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Vitamin D: Got it?

June 30, 2008 by Mary Jessica Hammes | No questions or comments

It shouldn’t be too difficult to get enough vitamin D—after all, unless you have specific liver or kidney problems that interfere with the process, your body makes it all by itself just by being in the sun. However, new research is suggesting that ... (read more)

Bottoms Up!

June 25, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

A television commercial aired a number of years ago, in which a toddler, upon seeing a newborn baby, says to the young mother, "Too bad you had to get a bald-headed one." If a similar commercial aired today, the toddler would likely say, ... (read more)

From Bronchitis to Teen Pregnancy: New Dataset Paints a Picture of Hospital Stays for Children

June 22, 2008 by Mary Jessica Hammes | No questions or comments

No one likes to think about his or her child being in the hospital. And yet, it’s strangely fascinating to get deep in the numbers that paint a picture of healthcare for children in the U.S.—especially if you’re a layperson with access to statistics ... (read more)

Safety Sometimes Means Going Against the Grain

June 20, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

I’ve never been a trendsetter. Instead, I’m usually the one following the crowd, doing my best to blend. A few examples include the years I tried in vain to straighten my kinky curls to look more like my high school friends. Or the time I ... (read more)

Dry-drowning Death Highlights Little Known Danger

June 19, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 2 questions or comments

A ten-year-old boy went swimming at a nearby pool with his mother and drowned more than an hour later. It is a shocking and heart-breaking story that has brought a little-known phenomenon referred to as “dry drowning” to light. It is an occurrence, albeit ... (read more)

More C-Sections = More Preterm Deliveries?

June 11, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Can you believe it? In 2005, nearly 1 in 3 births were delivered by primary or repeat cesarean section. One in three. That’s a whopping 1.2 million births, and it makes c-sections the most common surgical procedure for U.S. women. How ... (read more)

Prevent Head Covering to Reduce SIDS Risk

June 11, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

SIDS. It is a tiny acronym that signifies an enormous loss. We don’t know what causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). It is a diagnosis of exclusion; it includes all of the deaths for which no other cause of death can be identified. ... (read more)

The Great Co-Sleeping Survey

June 11, 2008 by Karen Gromada | No questions or comments

It isn’t completely clear who constructed The Great Co-Sleeping Survey and keeping mum on the identities of the survey designers’ "us" seems a deliberate move. In a culture where a "very special parenting choice that you had the instinct to make ... (read more)

Study Gives Clues for Preventing Early NEC

June 3, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Although necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastrointestinal medical emergency occurring in premature babies, forty years of research has failed to decipher its origin or decrease its rates. Now, a new study by a Utah-based research team may shed some light on ... (read more)

How Safe is Your Baby’s Car Seat?

May 30, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

If there is one thing I have learned since becoming a mother, it is that there is always going to be something I want to protect my daughter from. This little lesson in parenting was only reinforced when I received a recent email from ... (read more)

Less Better Than More

May 30, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 1 question or comment

Results of a new study suggest that giving extra iron to infants who don't need it, might cause developmental delays. These findings fuel the debate over how much iron infants need and could have huge implications for the ... (read more)

FDA Unveils New Labels for Pregnancy, Breastfeeding

May 29, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Any woman who, when pregnant or breastfeeding, has had to talk to a doctor about medication (almost certainly asking “Will this hurt my baby?”) will be glad to hear this news. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to overhaul its rules ... (read more)

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