An alarming report was released this week by a study done at Dartmouth College finding high levels of arsenic, a potentially dangerous poison, in organic brown-rice syrup. To further scare people the report stated that this poison could be found in infant formulas and that the exposure to arsenic by infants and young children could [...]
According to recently released census numbers, a majority of mothers who worked during pregnancy return before the standard 12 weeks of maternity leave, and some way before that. Although 12 weeks is the amount of time allotted by the country’s national family leave law, more than 25 percent are back at work within two months [...]
Dr. Bohn: A couple of days ago, I just finished decorating my Christmas tree, sent out our Christmas cards and I am spending this week hanging out with my kids because I have great partners who are working hard during the holidays while I am resting. We all take turns, I worked during Thanksgiving while [...]
On Saturday October 30th, reports came out that the world’s seven billionth baby was born in the Phillippines. Chosen by the United Nations to be one of several children around the world to symbolically represent the global population milestone, Danica May Camacho was born a healthy 5.5lb baby, the second child for Camille Dalura and [...]
This week, I was so proud of my son and his football team. In honor of breast cancer awareness, the boys on both teams wore pink. (My son is number 5 and he is on the Bruins.) It was such an important lesson to teach our young sons about this disease that impacts so many [...]
This Saturday May 14, 2011, Dr. Hill will be participating in the Preeclampsia Foundation’s Promise Walk fundraiser. Dr. Hill will speak to her own experience as both a doctor treating preeclampsia and as a preeclampsia survivor herself. “I had severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome with my first son at 29 weeks,” Dr. Hill said. “He was [...]
We are honored to have long-term relationships with our patients, often delivering multiple children for the same family. When the newborns get older, it’s an amazing feeling to see them become proud big sisters or big brothers, as we experienced with our own children. When we see one of our children (or our patients) reading [...]
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