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INCREASED USE OF MIDWIVES LOWERS COSTS: cost savings to Medicaid nearly half a million dollars biennially, and $2.7 million w/ private insurance companies added
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Bonding By Oxytocin In The Transition To Fatherhood 23 Aug 2010 The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social bonding that occurs between lovers, friends, and colleagues. Oxytocin also plays an important role in birth and maternal behavior, but until now, research had…
Breastmilk Jaundice
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The latest car seat information
Keep your toddler in a rear-facing car seat until age 2 (not 1) ©2009 American Academy of Pediatrics. This information may be freely copied and distributed with proper attribution. April 2009 www.aapnews.org New research indicates that toddlers are more than five times safer riding rear-facing in a car safety seat up to their…
Low Dose Aspirin to Prevent PreEclampsia
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