As you cross the days off your back-to-school countdown, you’ll find yourself stocking up on glue sticks, pencils, and notebooks to fully prepare your child for the upcoming year. Although nobody likes to talk about it, the only thing you can’t prepare your child for is lice.
Each year, these pesky parasites infect many children and become a problem for everyone involved. Contagious and irritating, lice tend to spread in crowded areas (like schools) and are almost unstoppable once the outbreak begins. The way many children contract lice is through sharing personal belongings (such as clothes, pillows, or blankets) or coming into close contact with their infected peers.
Signs of a possible infection may be
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As school lets out for the summer, kids and parents alike are eager to start the summer fun outdoors. However, we sometimes have to hit the breaks on activities due to pesky allergies.
Common allergens such as pollen, dust, and mold set out to spoil our fun, but that doesn’t mean that we should stay cooped up inside! Here are some helpful tips from Dr. Riff, Target’s Medical Director, to deal with outdoor allergies:
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By Marisa Belger for Green Goes Simple
Sure, you’re craving hot fudge sundaes and garlic knots, but your budding babe requires sustenance of a higher quality. Fill your diet with fresh fruits and vegetables and talk to your doctor or midwife about foods rich in baby-brain-building DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid.
Go Outside
If you have a backyard, plant a tree when your child is born that will grow as she grows. If you're an urban mama-to-be, consider a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of Baby. Either way, get yourself outdoors! Trees produce oxygen, remove carbon from the air and help fight global warming.
Make Time for Massage
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Feet tend to get a bad reputation. With their rough spots and calluses, they don’t always look their best. Luckily, in the winter we cover them up in bulky boots and thick socks, but before we know it, spring will be here and our dry, cracked “winter feet” will have to make their appearance in sandals.
To avoid the agony of the springtime unveiling, start a moisturizing regiment now to get smooth feet quick. Kerasal created an easy one step foot moisturizer that turns feet from rough and cracked to soft and smooth in just a few days.
The Kerasal One Step Exfoliating Moisturizer Foot Therapy delivers a lot of power in just a small application. In just a few days you can feel a difference in the feeling of the skin on your feet.
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“Many people still perceive heart disease as a men’s health issue,” says Ballard Smith, MD, cardiologist at Bradenton Cardiology Center in Bradenton, FL. “However, it affects just as many women as men.”
In fact, heart disease takes the lives of nearly 500,000 women every year, more than all types of cancer combined. And though approximately one out of every four women has some form of heart disease, less than 15 percent of women identify this disease as the greatest health issue affecting them.
“This lack of awareness is quite frightening,” says Smith. “It’s so important that women know about their risk of heart disease, ways to prevent it and how to care for themselves if diagnosed.”
The Truth About Heart Disease
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