As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, people across the country are getting ready to head back to school. But while a new school year often feels like a hit of the refresh button, burgeoning with a sense of renewal (not to mention some fun back-to-school shopping!), for many students and teachers, this year the fall and
Month: August 2020
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 31 2020 COVID-19 is disrupting just about every student’s 2020 education, but medical students have it particularly hard right now. “It’s a nightmare scenario for the class of 2021,” said Jake Berg, a fourth-year student at the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville. In March, students were abruptly pulled
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Aug 31 2020 WHO has been made aware of multiple, recent reports of eye injury, including blindness, with the use of chlorhexidine gluconate 7.1%, in nine countries in sub Saharan Africa. Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX), available as an aqueous solution or as a gel (delivering 4% chlorhexidine), is used in umbilical cord care, and is listed
The coronavirus pandemic has turned our everyone’s world upside down, kids included. Kids are coping the best they know how with sheltering at home and staying put way more than usual,and let’s be honest, they’re starting to reach their threshold. They are missing their friends and possibly their beloved grandparents and caregivers. They are dealing
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or heatstroke occur due to increased body temperature. You may notice symptoms of overheating (hyperthermia) in your child when the body fails to cool itself. Heat cramps are mild and cause intense painful muscle spasms during exercise in hot weather and are usually corrected by rest
Because “hand acting” isn’t as easy as it looks, haha! Check out the full Thanksgiving Hacks video: https://youtu.be/Ku3y5Phsc2Q and subscribe for new vids!! M-W-Th-F! http://bit.ly/sub2moms Previous Episodes… Ep. 1 Grocery Shopping: https://youtu.be/SRsUyLr47_g Ep. 2 Arts & Crafts: https://youtu.be/vwMH9eJGTcU Ep. 3 Laundry Edition: https://youtu.be/qDJgt-sto-Q Ep. 4 The Holidays: https://youtu.be/_V0lVfYjLpQ Ep. 5 Bath Time: https://youtu.be/otWA2R-GUuI Ep. 6
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 28 2020 Breast milk strengthens a child’s immune system, supporting the intestinal flora. These facts are common knowledge. But how does this work? What are the molecular mechanisms behind this phenomenon? And why is this not possible the same way with bottle feeding? The reasons were unknown until a team
A few weeks ago, we shared a viral photo of a mama eating a sandwich right after giving birth. It went viral for a reason: Pretty much every mother out there can relate to having that intense craving for a certain food right after giving birth. We asked you to share what your must-have post-birth
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AMAZING WAYS TO RECYCLE Hey friends! Don’t you feel like today is a good day to recycle? This video contains a bunch of amazing ideas to reuse old plastic bottles to create the most amazing and useful DIYs. If you want to find out exactly what we’re talking about, then you need to watch this
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 28 2020 The data of 61,751 pregnant women, out of approximately 100,000 collected by the Japan Environment and Children’s Study analyzed the association between the maternal usage of insecticides and insect repellents during pregnancy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. The Koshin Unit Center at Shinshu University played a central role in this
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 28 2020 Infants from households reporting very low “food security,” a measure of access to adequate and healthy meals, tend to weigh more than those from households with relatively high food security, suggests a new study led by a researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study
If you’re anything like me, you’re in a bit of a style rut at the moment. Living in loungewear was nice for the first few weeks of the pandemic—but now? Let’s just say I’m ready to step it up in the style department—albeit in ways that are practical, easy and affordable, of course… not to
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Potato is a popular vegetable belonging to the nightshade family, the same as eggplant, tomato, and chili pepper. It is one of the widely consumed vegetables in the world, and is rich in several nutrients(1). It is no wonder that parents contemplate adding potatoes to their baby’s weaning diet. Read
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 25 2020 Heart failure is a medical condition that results when the heart muscle is not strong enough to effectively circulate blood. A variety of treatments exist to address this disease, yet it continues to carry a poor prognosis. A new study from University Hospitals showed that a person’s address
Image: Shutterstock IN THIS ARTICLE Wouldn’t it be beautiful to name your baby from an element of nature such as a tree or plant? It gives a sense of closeness to mother nature and the great outdoors. Moreover, trees are an excellent source of inspiration and symbolize beauty, strength, and longevity. If you are inclined
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 26 2020 A team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has taken an important step forward in the goal of developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common form of chronic liver disease. There are currently no approved medications for NAFLD, but in
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 27 2020 Preventing unplanned pregnancies in adolescents with effective and easy-to-use contraception is key to ensuring that adolescents do not become parents before they are ready. Adolescents view their health care providers as trusted sources of medical information. Thus, providers are tasked with providing adolescent patients with comprehensive, age-appropriate and
Artificial intelligence, or “supervised machine learning,” could help identify which well-appearing infants with fever, who are 60 days old or younger, are at low risk for a serious bacterial infection, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Accurate risk determination could reduce unnecessary lumbar puncture, antibiotics and hospitalizations for these infants, as well as decreasing
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