If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Choosing a doctor for your child is an important step to providing your child with quality health care. It can also be an overwhelming task.
The first thing is to find a doctor that participates in your particular health plan. [...]
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My husband was almost 40 when our first child was born. Grandma and Grandpa were thrilled, but Grandma was shocked to find out that things had changed since her baby was a baby.
She was not amused.
Grandma was horrified when I chose to breastfeed my infant. She was aghast when I announced that I would not [...]
Tags: baby care, folk wisdom, grandparents, health care, pediatrician
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Health care is an important issue for parents, especially parents with newborns. What do you do if you find yourself without health care coverage?
When our son was first born, my husband retired from the military and we were without insurance for several months until his new civilian job picked up the coverage. The government claimed [...]
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Only 12% of Americans can be considered as health literate, according a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Health literate means having “the skills required to correctly complete health care-related activities like reading a prescription bottle, figuring out medication dosage, filling out forms or calculating insurance coverage.” according to a Reuters [...]
Tags: Education, health care, health literacy
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If I were an American, I would be loving Hillary Clinton just about now simply because of her comprehensive health care proposal that, even though a bit steeper on the pocket, is designed to benefit the entire populace. No man left behind, goes the grave motto of the Marines; I see in Senator Clinton’s [...]
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I think that all parents have instinctively been given an internal warning system that alerts them when something is off with their child. What happens when your radar system alerts you that something major is not right?
When my oldest child was a baby, I had concerns. I just brushed them off (and so [...]
Tags: disablities, Easter Seals, handicaps, health care, therapy
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