The Media and the Mirror

How Media & Beauty Products Impact your Teen’s Health – Tuesday May 8, 2012, 7:00 PM, Wellesley Free Library Dr. Michael Rich, an adolescent pediatrician with Children’s Hospital and Director of the Center on Media & Child Health (CMCH), will provide insights guidelines for parents about teen health focusing on the ways media powerfully affect the [...]

Power To Choose Renewable Energy for Your Family & Future

Sign up and benefit your school in this contest to promote renewable energy. Choose renewable energy today and benefit your school’s PTO at the same time! Signing up for renewable energy is easy, affordable and benefits our town, children and schools. To sign up right away, or to learn more about this program, go to www.WellesleyRenewableEnergy.com [...]

How Food, Environment Can Affect Young Childdren

Dr. Martha Herbert, a Harvard pediatric neurologist, states “There is more and more published evidence that autism can involve many systems of the body beyond the brain, particularly the gut and the immune system. Because of this I no longer see autism as a disorder of the brain but as a disorder that affects the brain. It also affects the immune system and the gut. Many children with autism have food allergies or frequent infections, rashes or gut problems like diarrhea or constipation. Sometimes when these problems are overcome such children do a lot better.” Herbert’s review of autism research and treatment is covered in her soon-to-be released publication titled “The Autism Revolution: Whole Body Strategies For Making Life All It Can Be.” The strategies in this book cover things that are health-promoting not just for autism but for everyone.

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What Parents Should Know About Toxins

Environmental influences such as food, toxins, infections and stress can make things better or worse. This talk will cover optimal function, how to detect signs of problems across the dimensions of your child’s life, and how to improve the environment so your child can be resilient and flourish.

Wellesley High Grad Overcomes Cancer, Raises Money for Research

Rachel Hamilton, a 2003 Wellesley High School graduate, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma earlier this year — a disease few 26 year olds expect to contend with. But in November, Rachel’s scan showed no sign of the cancer — which affects a person’s lymphatic system — and has begun her career as a management consultant. A [...]