The Importance of Crawling for an Infant
By Dr Cynthia Horner
All parents want their infants and children to progress as quickly as possible in their motor and intellectual development. Although each child has their own developmental timetable there are some stages of neurological development that are important such as crawling and the disappearance of what is termed primitive reflexes Each stage of movement molds the nervous system in a different way. Pushing a child to progress too quickly may cause them to skip a stage or not fully benefit from a stage of 
development.
Do You Really Need to Supplement Vitamin D?
by Dr. Cynthia Horner
The D Difference
The universal benefit from sunlight is its ability to activate the skin to produce vitamin D. There are three ways to get vitamin D, from food, from supplements and from the sun. Food supplies us with only small amounts of vitamin D therefore humans must count on the sun to allow their skin to produce vitamin D. Sun exposure has a positive effect on your health in that sun’s UVA and UVB rays are necessary for our bodies to make vitamin D.
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Do Unimmunized Children Pose a Threat to Their Community?
The CDC and the AMA have the opinion that parents who choose not to vaccinate pose a health risk to the community. Their theory is
that everyone is safe from disease only because everyone is vaccinated. They believe unimmunized children support or transport contagious diseases. Many believe not vaccinating puts the entire society at risk. It has been said that vaccinating your children is a moral obligation and those who choose not to vaccinate are acting selfishly. These same people recognize that there are risks but feel that the benefits outweigh the risks.
Who chooses not to vaccinate? It is not the poor, lazy or uneducated but fairly well educated, active members and contributors to communities who are questioning and hesitating when it comes to the routine vaccination schedule for their children. These are educators, professors, government officials, physicians, health professionals and attorneys who are asking these questions: Continue reading
How Sleep Creates Better Brain Function
By Dr Cynthia Horner
Part one of three:
We know that lack of sleep makes us old, fat, sick and stupid! We also know that sleep creates better brain function.During sleep our brains replay and process what we learned while awake. Sleep improves and refines thinking, learning, memory, reasoning, mood, dexterity and coordination.
Help for Infant Reflux without Medication
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
Quite often I get a phone call from a mother of an infant, usually between 3 to 10 weeks old, asking for help because their baby has infant reflux. They tell me their infant is on Zantac and Prilosec, and they were advised to stop nursing and start infant formula. Many of these moms tell me their medical doctors recommend they put rice cereal in the formula to ‘keep the formula down’. If this worked I wouldn’t be hearing from these moms, treating their infants or writing this article. Continue reading
Some Real Causes of Breast Cancer
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
Why Are We Running For the Cure But Running From The Cause?
Breast cancer in both men and women is a serious issue. Yes, breast cancer does affect men also. My heart is touched by those who
have endured treatment or have had their breasts removed because of this disease. What troubles me is the media’s and medical community’s avoidance to acknowledge that many of the causes of breast cancer are well known and therefore breast cancer could be reduced or prevented.
I am not a fan of Susan G. Komen for the cure and I am far from alone in this opinion. I will support breast cancer research and efforts to eliminate causes of breast cancer but I will not run to support a multi-million-dollar company with assets totaling over 390 million dollars . Only 20.9% of these funds were reportedly used in the 2009-2010 fiscal year for research, “for the cure.” Why don’t we close the barn door before the animals get out. I am all for doing as much to prevent the causes of breast cancer as cure it. Continue reading
Internet Addiction and Emotional Health
By Cynthia Horner
It has been called electronic cocaine. For some the convenience and fascination of connecting through emails, texting and socia
l media has been blamed for depression, sleep disorders, anxiety and addiction. Some research has shown that one in eight internet users show at least one sign of an unhealthy attachment to the use of the web.
Natural Remedies vs Medication
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
Natural herbal and homeopathic remedies are becoming more popular as a conservative way to care for the body. 
Just what are they and how do they work? How do they differ from prescribed or over the counter medications? Continue reading
Keeping Back Pain Away
By Dr. Cynthia Horner
Understanding what causes back pain and how to recognize problems before they are bad enough to create pain that disrupts your life
is what I will discuss in the next few paragraphs. Seventy five percent of all human beings will experience low back pain severe enough to keep them from their daily activities. Not just adults but people of all ages and from all walks of life. Why do so many people have back pain? I blame those early humans who arranged a few large rocks together and uttered the word “chair”.
