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I have always been concerned about the quality of our tap water. I believe I have good reasons to be concerned too; our city has had numerous water quality issues over the past few decades.
Everything appears to be safe now, but I often think of that law suit a decade or so ago. [...]
Once again we learn that our ultra-clean environments are not good for the kids. Researchers at Yale and the University of Chicago have found that common human bacteria protect against diabetes.
Many parents are familiar with the ‘hygiene hypothesis’. That is, reduced exposure to bacteria, viruses and parasites lowers our children’s immune systems. Therefore they are [...]
It’s called sudden unexplained death in infants (SUDI), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), cot death, or crib death and it’s every mother’s worst nightmare.
About 35% of post-perinatal deaths is due to SIDS/SUDI. It has been linked to many factors including smoking and alcohol abuse by mothers, low birth rates, toxic gases, cold weather, and wrong [...]
When you hit between 35 and 37 weeks of pregnancy; your doctor will perform a test on you called Group B streptococcus screening. Your doctor will either do a vaginal or rectal swab to try and detect if the group B strep bacteria is present. Even though the mother is usually without symptom [...]
It was already reported way back in 2004 that certain bacteria (both beneficial and harmful types) may actually survive pasteurization 1 and may therefore be present in that carton of milk or that yogurt you just bought today. This is a very disturbing thought especially for mothers but unfortunately very true.
This was confirmed by a [...]
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