Archive for May, 2009
Folic Acid: Debate Over Forced Fortification
Folic acid is shown to be helpful to pregnant women and the babies they are carrying. That little fact has been around for a bit now, and due to the success of the Canadian fortification of bread and pasta the British government wants to try it too.
Pediatricians: Board Certification to Protect Children?
Pediatricians: Board Certification to Protect Children? The New York Times has on it’s website an absolutely heartbreaking essay. It’s a look into the world of child abuse through the eyes of a pediatrician, who touches on his own story of coming across abuse in his own practice, and leads into the piece of a [...]
An Angel on Earth
The Children’s Mercy neo-natal care wing has everything you would normally have in many hospitals, the cries of premature infants however are soothed by something all the technological advances and money can’t give or provide- love and a tender embrace by volunteer Grandma Lois. Grandma Lois volunteers at Children’s Mercy’s comforting premature infants, some of [...]
Babies Smarter Than Once Thought
(Image Source) Mom’s have been saying it for years, that the little bundles of joy (and some crying) are smarter than people give them credit for, one study proves them right. “Rather, our research shows that babies are amazing little experimenters with innate knowledge,” Susan Hespos said. “They’re collecting data all the time. They’ve studies [...]
Toddler Found Alive After Being Missing For Two Days
Three year old Joshua Childers went missing in the Mark Twain Forest in Madison County, Missouri and was missing for two days in any parents nightmare scenario. He disappeared while his dad was on the phone and his mom was sleeping. One quote from the Sun article nicely sums up the entire story:
