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Knowing that whatever you ingest is also ingested by your baby through breastmilk, nursing moms often wonder what is safe to take. Newborns are delicate and should only be ingesting breastmilk or milk specially formulated for their immune systems and growing bodies. Given that, what are the pain …
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Overcoming fears is a challenge every person faces at least once in their lifetimes. For many of the frontliners of the Novel CoronaVirus, or COVID-19, it is a daily occurrence. Everyday, doctors are waking up with fear--fear for themselves, fear for their patients, fear for their families, fear for …
Many people struggle to find work-life balance, that dance between dedicating yourself to your career and giving yourself and your family the amount of time you and they need and deserve. In the fight against COVID-19, however, frontliners find that seeking that balance is harder than ever …
“Being a frontliner has emphasised to me the oath I took when I became a doctor. No matter how hard the challenges, we still have to do our part in helping others,” so shares Dr. Karen Lamorena-Realo, MD., who is in her last year as an Adult Nephrology fellow at the National Kidney & Transplant …
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There are few times in the world’s history where everyone pauses to recognise that being a doctor is a calling, a vocation like no other. While it may not seem so at the moment, we are fortunate to be witnessing the brave dedication of those who have devoted their lives to medicine and the health of …
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As a fetus forms in the womb it assumes many positions, the most common being the fetal position, called so precisely because it is characteristic of infants. At around five or six months, expecting mothers will begin to feel their baby move inside them. These first movements are exciting for …
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, is the most common reproductive endocrine disease among teens and young women. Roughly 5 to 10% of teens and young women are diagnosed with PCOS. The common symptoms include irregular periods, weight gain, acne, excess facial and body hair, patches …
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Why is disciplining our children one of the biggest challenges of parenting? Is it because we feel that the discipline methods used for us were ineffective? Or we think they were effective for us but not for our children, who are so different from us? Or are our perceptions of discipline skewed by …
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