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Expert tips on how nursing mothers can help protect their babies from food allergies0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 8, 2018
“Even for women who aren’t going to be able to breastfeed on a regular basis, really try to do so right after birth. It’s different from the milk produced even a few days later, because it’s packed with a lot of factors that get the baby’s immune system off to a good start.”
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Limit screen time to protect your child’s heart, American Heart Association says0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 8, 2018
“Screen time is associated with being overweight and obese which is associated with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Once those risk factors, such as obesity, are in play in childhood, they tend to continue into adulthood.”
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Maternal mortality: An American crisis0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 7, 2018
“If you have a C-section in 2018, you have a 90 percent chance of having a C-section the second time. But the second time it’s a more complicated surgery. And the third time, it can be like operating on a melted box of crayons. And in those cases, women can bleed to death.”
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UCI awarded $9 million grant to determine the long-term effects of cannabis on adolescents0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 6, 2018
“Studies suggest that adolescents who are exposed to cannabis are at risk for development of various neuropsychiatric disorders later in life, but there is much research still needed.”
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Why ‘beauty sleep’ is real, according to doctors0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 2, 2018
“Sleep is incredibly important for physical appearance. Sleep is a regenerative process where we heal and where our neurons build strong connections. It’s like a fountain of youth that we dive in to every night.”
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3 in 5 babies not breastfed in the first hour of life0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 2, 2018
“Breastfeeding gives children the best possible start in life. We must urgently scale up support to mothers – be it from family members, health care workers, employers and governments, so they can give their children the start they deserve.”
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