Cyber bullying is a term used for harassment, embarrassment, humiliation or threatening faced by a child, preteen or teen to another child via the World Wide Web. One can also use other digital technologies or mobile phones for the same. The term is justified only when minors are involved on both sides. In case, [...] Read more »
Drug Prescription for Children is Troubling
American children are more than three times likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication than children in Europe and that is certainly troubling. Every year more than 200 million drug prescriptions are written for children and teenagers in the U.S., according to California’s Board of Pharmacy. In any two-week period in the United States, 13 million [...] Read more »
Childhood Obesity – A Troubling Problem With A Treatable Solution
Let’s talk frankly about a subject causing a great deal of concern with health professionals today, namely childhood obesity. According to Statistics Canada, the percentage of Canadian children and adolescents who are overweight or obese has climbed from 15% in 1979, to 26% in 2004. That’s a whopping 70% increase. The problem is particularly notable [...] Read more »