It’s harder to kick childhood food allergies. Doctors are seeing a negative trend in relation to childhood milk and egg allergies. In the past, these would be largely outgrown by the age of 3. Now, doctors see that only 4% outgrow them by the age of 4, and only 37% outgrow them by the age of 10. Still, 70-80% will outgrow them by adolescence. Doctors do not know what is causing these allergies to be more resilient.

More permanent birth control. The FDA just approved yet another type of sterilization that is much less invasive than a tubal ligation. Adiana works by using a catheter to place a small piece of material (smaller than a grain of rice) into a fallopian tube. Healthy tissue grows on this and causes a blockage. Over 700,000 women each year have a tubal ligation, which requires hospitalization and anesthesia.

Because it’s a slow news day… Someone at Forbes decided to rank who are the most influential celebrity babies. I didn’t know that infants could be “influential”, but adorable Shiloh won as she was featured in over 2,000 news articles this year. Anywho, for those who, like me, enjoy a bit of celebrity gossip…enjoy!