by Bruce Brown | September 25, 2018 | General News, Health
With groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending that infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six months or longer, it’s no wonder the rates of breastfed babies have risen dramatically in...
by Bruce Brown | May 7, 2018 | General News, Medical
Help the most vulnerable where the need is greatest. In 2016, 5.6 million children under the age of five died, 46% during the neonatal period, according to the World Health Organization. Worldwide, the highest concentration of under-five deaths — 48% of the...
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2018 | General News, Health
New parents often stress over their baby’s breathing and heartbeat. The stress eases in a few weeks or months for most parents, but the concern lingers, often for the first year or two. We’ve written about a variety of new baby monitoring tech,...
by Alfred Poor | March 7, 2018 | General News, Medical
We live in a remarkable time in which technology is advancing so rapidly that we cannot foresee all the implications of new devices as they appear. Who could have imagined that personal computers would lead to the “mining” of digital currency? Or that...
by Kimberly Houston | December 19, 2017 | General News, Health
In Finland, there’s a well-know tradition known as the “Finnish Baby Box.” Since 1938, every pregnant woman in Finland has received a box from the Finnish government that functions as a “starter kit” for their new baby. The box contains clothes, socks, diapers, a bath...