Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries

Fragrant Memories
Introducing Bare Skin, the first fragrance from Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries Exclusively for Sephora

Inspired by  Leslie Blodgett’s dynamic life, Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries is a limited edition fragrance collection, created exclusively for Sephora, that revisits and evokes pivotal moments in Leslie’s life. Having kept journals since she was a young girl, Leslie has captured [...]

Woman Who Oversaw WIC Program Gets 7 Year Prison Term

In this day and age with so many children going hungry and so many people in dire straights I find it amazing that someone who was actually in charge of a program like WIC would take advantage of it to satisfy their own greed.
Carol Peirce, 53, of Port St. Lucie, Fla. was sentenced by a [...]

Do Smarter Men Produce Better Sperm?

According to a recent British Study from The Institute of Psychiatry intelligent men tend to produce better quality sperm.
The latest study tested the gene theory by taking two characteristics that seemed unlikely to be associated with each other – intelligence and sperm quality.

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Birth By Caesarean May Increase Asthma Risk According To New Study

From a recent article on the BBC:
Babies born by Caesarean section are more prone to developing asthma, say Dutch researchers.
In a study of almost 3,000 children, birth by Caesarean was associated with a 80% increased risk of asthma by age eight compared with vaginal birth.
The association was even stronger in children whose parents had allergies, [...]

Hairspray Linked To Birth Defect

According to an article in the BBC, boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a genital defect.
Imperial College London scientists talked to women who had babies with hypospadias, where the urinary tract is found away from the penis.

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Mylicon Infant Gas Drops Recalled

Approximately 12,000 units of MYLICON® GAS RELIEF DYE FREE drops non-staining 1 oz. bottles have been recalled as of November 10, 2008.

Vaccines: Seperating fact from fiction

CNN health has a great article on vaccines that I think everyone should read. As the title suggests they try to separate fact from fiction for you in regards to vaccines, autism, etc.
One interesting thing about the article involves chicken pox.

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Breastfed babies may develop stronger lungs according to recent study

Results from a recent study of 10-year-olds on the Isle of Wight by Brtish and US scientists found much better lung function in babies that were breastfed for at least four months.
A total of 1,456 babies were followed all the way through to their 10th year to test this.
A third of them had been breastfed [...]

Carter’s baby clothes may cause rash

So I’m sitting here catching up on the news on CNN, like always and what do I see? “Feds warn Carter’s baby clothes may cause rash”. Great! considering 75% of my babies clothes come from Carter’s. Just what I needed with a son who has super sensitive skin. But, it’s not as [...]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is doubling the amount of vitamin D it recommends for infants, children and adolescents.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics Website:
The new recommendations include:

Breastfed and partially breastfed infants should be supplemented with 400 IU a day of vitamin D beginning in the first few days of life.
All non-breastfed infants, as well as older children, who are consuming less than one quart per day of vitamin D-fortified [...]