Proponents say Everyday Math adds up, though some don’t understand how
Say you are a fourth-grader and your teacher asks you to divide 406 by 7. If you go to a school that uses the Everyday Mathematics curriculum, the problem will...
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Once-common diseases slipping past younger doctors
In February 2011, a year-old boy was taken to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston with a high fever and a rash covering his body. It wasn't until a full day...
Flu vaccinations still recommended
As the influenza season heads in, Carol Baker, who chairs the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition, answers some common questions about the flu vaccine. Baker is...
Aging out of health care?
More than 11 years ago, at age 89, Mary Cipolla, of Roselle, went through surgery for a rare type of pancreatic cancer, a "Hail Mary" procedure that removed parts of...
Aging out of health care?
More than 11 years ago, at age 89, Mary Cipolla, of Roselle, went through surgery for a rare type of pancreatic cancer, a "Hail Mary" procedure that removed parts of...
Laughter is the test medicine
To an Alzheimer's patient, there's nothing funny about forgetting to turn off the oven, losing a telephone number or misplacing books from the library. But turning those mishaps into punch...
Friends or ‘friends’ — Do our children know the difference?
A few months ago, I took my then-2-year-old son to a gym class. "Go sit with your friends on the mat," the instructor directed him. My son had never seen...
Kindness can be taught; it is being taught
"Pretend you are waiting to go on a field trip," begins my son's kindergarten teacher, "and the bus is late. How can you calm down?" The class, 18 5- and...
Serving God, workers and hungry customers
At Taboun Grill in Skokie, the Sunday dinner hour is controlled chaos. A cashier is ringing up checks with one hand and handing over takeout orders with the other. The...
Mom can live without 5-year-old’s questions about death
Every once in a while, my 5-year-old son blithely asks a question that punches me in the gut. "What is death?" he recently asked matter-of-factly. Why do people die? Where...