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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Our Disease Incidence Prevention (DIP) chart has been instrumental as a communication tool in clinics, doctor’s offices, and community centers across the country. It is a quick way to see how vitamin D levels...
A recent article published in the East-Bay Area, California, makes a rousing cry for change within the healthcare system in order to protect Black mothers and their babies. The very detailed article interviews...
Do you often hear that you get ‘enough’ vitamin D from milk? It is a common misconception that continues to be propagated. How much vitamin D is in a glass of milk? One 8-oz...
November 1, 2017, March of Dimes announced that preterm birth rates are on the rise for the 2nd year in a row. Read more on CBS News or NBC News. The average preterm birth rate across the...
Research Paper Review 1,064 women received prenatal care and delivered at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) between September 2015 and December 2016. During this time frame, MUSC implemented GrassrootsHealth’s Protect Our Children...