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Little Niko and Stefano picked up hand-foot-mouth disease, which is a common (but scary-sounding) illness that causes mouth sores, a fever and a rash. It’s a coxsackievirus infection that peaks from August to November. We’re glad they’re feeling better, poor little guys!

Simran Sethi included video of Dr. Greene at a discussion called “Children and Chemicals” with Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group and Courtney Loveman of Seventh Generation. We’re proud to participate in these talks that are so important to the health of our children. See the video at The Huffington Post.

A couple of years ago, Dr. Greene wrote an article that has become one of our favorites: Seven Reasons Why Kids Should Drink Organic Milk. People still use the article for reference, and we saw it show up in an article in The Free Lance-Star in Fredricksburg, Virginia. We get even more requests for Dr. [...]

I love the concept of Broom Huggers – they’re like tree huggers (environmentalists) who run a cleaning service! How cute. Check out their helpful article on detoxing and organizing your medicine cabinet.

For little Marco’s parents: Yep, I agree… “toxic synovitis” sounds horrible! As we told Connor’s parents earlier this fall, this form of arthritis usually disappears completely within a few days. Sounds like Marco is already feeling better!

We wanted to thank Dr. John Grohol’s for his comments about Dr. Greene’s recent address at Health 2.0 in San Francisco last month. The Health 2.0 gathering seeks to encourage the conversation about the future of empowering patients with their own healthcare.

I like the way Dana’s parents spelled out their arguments for going organic at the Princess Dana Diaries (read Part 1 and Part 2). Dr. Greene and I took this decision very seriously when he started his Organic Journey all those years ago. And since we’re also fans of feeding baby green, we loved Dana’s [...]

The Soft Landing Blog pointed out that a recent FDA report on bisphenol A (BPA) in plastics such as baby bottles was “prepared primarily by major stakeholders in keeping BPA on the market.” The draft report is being investigated by a congressional subcommittee, with the results due out this fall.
Soft Landing also pointed out that [...]

My Family Loves It is giving away TWO great Dr. Greene gift packages. To enter to win an autographed copy of Raising Baby Green and a generous sampling of Dr. Greene’s new nutritional supplements, read the site’s review and leave a comment. Hurry – the contest ends November 21, 2008!

As new parents’ resource Babble.com points out, Dr. Greene’s nutritional supplements included the new doctor-recommended dosage of 400 IUs of Vitamin D per day even before the new regulations came out. Read Brett Singer’s review!