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By Maxine Roeper Cohen, M.S. Remember when your little ones awoke at the crack of dawn and instantly called for you to start the day? As parents, we wish that our young children would sleep a bit later so that we may catch some more shut-eye as well. If we only knew then how…
By Nancy Olsen-Harbich, MA Three-and-a-half year old Emma hates to go to bed. Being awake is more interesting and she does not want the day to end. Her mom and dad adore her, yet find themselves exhausted by the nightly battles at bedtime. Even after bedtime is finally accomplished, they find themselves too wrung out…
By Maxine Roeper Cohen, M.S. Whether you are an overworked, stressed-out parent or an older adult, insomnia is a common complaint. It affects one third of American adults! After a busy day, nothing is better than a good night’s sleep. It’s easy to turn to medication, whether it’s a prescription or an over-the-counter sleep aid…
By Kathy Sinkin, RN, CDE I can’t remember the last time I had a good night’s sleep, the kind of sleep you get when you close your eyes and the next thing you know the alarm is going off. How can we get the sleep we need? Here are some ideas: Exercise: Physical activity can…
By Nancy Olsen-Harbich, MA Does the thought of getting out of bed and trying to get your child ready to leave the house make you want to crawl deeper under the covers each morning? Children need lots of time and a routine to follow each morning, or chaos can accompany the Cornflakes, and bad tempers…
By Kim Mendel, RD CDN Time is a precious and valuable commodity, and more time cannot be bought. For most of us, the way to have more time is to take time away from our sleep. While this may seem harmless, it actually can hurt us in the long run. When we do not get…
By Donna Moodie, RD CDN and Miryam Kajatt, CCE Diabetes Outreach Worker Coping with diabetes during the holidays can be difficult especially when our lives are overfilled with parties, shopping and cooking added to our already busy lives. Here are some tips to help you stay healthy while enjoying the holiday season. Watch your stress…
By Kerri Kreh Reda, M.P.H. Would you ever invite a provocatively dressed stranger with a weapon into your living room where your children were and allow them to curse, kill or have sex? Of course you wouldn’t and yet this happens every day through our televisions. If we are not paying careful attention to what…
By Nancy Olsen-Harbich, MA Anyone who has ever lived with a preschooler knows that children often lose it or go over the brink into meltdown when they are tired, hungry, or otherwise feeling at the end of their ropes. The trigger for the meltdown is often not a truly stressful situation, but can be…
By Kerri Kreh Reda, M.P.H. You may have heard that in this country we have an epidemic of overweight and obese children and adults. One of the contributing factors to this problem is the overuse of screens. Screen time is believed to contribute to weight issues in three ways. First of all, time…