Health & Wellness

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and talking with your children about immunizations (or vaccinations) can be complicated. Make it as simple as you possibly can. Please don’t forget that your child must have the language and cognitive skills...

Back-to-School is an exciting and often nerve-wracking time for families. Anticipation mixed with nerves flows between kids and parents - often equally. It can be a cycle of comforting combined with crying - including tears of joy - for...

Editor’s Note: This video is part of the ongoing allergy series in partnership with Columbia Allergy. To learn more about allergies, eczema, and related topics, please refer to our Allergy Guide! Do you or your loved ones get a stomach ache after eating...

San Francisco Bay Area's Ultimate Guide to Holistic Well-Being, Family Finances, Mental Health, Professional Development, Estate Planning, and more! Focus Group by Schlesinger is part of Schlesinger Group, a major marketing research company that provides consumers like you the opportunity to...

Editor’s Note: This video is part of the ongoing allergy series in partnership with Columbia Allergy. To learn more about allergies, eczema, and related topics, please refer to our Allergy Guide! If you're not an Allergy Parent or have severe allergies yourself, you...

Stings and Bites Summer . . . time for surf and sand, swimming pools, picnics, barbeques, camping, outdoor sports, and stinging insects! Bees, wasps, yellow jackets, mosquitoes, and hornets can take the fun out of summer, and almost everyone has...

I can’t blame the pandemic. You have to have a routine in place to practice good hygiene  or you just won’t follow it. It’s like the 15 lbs. you can’t loose because you just can’t say no to chocolate,...

Editor's Note: This video is part of the ongoing allergy series in partnership with Columbia Allergy. To learn more about allergies, eczema, and related topics, please refer to our Allergy Guide!   On our recent visit to the Columbia Allergy clinic...

Photo credit: Andrea McTamaney What is freedom? Like success, I wonder if beyond the dictionary definition, it’s up to the beholder of how to define it. With recent events like Juneteenth, Pride and the 4th of July holidays, I’ve...

I loathe the dentist. I have loathed going since my first dental appointment when I was five. Back then, I was reminded of all the things I shouldn’t eat and how important it was to floss my teeth. I...