During the holiday season, it's easy to overextend ourselves. Holiday parties, overeating, shopping, and extra cooking for friends and family can push us over the edge. The end result is that we can end up feeling fatigued, weak and vulnerable to infection. Our protection from stress is primarily controlled by two small glands on top of our kidneys called the adrenal glands. In times of physical or emotional stress the adrenals secrete hormones, such as cortisol and adrenalin

Ear infections can be quite painful in children and even adults. Children will often pull on their ears, seem distressed or have a fever. There are several types of ear infections but the most problematic is acute otitis media (AOM). Antibiotics are routinely prescribed for these infections to avoid mastoiditis or a perforated eardrum. In certain cases antibiotics may be necessary to treat these infections, but the vast majority of the time they are not indicated. In a recent