Family, Kids & Pets

12 topics, A–Z

• Baby Food and Heavy Metals 1 article Traces of lead, arsenic and cadmium turn up in many baby foods. Here is what testing shows, what is unproven, and practical ways to lower your baby's exposure.
• Breastfeeding 1 article What breastfeeding does for babies and mothers, how strong that evidence is, and what actually helps when it is hard.
• Childhood Ear Infections 1 article When children's ear infections need antibiotics and when watchful waiting is reasonable, what helps pain at home, how to lower the risk, and warning signs.
• Flea and Tick Treatments 1 article Collars and spot-ons leave residue on fur that reaches hands and children. What studies measured, the pet safety signals, and how natural options compare.
• Hygiene Hypothesis 1 article Why experts now say microbe-poor childhoods, not clean homes, may drive allergy and asthma, and what farms, pets, siblings and handwashing really do.
• Infant Colic 1 article Colic usually fades by 3 months. What the trials say about L. reuteri probiotics, fennel, simethicone and soothing, plus when crying is not colic.
• Infant Formula 1 article How to choose a regulated infant formula, what added ingredients really do, how to prepare it safely, and why homemade or raw-milk formulas are not an option.
• Introducing Allergenic Foods 1 article When to first feed babies peanut and egg, what the LEAP and EAT trials found, how much to give, and why babies with severe eczema need medical advice first.
• Kids Screen Time 1 article WHO and AAP guidance on children's screen time, what research links to sleep, language and attention, and why content, co-viewing and bedtime rules matter.
• Outdoor Play and Myopia 1 article School trials show extra daytime outdoor time modestly lowers a child's chance of becoming nearsighted. What the studies found, and what they could not show.
• Pet Ownership and Health 1 article What research says about pets and your heart, activity, mood and kids' allergies, plus infection, allergy and flea-treatment chemical risks.
• Pregnancy Nutrition 1 article What research supports for food, folic acid, fish, caffeine, alcohol and food safety in pregnancy, and when to ask your midwife or doctor.