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Here are 5 simple yet effective home remedies for urinary tract infections.

If you suspect having UTI, the first thing you should do is to drink water mixed with baking soda. By mixing baking soda into water and drinking it, you are increasing the pH of the water, hence making it less acidic. The regeneration of bladder and kidney bacteria is reduced because this will let the body eject the urine easily. Take a glass of water and mix in a half teaspoon of baking soda.

What is normal for a child’s sleep pattern? Today we discuss a parents frustration with a child who wakes up in the night and refuses to go back to sleep.  It just doesn’t happen once in awhile…it’s an almost daily occurrence.

It’s a very common problem that parents have to deal with. We discuss some solutions that will get you more sleep.

Its been six months since venturing into my favorite category of debate, the film world, but after watching the majority of this years' biggest films crash and burn like a Justin Hammer creation (Iron Man 2 anyone?) I feel its worth wading hip deep into this years pile of bombs.

Kids love cereal and adults love quick easy and no fuss meals for their kids. Served with milk, or a milk alternate like fortified soy milk, cereal is a great way to get calcium and vitamin D. Choose a nutritious cereal, and it can also be a good source of fibre as well as vitamins and minerals like B vitamins, iron and zinc.

Unfortunately the least nutritious cereals on the market have the most nutrition claims, and are heavily marketed to kids. Even the ‘healthy looking’ cereals can be high in added sugar and salt, so it is important to read labels and choose wisely.

The kids behind the counter at a fast food place are often the target of many folks' ire as they make for easy pickings given the standards of their place of employment. We all know they are simply on cruise control awaiting their shifts' end so they can go home and listen to awful music. I've avoided taking this cliched route for some time, but after a pair of frustrating transactions at the same donut shop I can't help but vent via my unique channel.

British Columbia is a large and wonderful place, with one problem, not enough citizens and a lot of rules and regulations guranteed to keep you thinking you are safe anyway, in case you were wondering. You know provincial ministries CYA regualations, helmets required when riding a bike and pay for your gas before pumping. Rules and regulations that may or may not be enforced where you live in the Kootenay's.
Of the 4.3 million souls, who more or less call BC home for most of the year, almost 80% live in the lower mainland, Freaser Valley and southern end of Vancouver Island.

An alert reader sent in the following advice:

Usually when you hear about postpartum depression, you hear about it for new moms.  Well, surprise, new dads can have it too. So, how do you know it’s postpartum depression?  And more importantly, what do you do about it?

Despite having a background that has always included a consistent marketing component, be it in service, design or entertainment, I still find myself totally defenseless against good marketing schemes. Anything ranging from the white tags at a grocery store to the genius Old Spice ads featuring pop culture icons, I really have a hard time not buying into these products based on the ads alone.

A new virus has been found that 98% of children carry around.  In today’s show you will learn that wheezing does not always mean asthma. You must be aware of this new virus.