Posts by Dr. Christine Silverstein

During the holiday season of promoting joy and peace into the New Year, there is good news. I find a glimmer of hope for women and girls who live many miles from my home in New Jersey. To my surprise,...

During this time of the holiday season, some of us begin to begin again thinking about our New Year’s resolution on a quest for self-improvement. What will the focus be this year? Weight regulation? S...

Some food experts are calling Thanksgiving 2025 the most food-insecure holiday in recent US history. The contributing factors are rising food prices and reduced government benefits that are making it ...

In view of the everchanging and confusing landscape where the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is in jeopardy, states braced themselves for a freeze on federal funding starting Novembe...

On October 15, 2024, Isabella Backman reported on an article in Molecular Psychiatry about a key brain difference linked to autism that was found for the first time in living people. PET scans reveale...

On March 13, 2025, Elena Conis, medical historian, wrote that of the more than 200 Americans infected by a measles outbreak in Texas and beyond, most were unvaccinated, including a 6-year-old child wh...

Back-to-School or Not? Every year in August, we as parents and teachers begin the ritual of preparing our teens for going back to school. Usually this entails purchasing school supplies, new shoes to...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Another scene of horrific gun violence took place on Monday, July 28, 2025, in a building that houses the National Football League (NFL) on Park Avenue—a s...

There is much controversy over women’s natural occurrence of menopause at the average age of 51 and what they should do to abate symptoms such as hot flashes and mood swings. It probably dates back to...

Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity This is the sixth blog that addresses the content of my free e-book, “Unlocking Your Child’s Potential: Six Game-Changing Points for Sports Success.” It ai...