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Ohio bill would make CPR a license requirement for teens

Ohio bill would make CPR a license requirement for teens A proposal at the Ohio Statehouse would require teens to learn CPR before they can get a driver’s license. COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposal at the Ohio Statehouse would require teens to learn CPR before they can get a driver’s license.  

License applicants under 18 would have to show they passed an approved first-aid and CPR course, under the bill introduced Tuesday by Republican state Rep. C Read full article…

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I’m Part of the Group Now

I don’t know how your pregnancy went or is going currently. I can tell you however, how my pregnancy is going.

As of Thursday, December 30, I will be twenty-nine weeks pregnant! A first for me. A first for my husband. A first grandchild. I have heard the horror stories sickness every day, weird and random cravings, and the emotional rollercoaster. For those of you who are considering pregnancy, in this experience, I have learned so far we are all connected in the wonderful world of motherhood—no two women have the same pregnancies. All are just as different as fingerprints. You

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“Womb Tube” Trend: Women Sharing Pregnancy and Infertility Online

This spring much was written about the latest web phenomenon: women taking a pregnancy test, and filming and posting their pregnancy results on YouTube. Good Morning America also did a segment entitled ”Womb Tube”: Should You Broadcast Pregnancy? And bloggers, such as Marisa Meltzer at Slate, chimed in with their opinions.

If you search for something like “pregnancy test results” on the video site, close to 2,000 results come up. The videos cross age and racial barriers, and range from 20-somethings ignoring the age-old advice of waiting three months before you tell anyone you are pregnant (squealing with delight at the plus sign while the husband films the scene) to heartwarming positive Read full article…

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Parents underestimate kids’ asthma symptoms

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Parents of kids with asthma don’t always realize when their children’s treatment is inadequate, a new drugmaker-funded survey suggests.

While more than seven out of every 10 parents interviewed described their child’s asthma as “mild” or “intermittent,” the disease was adequately treated in only six in 10 kids.

Based on stricter guidelines, the number of kids whose symptoms were kept in check by drugs dropped to fewer than two in 10, according to the new results, published in the European Respiratory Journal.

“Parents are only aware of asthma when the child is more severely ill,” Dr.

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