Keep Kids Safe this Holiday with These Tips
By Nancy Maes The winter holidays are a season of comfort and joy. Kids and parents revel in all the holiday traditions as well as the time spent with family and friends. But with the strings of Christmas lights, ornaments and new toys come a few potential hazards. While we don’t want to be Grinches, […]
Breast milk can protect preemies
Source: John Hopkins Medicine The immune-boosting properties of breast milk have long been known. Now a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins pediatric surgeon-in-chief David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., says experiments in mice reveal how breast milk works to ward off the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating intestinal disorder that affects 12 percent […]
