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Burns and Scalds
Burns and scalds are common among the 0-4 age group and speed is of the essence if your baby or toddler accidentally spills a hot drink. It can still scald up to 15 minutes after being made. Treat any scald or burn straight after the accident (see below) but always take your child to hospital…
Posted in A-Z of Childhood illnesses, Baby Health
Tagged a-z illness - b, Baby, burns, Child safety, damage, scalds, Skin, Toddler, water
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Pregnancy weight gain increases cancer risk
10 April 2002 Gaining more than 50lb during pregnancy and not managing to lose it after giving birth could put women at greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life, researchers claim. A study carried out by experts from the Lombardi Cancer Centre looked at over 27,000 breast cancer patients in Finland. They found…
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Tagged Acupuncture, allergy, artificial chemicals, birth defects, Breast cancer, Breastfeeding, burns, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, chef, Childhood, Cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, Family, Fertility, Finland, food allergy, foster care services, Jamie Oliver, Jane Wardle, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Liz Hurley, Lombardi Cancer Centre, migraines, morning sickness, obesity, Pregnancy, Pregnancy over age 50, protection internet filter, Scotland, Sleep deprivation, Teenage pregnancy
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First Aid for Halloween
Halloween and Bonfire Night are soon approaching and preparations have already begun with pumpkin-carving, costume-making and bonfire building! But amongst all of these festivities it’s easy to get carried away and inevitably injuries will occur. St. John Ambulance advises on keeping a well-stocked First Aid kit to hand and offers some tips and hints on how to deal with any…
Posted in First Aid, Halloween
Tagged Bleeding, burns, choking, first aid, Halloween, heart attacks
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Happy Halloween
The spookiest night of the year is fast approaching and, although we haven’t got to the level of commercialism in the same way as our transatlantic neighbours, over recent years the UK has started to adopt some of the events associated with Halloween such as trick or treating and dressing up in scary costumes. Whilst most people believe that…
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Tagged Barmbrack, burns, choking, Christmas, church services, cuts, Easter, Emerald Isle, fainting, fireman, Halloween, Halloween around the world, headache, heart attacks, Independent films, Ireland, Irish folklore, Jack-O, Japan, Mexico, Oxfordshire, policeman, Samhain, Shirley Parker, Trick-or-treating, USD, Valentine's Day
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