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Breast milk donations accepted in Oak Park
An Oak Park doctor has started accepting donations of breast milk, largely for use by intensive care units in hospitals that treat premature babies whose mothers can't provide the milk on their own. Milk is donated by mothers who pass a screening that...Tags: Women's Health, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Park Ridge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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READER SUBMITTED: West Hartford Students Raise Over $6,300 To Give Every Baby A Healthy Start
West HartfordFifth grade students from Renbrook School in West Hartford raised over $6,300 for the March of Dimes by earning dollars with every book they read in March. The students read books in school and at home as participants in the March of Dimes Reading...Tags: Infant and Toddler Health, Teaching and Learning, March of Dimes Foundation, Education, Ceremonies
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Tiny premature babies get boost from live music; hospitals& even 'American Idol' catching on
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensive care unit, and research suggests that music may...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics, Music, Physiology
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Dealing with premature births
In recent weeks, the March of Dimes has held its annual March for Babies walks across the Chicago area. The walks benefit community programs and research aimed at helping pregnant moms reach full-term pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 9...
Tags: Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, March of Dimes Foundation, Medical Specialization, Personal Service
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Area's first human-milk depot opens Tuesday at Florida Hospital
For some babies, the liquid is life saving. Now more will be able to receive human breast milk when the area's first milk depot — a place where nursing moms can drop off donated breast milk for other women's infants — opens Tuesday at...
Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Nursing, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses
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Lehigh County 9th in U.S. in newborn deaths
When the international child welfare organization Save The Children began crunching the data for its latest report on mortality rates of newborn babies, it came up with a locally stunning finding: Of the largest counties in the United States, Lehigh...
Tags: Apples, General Practitioners, Family, Medical Specialization, Obstetrics
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Renovation, Corporate Officers, Sales, Bodies of Water
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March of Dimes celebrates 75 years
It was all about the babies today in the Roanoke Valley. Hundreds came out to the Salem Civic Center to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the March of Dimes. This year's goal is to raise $120,000. This year, UnitedHealthCare of Roanoke donated 10-...
Tags: March of Dimes Foundation, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Birth Defects, Culture
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Marching To Help Premature Babies
The Hartford CourantSix years ago, State Police Lt. Paul Vance's grandson was born 15 weeks early. "I've seen a lot of things in my police career, and one of the most difficult things for me was to hold him when he was two pounds on Christmas Day," Vance said. "I held him...Tags: Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Middlebury, Quassy Amusement Park, March of Dimes Foundation
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More Than 4,000 Walk For March Of Dimes At Rentschler Field
The March of Dimes has raised $328,000 to date thanks in part to over 4,000 residents who participated in a fundraiser Sunday morning at Rentschler field. The ongoing March for Babies event includes nine walk fundraisers in Connecticut split between the...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Hospitals and Clinics, Clear Channel Communications Inc., March of Dimes Foundation, Hartford Hospital
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Lactose Intolerance, Ulcerative Colitis, Psychotherapy, Vaccines, Bullying
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March of Dimes fosters healthy pregnancies
alnotarianni@aol.comTerri Shoemaker had heard of March of Dimes. She knew a little about the organization, she said, but not enough to think about supporting it. Then 20 years ago, her son, Kelton Miller, was born five weeks early. “He was 6 and a half pounds. He...Tags: Polio, Pneumonia, March of Dimes Foundation, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Vaccines
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