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  Understanding Your Baby’s Symptoms: What’s Normal and What Requires a Doctor’s Visit?” Being a new parent is full of uncertainty. It’s easy to second-guess every decision you make. With small children in the house occasional infections and fevers are unfortunately inevitable. But even parents who have experience with sick babies can have trouble distinguishing

In our well-baby clinic we hear the stories of bad breastfeeding advise offered to mothers on a daily basis. Very often this advise lead to the mother stopping breastfeeding. Unfortunately, by the time the story is told it is often too late. Sadly, this advise is commonly offered by healthcare professionals. New mothers assume that

Playing music or singing with your child can be great fun and very relaxing. If you find it difficult to naturally find ways to add music to your daily routine why not join a group music class like MusikMakers! You can pick up a few ideas, learn some new songs and activities you could do

This is not a question asked on a regular basis.  Well, maybe it should be. According to CANSA Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among South African women, but the cancer women die of most in our country. Women in South Africa have a 1 in 42 lifetime risk of cervical cancer. Keeping

There is no doubt that vaccination revolutionized global health. Through vaccination both smallpox and rinderpest have been eradicated. Since the WHO’s Expanded Program of immunization (EPI) was introduced in 1974, polio has almost been eradicated and measles have been successfully controlled. While most parents are diligent with taking their babies for their vaccinations, adult vaccinations