Hyperbilirubinemia - breast-feeding
Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that is created as the body gets rid of old red blood cells. The liver helps break down bilirubin so that it can...
Read moreWell it happened. I got my first cold of the season. I’m absolutely miserable. It started on Election night. Luckily, we had so many... Read more »
Full Question: I take hydrocodone for stress/migraine headaches. I am currently breastfeeding my 6 week old son. My doctor told me to go... Read more »
Yoga. Acupuncture. Meditation. If you’ve been treated for breast cancer, you’ve probably heard words like these mentioned. Maybe your... Read more »
I'm Doug Haberstroh, and this is the story of my wife Keri. Keri was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 at the age of 25. Well, now... Read more »
Thanks to my Great Books education, I know that René Descartes famously declared "I think, therefore I am." Materialistic individuals... Read more »
Babies slept less and woke from naps sooner when their mothers smoked before breastfeeding, researchers have found. The level of sleep disruption was... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pumping and storing breast milk can help provide a stay-at-home mom with the chance to have time for herself.Once she returns to work, keeping up her... Read more »
Canadian scientists have found that some mothers who breastfeed while taking medications that contain the painkiller codeine may be inadvertently... Read more »
Background Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a relatively rare type of breast cancer grows in the lymph vessels of the skin of the breast. Because... Read more »
A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy if the reflux drug Reglan could be used to enhance breast-milk production. The Graedons... Read more »