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The new season of television recently began and I’ve been staying up late to watch all the season premieres of my shows, even the ones I’m recording. I stack them up and have a marathon watching session.
Usually I’m an early riser, because I like to write in the morning, do my work at the beginning [...]

I recently read a news article that said that doctors in the United Kingdom have been told to stop prescribing antibiotics for colds.
Call me crazy, but I thought doctors knew not to prescribe antibiotics for colds. Colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria, meaning they can’t be cured with antibiotics. Thus the old saying, “There’s [...]

If your baby is crying relentlessly and you’ve tried everything from the binky to a bottle and a bath, you may start worrying that your baby has colic. About one-quarter of all babies have colic, which is defined as a crying that lasts for three or more hours a day, three days or more per [...]

One of the most important things you can do is get yourself set up with a reliable and trusted pediatrician before your baby is born, reports a new study published in the journal “Pediatrics.” According to researchers, the quality of your child’s care may decrease if you don’t stick to the same physician.
The study found [...]

After actress Jenny McCarthy’s recent explosion on Larry King Live, it’s clear that the debate over whether vaccines cause autism will continue. Although officials from the World Health Organization, American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all say there is no connection between vaccines and autism, recent developments could make them [...]

I once had a coworker who routinely came to work sick and expecting sympathy. She would slump around the office, whining about her symptoms and generally spreading her germs to anyone who stopped to offer a shoulder to cry on. I politely but firmly refused to enter her office on days when she was clearly [...]

The first time I heard the term “walking pneumonia” I thought it sounded like the kind of illness that would befall a cartoon character. After all, pneumonia is a serious ailment. How could someone so easily walk around with the condition?
Walking pneumonia actually has a more technical name. It is called mycoplasma pneumonia, and while that title [...]