Have you seen the new reality show on the Sundance channel called “Push Girls”? It premiered on June 4th, and tells the real story about the lives of four women living in LA who met after they became paralyzed. Three of the young women are paraplegics (paralyzed…
Jenny had an appointment with her doctor a few weeks ago. Today she received a bill from her health insurance company. She looked at the bill but couldn’t make any sense out of it. Co-pay? Deductibles? “What do these words mean?” she thought. “Why do…
Vitamin D deficiency (not having enough vitamin D) is fairly common among teens in general. However, new research shows that girls with PCOS are more likely than other girls (without a diagnosis of PCOS) to be deficient in vitamin D. There’s also a lot of…
The first time I heard about Sketchers Shape-Up shoes I knew they weren’t going to be a success. It was like I was watching another commercial on diet pills that help you lose weight fast without changing your diet. It’s all a scam, because there’s…
If you live in the Boston area you probably saw, heard, or even participated in the 44th annual Walk for Hunger. This is a huge charitable event that takes place every spring in Massachusetts, and raises money for families who struggle to put food on…
It’s more than clear that tanning can lead to skin cancer. However, just like with other things that teens are told not to do, they do it anyway. I don’t think teens do this to be rebels; I just think they want to look good…
I was looking through my pictures the other day and I happened to notice how much I’ve changed. I think that without the photos the differences wouldn’t have been as clear. Little by little we all change every day, but because the differences are so…
Nature Deficit Disorder, or NDD, is exactly what it sounds like: a condition caused by too much time spent away from the great outdoors. This disorder can be linked to many health problems: weight gain, diabetes, depression, poor sleep, attention problems, and poor problem-solving skills….
A few weeks ago I got an invitation to go to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for an after-hours event at the museum. The invitation was from an organization at Boston Children’s Hospital that is comprised of interns and research assistants. I went to the…
Recently there was a bizarre story on the news about a New Jersey mom who supposedly brought her 5 year old daughter to a tanning salon. However, she denied any allegations, saying she would never, ever put her daughter in a tanning booth. This story…