Air Quality
Reducing Viral Spread in Schools: France Makes Proactive Move to Measure and Reduce CO2 Levels in School and Daycare
One of my favorite gadgets from the pandemic is the AraNet 4 CO2 monitor. I carry it with me whenever I am curious about an indoor space. This easy-to-use monitor gives a simple red-yellow-green readi…
COVID: Supplements, the Immune System, and Preventative Care
In the midst of a viral pandemic, with orders to ?shelter at home? in effect, parents may be wondering what else can be done to protect the health of their families. Unprecedented circumstances often …
Where there’s Fire, there’s Smoke: Poor air quality, smoke and asthma treatment
The ongoing wildfire season has reached unprecedented levels, surpassing previous records for the size of the affected area. The impact of these fires extends far beyond the immediate vicinity of the …
Stress and Environmental Toxins
Of course reducing toxic exposures is an important way to reduce risks from unhealthy chemicals, but a growing body of research suggests paying attention to positive habits ? such as good food, health…
Ear infections are vanishing: four key ideas for parents
I remember, not long ago, seeing many children with ear infections every day I was in the office ? children that were often up screaming the night before. Today it's not surprising to go an entire day…
Fast Facts on Indoor Air Quality
Most of us spend the vast majority of each day indoors, where air quality can be 2-5 times worse than outside. Indoor air quality issues revolve around environmental contaminants such as allergens and…
Gas Stoves, IQ, & ADHD
According to a groundbreaking new study, preschoolers with gas appliances in their homes scored lower on cognitive tests and were more likely to have ADHD than their peers. Researchers visited the hom…
Bringing the Outdoors In
I love it when I hear television interior designers talk about "bringing the outdoors in" and greening up a home with houseplants. Decorating your house with lush green plants does so much more than s…
ADHD and the Environment
Can exposing the developing brain to environmental toxins lead to ADHD? An upcoming study in the NIH journal Environmental Health Perspectives examined the effects of two substances known to affect th…
Fathers for Organic – Part 3 of 7: A Father’s Insight
My wife's name is Cheryl. When my youngest was a baby, she was radiant and full of life. We were enjoying parenting together, and enjoying being partners on DrGreene.com. She was responsible for the d…
A Colic Diet
Imagine for a moment the sound of 3 hours with a peaceful, happy baby. And imagine the opposite! About ¼ of babies will experience colic, defined as at least 3 hours of crying per day on at least 3 da…
Beyond Medicine For Asthma
Changes in the home environment can be as powerful as medications in treating asthma, according to an exciting study in the September 9, 2004 New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers in the Inner-…
Crippling Our Children
What can take otherwise vibrant, healthy teens and permanently give them the lung capacities of 50-year-olds? Air pollution! Perhaps spare the air days should be called spare the children days. The ai…
Common Fumes Cause Asthma?
Could it be that how you clean or how you decorate your home might influence whether your child develops asthma? Could the smell of new wall-to-wall carpets be linked to asthma risk? A provocative stu…
Carrots, Oranges, Garlic, Oats, Walnuts and Asthma
Although childhood asthma has been increasing in recent years, children with higher blood levels of important antioxidant nutrients are less likely to develop asthma, according to a large study in the…
Asthma and SARS
There has never been a better time to be sure your asthma is under control. With a proper treatment plan, most asthma symptoms can be prevented or minimized. Uncontrolled, the linings of the airways i…
America’s Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illnesses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their second report on America's Children and the Environment on February 24, 2003. Where we have taken decisive action on issues of the environment,…
EPA Report on Children and the Environment (Lead, Tobacco, Asthma, and Mercury)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their second report on America's Children and the Environment on February 24, 2003. Where we have taken decisive action, kids' health is getting bett…
Body Burdens
Our drinking water is tested to look for the presence of toxic chemicals. Our air quality is monitored as well. Recently, several important studies have reported the levels of these chemicals in our b…
Cardiovascular Health in Children
Heart disease remains the #1 cause of death in the United States, killing about half a million people each year. Coronary heart disease used to be thought of as a disease of the middle aged and the el…