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Breast-Feeding Can Prevent Misaligned Teeth in Babies

| June 15, 2015 Comment

Breast-Feeding Can Prevent Misaligned Teeth in Babies – Breast-feeding is known to provide many health benefits for growing babies, such as protection from illnesses, allergies, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and obesity. A new study shows another benefit to breast-feeding. Australian researchers found that not just breast milk, but the physical act of breast-feeding can […]

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School Problems in Children after Concussions

School Problems in Children after Concussions

| May 11, 2015 Comment

School Problems in Children after Concussions – If your school-age child suffers a concussion, how well will he or she do when returning to school and trying to learn? A new study in the journal Pediatrics says that depends on two major factors: how severe the concussion symptoms your child is having and the grade […]

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Whooping Cough Vaccine Not Very Effective

| May 6, 2015 Comment

Whooping cough vaccine not very effective, a new study shows. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics found that the TDAP vaccine, though effective initially, starts waning after 2 to 4 years. There have been three whooping cough epidemics in the US in the past five years, in 2010 and 2014, when nearly 11,000 people […]

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Ten Percent of Breast Milk Bought Online Contains Cow’s Milk

Ten Percent of Breast Milk Bought Online Contains Cow’s Milk

| April 8, 2015 Comment

Ten Percent of breast milk bought online contains cow’s milk – A new study suggests buying breast milk online in order to nourish a baby with important nutrients that are not available from formula may not always be the safest choice. Researchers found that one in 10 samples of breast milk that they bought over […]

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Energy Drinks Raise Blood Pressure, Study Finds

| March 19, 2015 Comment

Energy Drinks Raise Blood Pressure, Study Finds – Energy drinks might give you some pep — but they might also be priming you for heart problems, a new study finds. Researchers found that energy drinks can raise blood pressure to potentially unhealthy levels. The effect was far more prominent in young adults who did not […]

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Children Consume More Calories and Fat on Pizza Days

| January 19, 2015 Comment

Children consume more calories and fat on pizza days, according to a new study published in the journal, Pediatrics. George Washington University researchers found that while pizza consumption at dinner declined, lunch consumption of pizza remained the same for the study period, 2003 and 2010. Pizza is a common item in schools cafeterias and kids’ […]

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