Your kids may be bringing home more than just homework. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average elementary school student can get up to 12 cases of the flu or cold each year and between one and four cases of the dreaded “stomach bug” a year. If you want to […]
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A Calorie Isn’t Just a Calorie When It’s Sugar, Study Reveals
We’ve heard it for years: Americans eat too much sugar. Even when we try to be good, hidden sugar can make its way into our diet, but we may want to be more careful about that. A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Touro University has found that sugar […]


