We build a foundation for success by carefully choosing how we teach, discipline, and raise our kids, relying on methods unfamiliar to most parents.
There’s no doubt our approaches work. Experts in the field agree that children with mental health or developmental challenges respond better and achieve more when parents use nontraditional techniques.
But in the face of disapproval from others, it can be challenging to stay confident and stand your ground. Read more.
