Take Me Shopping!

If you’re buying a present for a child this year (are you listening, Santa?), here’s one thing you absolutely

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must take with you when you go shopping: The Moms Rising Healthy Toy Guide!

Here’s how it works: Before you give a child a toy this holiday season, search the HealthyToys database for […]

Screening the Screen

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Twin studies today are a wake-up call for parents to log-off and un-plug their homes. Studies show that screen time is a toxic substance to your kids’ health – whether it’s TV, computer/internet or games. And the bad outcomes are dose-dependent, meaning that the more screen time your kids get, the […]

Joy – The Drug

Here’s powerful study result showing that breast cancer patients who received psychological counseling had

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improved survival, decreased recurrences of their tumors, and, even for those who had a recurrence, longer times until relapse. That’s powerful stuff. Especially considering that these women were not chosen because of mental health […]

Taming the Yecch…

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Normally, a lot of us brush teeth, then don’t eat for quite a while – especially if we’re heading out the door to work, or going straight to bed. But while we’re enjoying a few days of holiday, you may experience the booby-trap toothpaste phenomenon. You know what I mean, […]

Watching the Blues Tube…

It’s now officially time to retire the phrase “boob tube” and replace it with “blues tube” – right when most of America is planning their Thanksgiving Day (parade/bowl) TV-watching schedule. Researchers have

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discovered that people who are depressed watch much more TV…or vice versa. While the results are striking, no one […]

Giving Thanks…Getting Joy

As we cruise toward Thanksgiving, one of the best ways to give thanks is to honor someone else – and we

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have a great way to do just that during Thanksgiving Day’s Mandatory Digestion Break – you know what I mean, that time-period when everyone is draped like pythons around the […]