It’s National Breastfeeding Month!
While not every mom can breastfeed exclusively for the recommended 6 – 12 months, as health care providers we try to encourage as much breastfeeding as possible and provide resources.
Continue readingWhile not every mom can breastfeed exclusively for the recommended 6 – 12 months, as health care providers we try to encourage as much breastfeeding as possible and provide resources.
Continue readingThis blog was written on January 24, 2020. Much has changed since then. For more, please visit my segment on NBC’s California Live . You can also stay up to date with my daily live Facebook Q and A, by visiting my Facebook Page @NurseBarbDehn.
Continue readingThe percentage of children and teens affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s. Really!
Continue readingVaping or E-cigarettes, it’s still smoking and still highly, highly addictive and all the flavored additives can cause pneumonia and more serious issues.
Continue readingIt’s easy to forget that in our grandparents’ time, serious infectious diseases like measles, whooping cough (pertussis), polio, German measles, and influenza caused severe harm and in many cases death to infants, children, and adults.
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