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No matter how your baby comes into this world, your body requires a recovery period. But keep in mind that vaginal delivery and cesarean procedures are two very different experiences in which C-section recovery is typically longer and more intense. This is because during a cesarean, either a horizontal or vertical incision is made in the abdominal wall, and a […]
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Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade have partnered with clothing company YnG DnA to sell a limited-edition Pride shirt, donating proceeds to GLSEN. In a post on Instagram, Union and Wade model the shirts alongside three of their five kids: Wade’s sons Zaire and Zion with his first wife, Siohvaughn Funches, as well as nephew, Dahveon, who Wade also raised. “As […]
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Not alone! Chrissy Teigen got real with her Twitter followers about how she balances her career and motherhood. “Girl I have HELP and a half,” the Bring the Funny judge, 33, tweeted on Tuesday, September 3. “That’s it. There is no way I could have done it without it. I’m so lucky to have it and I don’t know how […]
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A scheme supporting parents who have had children taken into care has been praised by Cardiff University academics in charge of its first independent evaluation. Dr. Louise Roberts, from the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), led the assessment of one of the first Reflect schemes, which has been run by Barnado’s Cymru in Gwent since 2016. Reflect […]
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Quitting smoking can significantly improve the effectiveness of cancer treatment, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, yet almost half of cancer patients continue to smoke after they’ve been diagnosed. A new study from Northwestern Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania found cancer patients have better success quitting and are not as prone to relapsing one year later […]
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A new Journal of Traumatic Stress study found that social support may have helped alleviate depressive symptoms for displaced and nondisplaced residents who survived Hurricane Katrina. Also, social support appeared to only moderate the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for nondisplaced residents, indicating that displaced individuals may require more formal supports for reducing PTSD symptoms following a natural […]
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