Parents face so many difficult decisions when it comes to having a child: decisions about nursing, sleep patterns, discipline, teaching methods and, in the case of boys, whether or not to circumcise. In addition to being the most common surgery for males in the U.S., circumcision has been practiced in various cultures for centuries. Yet when it comes to the health and best interest of your newborn, is circumcision the way to go?
Greensboro News Record - 22 Hours Ago
The State of Guilford County's Health Report for 2008 is online at the Guilford County Department of Public Health Web site. The report provides the most ...
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SouthCoastToday.com - January 05, 2009
Parents Enduring Grief: For parents who have suffered a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, fetal or infant death, 7-8:30 pm second Thursdays in the White Home ...
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Tribune - January 04, 2009
Chronicle-Tribune, IN - 8 hours ago
... plastic light shields and end caps are needed throughout the store in the refrigeration units, 30 days; C, Similac Advanced infant formula was outdated, ...
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Online Athens - January 03, 2009
"In fact, in 2006 our health district, the Northeast Georgia District, had the lowest infant mortality rate in the state." Women can get basic prenatal care ...
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Latin American Herald Tribune - January 03, 2009
According to figures from the Health Ministry, the infant mortality rate in Cuba was 37.3 per 1000 live births in 1960 - a year after Fidel Castro took ...
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guardian.co.uk - January 03, 2009
More than 13000 children in China were treated following release of a tainted batch of infant milk formula, while scores of youngsters died in Haiti after ...
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Indianapolis Star - January 03, 2009
Although momentum had been building in recent years for programs to promote safe infant-sleeping practices, those efforts took a blow recently when funding ...
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New York Times - January 02, 2009
The strips would dissolve in an infant’s mouth and also stick to the roof of the mouth so the vaccine couldn’t be spit out. The seven-member team set to ...
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Dispatch - January 02, 2009
Amador Ledger-Dispatch, CA - 15 hours ago
Hartmann specified that secondhand smoke exposure can cause heart disease and lung cancer in non-smoking adults and is a known cause of sudden infant death ...
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U.S. News & World Report - January 02, 2009
Infant mortality improves, but so does the life expectancy of everyone. "Good health to you," as the old Irish greeting goes, is not a wish or an accident, ...
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Boston Globe - January 02, 2009
... Model Club in the South End. Local companies like LL Bean, Hasbro , Summer Infant, Safety 1st, and Tufts Health Plan provide a regular stream of work. ...
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AAP Grand Rounds (registration) - January 02, 2009
Perhaps a few tragic deaths can be prevented by asking specific questions about an infant’s sleep environment during a health supervision visit, ...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram - January 02, 2009
The Tarrant County Medical examiner’s office had not released the name of the infant. Police responded to the call about 4:15 am in the 1800 block of I-35W. ...
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LubbockOnline.com - January 01, 2009
So the couple, both Texas Tech Health Sciences Center students, waited in Lubbock, away from their homes in Utah, for her to arrive. ...
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Northwest Herald - January 01, 2009
The infant girl was born to parents Nicole Carmack and Chad Moorshead of Lake in the Hills. Centegra Health Systems President and CEO Michael Eesley ...
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Reuters UK - January 01, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants born with a congenital heart defect that goes uncorrected have a much greater risk of dying than their counterparts who ...
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International Business Times - January 01, 2009
The new outpatient center will provide follow-up care to patients withserious burns to minor burns, serving all patient populations from infant toadult. ...
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Great Falls Tribune - January 01, 2009
Children exposed are more likely to suffer from coughing, wheezing, breathlessness, pneumonia, sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections and even ...
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Durham Herald Sun - December 31, 2008
The department also worked to lower infant mortality rates, adjusted to a growing Spanish-speaking population and made plans to respond to a flu pandemic. ...
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Salt Lake Tribune - December 31, 2008
... who lectures on Cuba at Kean University in New Jersey, notes that quality of life indicators such as education, health care, life expectancy and infant ...
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