The swine flu (now referred to as the Mexican flu or Novel H1N1 flu) has now spread to 41 states in the US with 642 confirmed cases (as of May 6) and 23 countries worldwide. The US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) has provided recommendations for the general public but also to specific [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, CDC, parents, Pregnancy, prevention, swine flu
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I love e-cards. I love receiving them and sending them. Which is why I am so delighted to find free e-cards that serve a special purpose. Not only as birthday or holiday greetings. Not only for special occasions. These are e-cards that serve as health reminders as well.
I am referring to the health e-cards available [...]
Tags: CDC, e-cards, Health
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It’s a baby boom! Government researchers just reported that in 2007, there were 4.3 million live births. That tops even the baby boom of the 1950s. After concerns on some fronts in recent years about the US population not reproducing itself, this is a sigh of relief. But the numbers are slightly misleading. According to [...]
Tags: abortion, birthrate, CDC, cesarean, low birth weight, population, premature, teen pregnancy, unwed mothers
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met in Atlanta on Wednesday, Feb 25. The committee makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the latest recommendations: the Hepatitis-A vaccine for people who come in contact with international adoptees.
Dr. Cindy Weinbaum, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC, said the recommendations cover adoptions from [...]
Tags: Adoption, CDC, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Hepatitis, international, jaundice, Russia, vaccination, vaccine
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The latest CDC report says that the majority of children and adolescent accidental injuries in the US are due to vehicular accidents, drowning, and falls. From 2001 to 2006, approximately 55 million children were treated at emergency facilities for so-called “unintentional injuries”, leading to a yearly estimate of 9 million cases. Many accidents were non-fatal. [...]
Tags: car accident, CDC, drowning, emergency, falls, injury
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