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AAP’s Online Medical Resource for Parents Now in Spanish

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AAP has launched a Spanish online medical resource for parents for you to share with your Latino friends.  It happens all the time: Your child comes down sick or gets hurt on a weekend or after the doctor’s office has already closed for…
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Elective C-Sections Spark Controversy

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It is only natural for women to fear childbirth. First-time moms face the unknown, while repeat mamis have a pretty good idea what they are getting into! All of us know complications may arise at any moment during labor, leaving no option…
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10 Home Remedies for Kids

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 A lot of the items you have around the house—whether it’s foods from the fridge, the duct tape in your kitchen cabinet, or the air conditioner in the family room—can help ease a variety of your kids’ ailments,…
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World No Tobacco Day: Imagining a Smoke-Free World

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Cigarettes seduced me slowly. At first, they helped me to lose weight, keeping my mouth busy between meals. Then I began to depend on them when I was anxious, angry, sad, and in social situations. Cigarettes became my constant companion, in…
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Stroke Awareness: In My Family, It’s Personal

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Ever since I was a kid, I’ve dreaded having a brain aneurysm or a stroke. This might seem like an odd thing for a little girl to worry about. Unless, of course, that little girl’s mom suffered from a massive stroke at age 28, when her…
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Latina & Overweight: What’s Your Risk for High Blood Pressure?

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You get married and the pounds suddenly start piling on. While you are pregnant, you put on more than the recommended weight. After the baby, it is hard to shed the extra padding. Whether you learn to love your body as it is or struggle in…
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My Close Encounter With Skin Cancer

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You know how when you are young you think that the bad stuff only happens to other people? You believe you’re immune and immortal, and are sure the advice parents give is just to “pop our bubble” or “rain on our parade”? Well, that…
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How to Find Low-Cost Mental Health Care Without Insurance

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While most of us don’t think twice about consulting a doctor when we have a physical illness, many find it difficult to seek help for emotional issues. However research shows that physical and mental health are strongly interconnected and…
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Kids With Food Allergies? Try These Tasty Substitutes!

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It seems like every other kid out there has food allergies; and with new food products popping up in the grocery store every week, the questions about food allergies continue to grow. Between 1997 and 2007 the food-allergy rate rose 18%! So…