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Health Alert Issued: Two Cases of Invasive Infection Often Linked to Infant Formula Under Investigation
Reporter, PhotographerEmployees at Wal-Mart stores across the country are pulling a specific powdered baby formula from the shelves following the death of a 10 day old boy from Lebanon. Avery Cornett is the second infant to be treated during the last month at a Missouri...Tags: Sepsis, Breastfeeding, Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis, Walmart
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Breast milk donations accepted in Oak Park
An Oak Park doctor has started accepting donations of breast milk, largely for use by intensive care units in hospitals that treat premature babies whose mothers can't provide the milk on their own. Milk is donated by mothers who pass a screening that...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Park Ridge, Women's Health, Human Interest
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Dealing with premature births
In recent weeks, the March of Dimes has held its annual March for Babies walks across the Chicago area. The walks benefit community programs and research aimed at helping pregnant moms reach full-term pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 9...
Tags: Nursing, Personal Service, Health and Medical Professionals, March of Dimes Foundation, Hospitals and Clinics
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READER SUBMITTED: West Hartford Students Raise Over $6,300 To Give Every Baby A Healthy Start
West HartfordFifth grade students from Renbrook School in West Hartford raised over $6,300 for the March of Dimes by earning dollars with every book they read in March. The students read books in school and at home as participants in the March of Dimes Reading...Tags: Health and Safety at School, West Hartford, Students, Birth Defects, Culture
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Which NC bills survived crossover?
The News & ObserverLawmakers in the House and Senate raced this week to meet their Thursday crossover deadline -- when bills that don't deal with money or constitutional amendments must pass at least one chamber. Of course, that deadline has always been a bit artificial...Tags: Wake County, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Raleigh
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March for Babies fundraiser to be held Saturday at ORU
Tulsa WorldDings and beeps and flashing lights kept Sara Smith busy for about half an hour Monday afternoon. "This baby keeps acting up for me," said Smith, a nurse at St. John's neonatal intensive care unit. Smith was talking about Piper Williams, one of the...Tags: Birth Defects, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals, March of Dimes Foundation, Hospitals and Clinics
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: Rivers, Northbrook, Insurance, Renovation, Companies and Corporations
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Area's first human-milk depot opens Tuesday at Florida Hospital
For some babies, the liquid is life saving. Now more will be able to receive human breast milk when the area's first milk depot — a place where nursing moms can drop off donated breast milk for other women's infants — opens Tuesday at...
Tags: Nursing, Winter Park, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis, HIV
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Aging-in-place trend boosts Treasure Valley home-care firms
The Idaho StatesmanKaren Young was a nurse for premature infants in the late 1980s, when an Idaho family's unmet needs persuaded her to start a business in an industry with explosive growth. Young was working in Utah. One baby's family needed to return to Idaho, so...Tags: Substance Abuse, Labor Markets, Medicare, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Lehigh County 9th in U.S. in newborn deaths
When the international child welfare organization Save The Children began crunching the data for its latest report on mortality rates of newborn babies, it came up with a locally stunning finding: Of the largest counties in the United States, Lehigh...
Tags: General Practitioners, Obstetrics, Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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OPINION: Some mothers haunted over pregnancy drug use
Tulsa WorldOn this Mother's Day, all across Oklahoma, mothers and their children will enjoy time together, telephone visits, cards and gifts that reflect the close bonds between them. But for thousands of Oklahoma mothers, that won't be the case. These mothers,...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Substance Abuse, Birth Defects, Mother's Day, Judges
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Annual Mount Airy March for Babies set Saturday in Veterans Park
The Mount Airy News, N.C.The 2013 Mount Airy March for Babies event Saturday will mark 75 years nationally of the March of Dimes mission of advocacy and research on behalf of premature babies and infants born with birth defects. Northern Hospital of Surry County Volunteer and...Tags: Birth Defects, Medical Procedures and Tests, Phenylketonuria, Infant and Toddler Health, American Heart Association
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