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Children sleep safety tips: Sleeping with children is not recommended as it has been linked to a few deaths. You can decrease the risk of SIDS-sudden infant death syndrome by having children sleep alone, on their back in a crib.
A young girl who was conceived using and egg donor, with her twin brother discusses how she feels about being an egg donor child.
Pregnant women are more likely to get worse complications from H1N1, such as pneumonia. For this reason, it is important for pregnant women to get the H1N1 vaccine, as well as the yearly seasonal flu vaccine. Other important preventive measures include handwashing.
With cyber bullying and sexual predators online it is important for parents to know the language of the internet, teach you children what they can and cannot do on the internet, and to watch for warning signs of a problem.
H1N1 What parents need to know.. Information from Sutter Health, discussing the symptoms of H1N1 Flu, including fever, cough, sore throat. As well as the prevention and treatment of H1N1- Swine Flu, and when to see a doctor.
Dr. Etta Pisano, the director of Biomedical Research at UNC Chapel Hill, discusses the new recommendations from the USPSTF. She expresses her concerns over the new breast cancer guidelines, and gives the approach at UNC.
Dr. Megan Baker, a breast surgeon from MUSC, discusses the change in screening recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force to start screening at age 50. She says that MUSC is very concerned about this change, and will continue screening their patients at age 40.
Mammogram Guidelines: Dr. Generosa Grana, the DIrector of the Cooper Cancer Institue, discusses the new guidelines from the USPSTF and what their cancer center is recommending to patients. They continue to screen womon above 40. Breast MRI can supplement screening in women that are at high risk, such as those with LCIS, or women with dense breasts.
H1N1update- caring for your children. Dr. Gregg DiGiulio, Director of Emergency Services at Akron Children's. The most common symptoms of H1N1 are fever-whcih can be treated with tylenol, cough-should only be treated in children over 4 if needed, a humidifier can help. You should NOT give children with the flu aspirin as it is associated with Reye's syndrome.