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Parents and sleep: The struggle is real... and long

8 Feb 2021

There used to be a time when I not only fell asleep quickly, but I stayed asleep the whole night. I used to tell people “I excel at sleeping.”...

Is There a Cancer Risk With Talcum Powder?

31 Jan 2020

​This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.

Should We Worry About Metals in Vaccines?

27 Jun 2019

​This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

You Don’t Need to Burp Babies

29 Mar 2019

It’s a commonplace occurrence: When a baby is done eating, their mom or dad places them over their shoulder and pats their back to get them to burp....

The Woes of Parenting: Are They All Woe-Worthy?

22 Mar 2018

Thanks to social media and the Internet, we are flooded with opinions about what to do, and what not to do, from an array of physicians, psychologists, nutritionists, naturopaths, chiropractors and...

Why are homeopathic teething “remedies” having adverse reactions in infants?

20 Feb 2017

The bizarre tenet of homeopathy is that a substance that causes symptoms in a health person can relieve those symptoms in a sick person as long as it is diluted to an extent that contains almost...

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