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05/25/2021

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05/17/2021

Provided are tips on helping kids cope with emotions of frustrations, anger, and sadness. If problems start to interfere with daily living seek support from a doctor or counselor. The COVID-19 Mental Support line is available and free for parents who may be needing mental support, 833. 986.1919

05/13/2021

A lifeguard tried to reach the unconscious 8-year-old Tuesday night, but couldn’t get to him.

05/08/2021

Emmily Austin brought her baby to Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, where the infant fascinated Kiki the gorilla

05/08/2021

Wow!!!

‘Quite spectacular’ discovery shows three-year-old child was carefully laid to rest nearly 80,000 years ago

04/26/2021

I am a doula. I am also a hospital chaplain. In holding space for birthing and dying, I’ve come to see one thing clearly. Standing with an open heart in the presence of birth is very much like standing with an open heart in the presence of death.

04/23/2021

Birth Becomes You celebrated the powerful images birth photographers took amid the challenges of last year.

04/14/2021

Proof that fun and safety can coexist. 😁

04/13/2021

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control will stop using the vaccine at federal sites and urge states to do so as well while they investigate the safety issues.

04/08/2021

Southern Methodist University assistant football coach Jamal Powell, who was diagnosed with incurable cancer and Guillen-Barre Syndrome in 2020, died Tuesday. Powell, who was four days from his next birthday, was 39.

04/08/2021

“Love goes through the stomach” — is originally a German saying. It means that food and love are a great match and that you can woo someone or express your love through a meal you carefully prepare. Etoni Mama does all this and more — while expressing her love for her 3 lucky children. Color...

04/08/2021

Multiple studies show that there are antibodies in a vaccinated mother’s milk. This has led some women to try to restart breastfeeding and others to share milk with friends’ children.

04/07/2021

A just-published study from the Middle East has found an incredible 66% reduced risk for brain cancer (glioma) among people who ate the most legumes and nuts. The top consumers were getting about 58 grams daily, but we aren’t told how much was nuts and how much legumes. However, a daily portion of 28 grams of nuts has already been associated with marked reductions in risk for several types of , so perhaps these people were getting that much, and about 30 grams daily of (which in this study included peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas).
This study can be found at Pubmed under “32406278”

04/01/2021

03/13/2021

Some mothers are seeking alternatives, worried about Covid-19 and racial inequities in health care.

03/13/2021

It started with one little dollhouse rug and turned into a 2.5-year project.

03/05/2021

Pretending you don’t know is what you have done wrong.

03/04/2021

Elizabeth O’Donnell, a DC-area teacher, suffered a devastating stillbirth and then was denied the paid leave she was owed by her employer. Read her story.