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6 Ways to Decrease exposure to harmful toxins

6 Ways to Decrease Harmful Chemicals From Your Daily Routine

By Team Ahimsa

Only in 2009 did the medical community realize that synthetic chemicals commonly used in furniture, agriculture, cookware, food packaging materials, cosmetics and personal care products could impair hormones in our bodies and have serious and...
Ahimsa Expert: Accidental ingestion by children

8 Tips to Prevent Accidental Ingestions

By Team Ahimsa

Poison Control Centers in the United States receive 1.2 million calls each year as a result of the accidental poisoning of children ages 5 and younger.  Nearly 90% of these toxic exposures happen at home...
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Allergy Tests for Kids Can Do More Harm Than Good

By Team Ahimsa

As a mother and pediatric gastroenterologist, I hear this complaint often. Is it because my child needs to poop? Because she doesn’t want to go to bed? For many parents, this happens regularly after their...
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Talking to Kids About Race: Continue The Conversation with Books

By Team Ahimsa

As our country continues to listen to voices speaking out against racism, it's important that we also include our children in the discussion. Keeping an open dialogue is important to inform and educate us all...
Children's food allergies - what you need to know when introducing peanuts

Introducing peanuts: what you need to know

By Team Ahimsa

For many years, parents delayed introduction of foods in an attempt to prevent food allergy. Our understanding of allergy development has come a long way in the last two decades and the LEAP study has...
Ahimsa Experts discuss healthy eating and picky eaters

How to Encourage Kids to Eat New Foods: 4 Ways

By Team Ahimsa

Some days feeding your kids probably feels easier than others. Know the feeling? Why is it never straightforward? It could be the weather, your mood, your little one’s appetite...there are lots of variables, most unpredictable.
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We are Pediatrician Parents: Here's what we think about going back to school

By Team Ahimsa

Written by: Alanna Higgins Joyce, MD, MPH, MST Ah, childhood - the lazy days of summer... and winter, spring, and … fall? Stay-at-home orders during COVID-19 allowed many parents to rediscover the joy of being...
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The Father Effect: Have I expressed my appreciation?

By Team Ahimsa

The Father Effect As Father’s Day approaches, it got me thinking about the dads in my life. From my grandfathers, my dad and brother to my baby daddy ;). All of them have played such...
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How racism harms children's health and why we cannot ignore it.

By Manasa Mantravadi

In the summer of 2019, the AAP (The American Academy of Pediatrics) issued its first statement on racism’s impact on child health and how to address it. In the summer of 2020, we have mass protests...

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