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Premature babies, or infants admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit, most often go through as many as 62 painful procedures each day. Anyone seeing these children being pricked, stubbed, and poked would likely cry “Ouch! STOP!”. Since an infant can’t say anything yet, one would at least expect some form of reaction - […]
If you’re anything like our family, the fourth of July means a family picnic loaded with food, food and more food. Burgers, hotdogs, surf n’ turf. Ice Cream. Cakes. And every other great-aunt bringing their favorite desert with whipped cream. Our Independence Day picnic rival that of the Thanksgiving dinner when it comes to food. […]
Fireworks, family picnics, swimming or hitting the park are some of the most popular ways of celebrating Independence Day, but these can also be hazardous to your health if you’re not careful.
Here are some tips for having a safer and healthier day on the 4th.
Fireworks.
Never handle fireworks if you’ve been consuming alcohol.
Wear […]
Thanks to everyone who joined the give-away for Protect-a-bub swimsuit-hat set at here Kids Health Notes! Aren’t the swimsuits just so cute! Hope you’re ready for summer coz we have the three winners!
13 Shirley Younger
60 kris hickey
45 Kari Follett
Congratulations! I’ll email you the instructions for receiving your prize!
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Thanks to everyone for the varied potty training tips you shared in the Kids Health Notes give-away on Playdate Kids potty training book. After making my own mistakes about potty training, our daughter has finally told me last week that she’s done with the pull-ups. Just like that. I put her on a 45 minute […]
Tomorrow, my son is going for his sixth month wellness check, and routine to that visit is immunization. Ugh. I know these are necessary for him, but there could be anywhere from 3-4 shots depending on what vaccines he needs to receive.
Well, now the FDA has approved a vaccine (Pantacel) against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, […]
Some children who are exposed to cats in their first year of life may have an increased risk for eczema, a new study reveals.
What’s responsible for the increased risk?
Mutation in the gene for filaggrin, a protein on the skin that helps reduce water loss and protects against harsh environment.
As reported in […]
From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
MILK ALLERGY ALERT
June 25, 2008
Bay Valley Foods is recalling “Kroger Chicken Noodle Soup” due toundeclared milk.
The recalled soup was distributed through Dillon stores in Kansas,Missouri, and Nebraska.
The product comes in 10.5-oz. cans, is marked with lot code 52104098, and has a “best before” date code of […]
I Stumbled Upon this page and I thought it’s worth passing on. This is something I’d like my daughter to remember, especially as she grows into the tween/teen years. My son could use this nugget of wisdom too, before he gets interested in girls.
Girls are likeapples on trees. The bestones are at the top […]
There has been quite an uproar over this news rumor the last couple of weeks, that a group of teenage girls in Gloucester, Massachusetts made a pact among themselves to get pregnant. Seventeen girls in one high school were reportedly pregnant and Time Magazine broke the story about a pact among the girls.
Now, however, […]
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Written by Grace Ibay, M.H.S. [email] for b5media.
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