Lack of Food Can Affect a Child's Learning Abilities
Dec 18, 2018
In the United States, 18 percent of children under the age of 18—13 million children—live in a home struggling to put healthy food on the table. Food insecurity can have long-lasting effects on young children, impacting their memory, social and learning skills. Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner ...
How Bad Air Quality Affects Your Health
Dec 17, 2018
We know the air is bad if we can see it. But what’s actually in the air? Kerry Kelly, associate director of the Program for Air Quality, Health, and Society, answers questions about inversion, including what contributes to the air quality, how it affects you, and how you can protect yourself ...
Health Hack: How to Treat a Broken Toe at Home
Dec 14, 2018
Have you stubbed your toe bad enough you think you may have broken it? Save yourself an expensive trip to the ER—emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen explains how you can do the same procedure you'd receive at an urgent care....
Top 5 Women's Health Topics (According to a Women's Health Expert)
Dec 13, 2018
The Seven Domains of Women's Health covers all parts of a woman's life: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, environmental, financial, and spiritual. As the show celebrates five years, Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones goes through her list of top five favorite women's health topics....
Top 5 Pediatric Health Concerns (According to The Scope Radio's Listeners)
Dec 11, 2018
As parents, we want to make sure our children are safe and healthy. We worry when they cough too much or eat too little. As The Healthy Kids Zone celebrates five years, Dr. Cindy Gellner breaks down the top five health concerns for children—according to parents—and not so surprisingly, coughs ...
Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Bad?
Dec 7, 2018
There are some people that say fluoride is bad for you, but is it? In the past 50 years, many studies have shown that fluoride in drinking water is beneficial and that a small amount in the water helps children have healthy teeth. Dr. David Okano stops by to share what fluoride is and how it can ...
Your Child's ADHD Could Be Misdiagnosed
Dec 4, 2018
A recent study suggests the overdiagnosing of ADHD in elementary-aged children could come down to something as simple as what month a child is born. Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner talks about the new study and why the youngest kids in an elementary class have a 30% higher chance of being diagnosed ...
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