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Serve up tasty, nutritious meals for your little one with OXO Tot’s innovative range of feeding and weaning equipment.
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posts related to: heart disease
Checking newborn babies for heart defects
Frequently asked questions and answers Why is it important to check babies for heart defects? If undetected, some congenital heart defects can cause serious or even life-threatening problems. Early detection and early treatment lead to better outcomes. Why do you check the blood oxygen level? A low oxygen saturation level may indicate the presence of a heart defect.…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Newborn baby
Tagged Babycare, Childbirth, Congenital heart defects, Department of Health, Health, Heart, heart disease, Newborn screening
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Epilepsy
If you’re an epileptic, it’s generally recommended that you see your doctor before you become pregnant, so that you can discuss how best to control your epilepsy while you’re pregnant. It will also give you a chance to talk about how your epilepsy might affect your pregnancy and your baby. Will being pregnant affect my epilepsy? Pregnancy seems to affect…
Fruit and vegetables in pregnancy
Fruit and vegetables are bursting with the vitamins, minerals and fibre that our pregnant bodies need for good health. Fruit and vegetables are our best source of antioxidants, special nutrients that help protect our bodies against cancer, heart disease and the effects of pollution. Research has shown that eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day makes…
Posted in Diet and nutrition during pregnancy
Tagged Antioxidant, Cancer, Cooking, Folic acid, Fruit, heart disease, Home economics, Midwife, minerals, Vegetable, Vitamin
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A short history of palmistry
Palmistry is defined as the art, or practice, of telling a person’s fortune and interpreting their character from the lines and shapes on the palm of their hand. How can it be applied to children though? And what, if anything, does the practice teach us? Sam Pope and her daughter Holly tried it out. A…
Posted in Child Development
Tagged Childhood, China, Divination, graphic artist, heart disease, Kiera Knightley, lawyer, Palmistry, Parenting, physician, Richard Branson, Tessa Livingstone
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Milk-based foods in pregnancy
Dairy foods such as milk, cheese, yogurt and fromage frais make up about one sixth of a healthy diet. During pregnancy these foods give us protein and several vital vitamins and minerals – vitamin D, B group vitamins, zinc and calcium. Dairy foods also contain saturated fat. Too much saturated fat increases our risk of heart disease and…
‘Teeth4Life’ message to parents
THE EARILER good habits are formed the easier they are to maintain - that’s the message which the organisers of National Smile Month 2010 are trying to get across to parents. The British Dental Health Foundation is urging parents to help their children realise the importance of learning a good oral health routine at a young age so they…
Posted in Baby Health
Tagged brushing, Child Health, dental health, dentist, diabetes, gum disease, Health, heart disease, Listerine, National Smile Month, oral healthcare, Teeth, Teething, Tooth, tooth brush
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Congenital heart defects : Julie’s story
Every year in the UK, more than 5,000 new babies are born with congenital heart defects. Forty years ago, only one in five children born with a heart defect survived. Today, thanks to advances in surgery and treatment, four in five children survive. Read Julie’s story Find out more about congential heart disease Sadly, some…
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Tagged bank, British Heart Foundation, Congenital heart defect, Congenital heart defects, congenital heart disease, Danny, heart disease, infection, John, Julie Gillin, Leeds General Infirmary, Mary, Nurse, repair, scar, Special Care Baby Unit, surgeon, surgery, valve
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Stem cell storage
Storing your baby’s stem cells might provide a lifeline if they fall seriously ill in future. Here we investigate this relatively new private health service… Stem cells – the basic building blocks of human life – are already being successfully used as part of the treatment for childhood leukaemia and various forms of cancer but they also…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Labour and Birth
Tagged Bone marrow, bone marrow transplants, Cancer, childhood cancer, Cloning, Cord blood, cord blood bank, Department of Health, diabetes, Elizabeth Harrison, Health insurance, heart disease, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HIV, Human Tissue Authority, insurance policy, leukaemia, marketing manager, Medical Research Council, MHRA, Midwife, Nottingham, Parkinson's, Placenta cord banking, Queen's Medical Centre, Stem cell, Stem cells, Stephen Baines, Tushar Majithia, Umbilical cord
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Mothers Told To Keep On Breastfeeding
Experts are telling mothers to continue breastfeeding despite research suggesting it could cause an increased risk of heart disease for babies in later life. A study in the British Medical Journal suggested prolonged breastfeeding was linked to stiffening of the artery walls in early adulthood. Professor Alan Lucas, author of the Medical Research Council report,…
Smoking During Pregnancy Harms Baby’s Lungs
Women who smoke in pregnancy don’t just affect their baby before birth, but afterwards as well, it has been claimed. The cigarette smoke damages the baby’s lungs at a crucial point in their development and reduces lung capacity in later life. The research team also looked at passive smoking after the baby’s birth, but found…
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Tagged Addiction, Cancer, Cigar, Health effects of tobacco, heart disease, Lung, Lung cancer, Lungs Women, natural remedies, Passive smoking, sister site, Smoking, Tobacco
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