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Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy

Specialty: psychologist
Northern, New Jersey
Blog: http://mommadata.blogspot.com/
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Bruce Springstein Speaks for Autism Speaks: Who Speaks for Science? by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Autism rocks. Bruce Springstein performed for the Fifth Annual Autism Speaks concert on November 17th at none other than Carnegie Hall. So did Jerry Seinfeld. No less than ... Read on »
Denialism as the New Parenting Trend: Michael Specter, ParentDish, and Swine Flu Vaccines by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Parents who respect the scientific process have a new advocate in Michael Specter, a New Yorker staff writer, who just launched a highly literate counter attack against illogi ... Read on »
Fears over the Swine Flu Shot: Blame it on the Vaccine-Autism Scare by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Surprised so many parents refused swine flu shots for their children? Half the parents the doctors are seeing these days don't want the H1N1 vaccine for their kids, and the o ... Read on »
Breastfeed and Say Bye Bye to Baby Weight: Does Breastfeeding Really Speed Weight Loss? by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Yet another benefit of breastfeeding - losing those pregnancy pounds. Maybe you remember last year's study of 36,000 Danish moms. Those who breastfed lost the most post-baby ... Read on »
Asperger's, Autism, and the DSM: A New Autistic Spectrum without Asperger's Syndrome by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Is Asperger's a distinct autistic disorder that deserves its own place on the autistic spectrum? No. Not according to an expert panel charged with revising the upcoming fif ... Read on »
Bisphenol A (BPA) in Canned Food: Chicken Noodle Soup for Pseudo-Scientists? by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Bisphenol a in canned food like Campbell's Chicken Noodle? New York Time's columnist Nicholas Kristof's turned his keen eye to bisphenol-a (aka BPA) Sunday in what may becom ... Read on »
BPA Safer than Birth Control Pills: Where's My Refund for the BPA-Free Bottles? by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Bisphenol-a (aka BPA), the exiled former chemical in hard, clear plastic including sippy cups and baby bottles, may have been prematurely purged. The plastic non grata turns ... Read on »
Cyberbullying and Children's Internet Safety: Surprising Facts by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Sexual predators seeking and stalking children online. A parent's nightmare. As scary as it sounds, the most typical case of a child being solicited online (i.e. asked for ... Read on »
Autism and Mercury: Autistic Children Show Lower Mercury Levels by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Mercury exposure triggers autism? That hypothesis is starting to smell a little fishy... Austic children may actually ... Read on »
Baby Einstein Not So Brainy: Disney Offering Refunds for the Disgraced DVDs by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting So Baby Einstein's parent company, Disney, is now offering refunds to parents who bought their supposed brain-boosting DVDs and the like according to Saturday's New York Times ... Read on »
Spanking Studies Get a Time Out from the Wall Street Journal: Spanking Doesn't Make Kids Dumber by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting We all know spanking is not the preferred discipline method. Recent studies suggest spanking may lead to another worrisome outcome - cognitive impairment, like diminished inte ... Read on »
Austism Ascending: Parents Report More Autism in National Survey by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Is autism even more prevelant than we thought? By now we're not suprised to learn autism is diagnosed in more children than in past decades (for no doubt a host of reasons - ... Read on »
Family Dinner Study Getting Stale: Does Eating Together Really Prevent Drug Abuse? by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Just when I thought we'd made it through annual Family Dinner Day (September 28) without nary a big-media mention of the purported benefits of family meals, I sat down with my ... Read on »
Autistic Children No More Likely to Suffer Gastrointestinal Problems: The Times Gets a Time Out... by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting "Study Finds Diet Has No Effect on Autism" That was the headline that sparked my interest in this week's science section in the print version of The New York Times. ... Read on »
ADHD Drugs and Developing Brains: Scientific America Takes on the Risks of Ritalin and Friends by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Do we have any evidence ADHD drugs may be harmful to developing minds? With nearly 6 million children diagnosed with the condition according to the Centers for Disease Contro ... Read on »
Biased Bits of Bisphenol A Afloat in the Media:Back to the Baby Bottles by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting The national media will not let up on the dangers of bisphenol A. This from Let the Baby Have His Bottle? at Slate.com: The controversy over BPA comes from the hundreds of &q ... Read on »
Americans Red, White, and Blowing Science? Educated Parents Most At Fault for Faulty Beliefs about... by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting On the heels of our nations birthday let's talk about America, more importantly, America's ambivalent relationship with science. Here at Momma Data it's no secret that I find ... Read on »
Is Bisphenol A Dangerous? Newsweek Says Yes. Experts Say No. BPA and More Bad Behavior by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Been quite a week for that little chemical, bisphenol A, aka BPA, the suspected toxic substance in hard clear plastic, like baby bottles and sippy cups. A science writer at a ... Read on »
Babies, Bubble Bath, and Bad Science: Do Baby Bath Products Cause Cancer? by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting So now we're supposed to throw out baby bath products? If you believe what you've been reading about these chemical-laced shampoos and lotions you may hesitate the next time y ... Read on »
Oprah Crazy, Womenomics Women Say That's Crazy: The Conflict Between Science and Media Rears It's... by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Oprah's gone crazy on the cover of Newsweek. She's spreading bad health advice according to the June 8th cover story " Crazy Talk: Oprah, Wacky Cures and You." Opra ... Read on »
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