Health And Fitness

Your Child's Health: Benefits, risks of co-sleeping

Parents frequently wonder if it's good or bad to share a bed with their young infants. Much of the answer to this question is based on intuition and cultural perspectives rather than on solid data pointing to "truth" or to an equivocally correct answer. Thus, in spite of the many studies …

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Weighing the pros and cons of natural birth after cesarean

While the general rule at one time was "once a cesarean, always a cesarean," that way of thinking isn't true anymore. With the option of Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC), women who have had a c-section aren't destined to have another. However, VBACs have been on the decline in recent …

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Lowfat: Sirloin Steaks with Mushroom Sauce and Chive-Garlic Potatoes

Yield: 4 servings

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Community health events

Send community health events and meetings to margaret.kullerstrand or fax to (219) 933-3249.

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Your Child's Health: A reminder about appropriate antibiotic use

Antibiotics are miracle drugs. But like so many good things, they have the potential for causing harm. This negative consequence may be inadvertent as all medications have side effects, or because widespread use of antibiotics may create deadlier germs. In large measure, determining which…

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Welcome patients

One of the area's long-standing health venues is being flooded with business once again.

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Children learn their part in swine flu prevention

Mention swine flu to a young child, and odds are pretty good you'll get a blank stare.

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Put these flu rumors to rest

If there's one thing that spreads faster than the flu, it's unfounded rumors. We asked Dr. Dean Blumberg, pediatric infectious disease specialist at University of California Davis Medical Center, to debunk a few common myths about the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine.

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Lowfat: Mushroom-Herb Chicken

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 1/3 cup mushroom sauce)

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Community health events and meetings

Send community health events and meetings to margaret.kullerstrand@nwi.com or fax to (219) 933-3249.

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