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The Great Vaccine Debate

Once upon a time people fought for the widespread use of vaccines to stop terrible diseases such as polio, small pox, measles and mumps.  However, these days there are two sides of debate, where there are people that do not administer vaccines to their children out of fear of harm from autism or other side [...]

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Sleep Deprivation and Depression/PPD

After reading an article from Science Daily, on bedtimes and teen depression, it spurred me to think about sleep deprivation in new mothers.  First, if you haven’t read the article yet, it basically says that there is a correlation between lack of sleep in teenagers and depression, to include thought of suicide. That being said, [...]

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Reflections of 2009

A great year indeed. I will ALWAYS remember 2009 and it sure has been fine. Mostly because of the birth of my daughter, my first child of course, as most of the year has been spent dedicated to that little munchkin. I wouldn’t trade it for anything else in this big, big world. Now that [...]

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