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Travel/Breast-feeding

October 19, 2016 by kidstra

“I carry a light-weight blanket when I travel with my breast-fed infant. If someone seems bothered by my nursing – even though I do it discreetly – I offer them the blanket so they can cover their eyes.” (From a website on breast-feeding.) 1. No reason to curtail your travel plans because you breast-feed. Stories […]

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Health Alert: Salma Hayek’s Humanitarian Act & The Real Story of Vaccinations

February 19, 2009 by sonicblum

Hollywood actress Salma Hayek’s widely publicized act of breastfeeding a local child on her recent visit to Sierra Leone, Africa was a powerful and heartwarming humanitarian act, one that will go far to publicize the atrocious conditions of children in this, the world’s poorest country, and in other poor countries. However, her act of compassion […]

Filed Under: Vaccinations Tagged With: Breast-feeding, Vaccinations, vaccines

Travel and Breast-Feeding Are Intimately Compatible

November 5, 2008 by sonicblum

A web site on breast-feeding says, “I carry a light-weight blanket when I travel with my breast-fed infant. If someone seems to be bothered by my nursing – even though I do it discreetly – I offer them the blanket so that they can cover their eyes.” No reason to stay home because you’re breast-feeding. […]

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Insect Repellents and Children

May 23, 2008 by DrNeumann

An incredible 900,000 types of insects are known to exist. Equally incredible is the number of insect repellents available. Here is what you should know: 1. The most thoroughly studied insect repellent is DEET. No repellent bears this name; it is the active ingredient in most products. Don’t be alarmed by its chemical formula, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide […]

Filed Under: Insects Tagged With: Breast-feeding, DEET, Eczema, Infants, Insect repellents, Picaridin, Skin conditions

Preventing Malaria

April 23, 2008 by DrNeumann

10 Tips For Preventing Malaria Every year thousands of travelers, including many children, return from the tropics with a souvenir they did not bargain for: malaria, a disease that can almost always be prevented. Here is what you have to know: 1. Understand malaria. The disease is caused by a microscopic parasite that is transmitted […]

Filed Under: Insects Tagged With: Breast-feeding, Infants, Malaria, Medications, Newborns, Tropics

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