Posted by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical |
People with celiac disease are unable to properly digest a particular protein called gluten. Gluten is in many of the foods we eat everyday such as bread and crackers as well as pasta. Any food that contains wheat, barley or rye has gluten in it…
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Posted by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical |
One of the questions I am asked most frequently by new mom’s is when to start their infant on solid food. Unfortunately, a recent study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that approximately 93% of infants were given solid foods before 6 months of age and that at least 40% were given solid food before reaching 4 months of age…
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Posted by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with health officials in Maryland, have confirmed that a man has died of rabies. And how did this man contract rabies? Through organ donation…
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Posted by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical |
Recently I watched a video of a 4 year old boy that had been born with a rare disorder that affects vision. Unfortunately, rare disorders receive very little funding for research. It takes someone putting it out there on the Internet and starting fundraising on their own to find help…
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Posted by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Kimberly Allen R.N., Medical |
Gallstones are formed when substances like cholesterol and other things that are in bile harden forming “stones” in your gallbladder and/or bile ducts. These stones can range in size from being smaller than a grain of sand to as big as a golf ball…
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