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Measuring Pain Sensation In Infants
(c) The Journal of Visualized Experiments, from Electrophysiological Measurements and Analysis of Nociception in Human Infants For those who are interested in scientific articles but don’t like to read...
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What The Science Says About Circumcision: Part 1 — The Benefits
Note: This should go without saying, but the article below refers to male circumcision. Female circumcision is a completely separate practice, occurring for the express purpose of destroying sexual...
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What The Science Says About Circumcision: Part 2 — The Risks
There are many different techniques and mechanisms by which circumcision occurs. Since the purpose of this series of posts on circumcision is to address routine infant circumcision in the hospital...
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Options, Ethics, and Moral Imperatives
Vaccinations. Circumcisions. Birthing interventions. These are among the parenting topics that stir up strong feelings and can lead to the exchange of strong words. The recent heated debate over a...
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When Is The Best Time To Introduce Solids?
The decision to start solids is both an exciting one (your baby is growing up!) and a difficult one for many parents. The latter is because there’s so much conflicting information floating around...
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Breast Milk For Pain Relief
Image from Melimama, Wikimedia Commons There are two interesting studies on breast milk as an analgesic (pain reliever) in this month’s issue of Pediatrics. Each compares the effects of breast milk to...
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2011 U.S. Measles Rates Highest In 15 Years
I’m willing to bet he would have been happier with the shot. Misconceptions and fear have been fueling the anti-vaccination movement in recent years, particularly with regard to the measles, mumps, and...
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Sunscreen Safety and Oxybenzone
I love getting questions about science-related issues from readers. I particularly love it when a question intersects with an issue I myself am curious about, as happened when a reader got in touch...
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Exercising While Breastfeeding
A reader recently asked whether exercise — specifically marathon training — affects lactation and breastfeeding. I did a little digging and came up with some information, but decided the article fit...
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Chemicals and Toxins — What Is Safe?
One of the most common questions I get from SquintMom readers is along the lines of is item/substance/compound XYZ toxic? I’d like to go ahead and answer this once and for all: YES, it is. Now let me...
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