World Prematurity Day November 17th
World Prematurity Day was first started on November 17, 2008 by the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) at a meeting of European Parents’ Organizations. Since that time, the March of...
Lower risk of inflammatory bowel disease with higher sun exposure
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease causing chronic inflammation in the digestive tract. IBD is rare in children, but rates have been increasing over time. Rates of pediatric IBD are higher in...
Improved infant motor development with sunshine and vitamin D supplements
Postpartum depression has been associated with delays in infant motor development, which may be due, in part, to the increased cortisol levels in depressive mothers. Low vitamin D status has also been linked to...
Breastfeeding Moms Can Supply Baby with Enough Vitamin D
August is National Breastfeeding Month and the first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week. Breast milk is considered the best source of nutrition for infants except for its lack of vitamin D. This...
Dr. Sears Family Podcast with Carole Baggerly, our Director, on Vitamin D
Last week (on July 2, 2019), our very own Carole Baggerly, founder and director of GrassrootsHealth, joined pediatricians Drs. Jim and William Sears and health coach Haden Sears to discuss the head-to-toe importance of...
ADHD Symptoms Improved with Omega-3s
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2016, approximately 9.4% of children ages 2-17 in the United States (about 6.1 million) had received a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at...
You Are Invited to Attend – Latest Findings in Type 1 Diabetes Research
Join us tomorrow (Friday, April 25) for the 2nd PreDiRe T1D (Preventing Disease and its Recurrence in Type 1 Diabetes) Symposium. GrassrootsHealth project manager, Jen Aliano, will be presenting on the D*action Type 1...
Can Autism be treated by vitamin D and omega-3s?
April is Autism Awareness Month — did you know that vitamin D and omega-3s could benefit those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Published last month in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology...
Childhood Cavities — Vitamin D Reduced by 50%
Tooth enamel, which is the hard, outer surface of a tooth that protects against decay, primarily consists of calcium and phosphate. Vitamin D plays a key role in the absorption of calcium and phosphate,...
Infantile Rickets Causes Devastation to Families, Even Today
GrassrootsHealth occasionally receives an email from a parent or grandparent struggling with the consequences of infantile rickets, often mis-diagnosed as a case of child abuse. At the same time, news outlets across the globe...