Tag: Health
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First Aid App for Android & iPhone | American Red Cross
It is a free App you an get on your phone Iphone or Android that will help you with first Aid you can not dial 911 but you can use it to help you out for different emergencies. Check it out. via First Aid App for Android & iPhone | American Red Cross.
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CDC Features – Child Passenger Safety
This site is very helpful when you want to learn about car seat safety and the correct way of placing the car seat for the different ages. The rules are the same here in Italy. It is a law and children are required to be in a car seat. Reduce Their Risk In 2009, 1,314 […]
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Want to know your pollution level in your area
Here is a great link to know what your pollution levels are in your area. http://www.arpat.toscana.it/apps/bollaria/f?p=bollaria%3Aregionale%3A2191250161144412 Why do you want to know your pollution level? Well the big thing that they have been linking the pollution in the city too is Asthma in children. This does not mean your child will get asthma since some […]
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Talco e Non Talco: Talco Liquido
Liquid talc is the greatest thing ever. It is a cream so no breathing in powder but yet it still has the nice drying of the skin qualities. Even better when we had the Fifth’s disease hitting our house, the doctor recommended liquid talc with menthol which was so cooling it helped a lot on […]
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Motorcycles and Motor-scooters: Children Safety
We see it all the time a child riding on motorcycle or motor-scooter on the way to school. I always wonder if it is safe or legal for that matter. Well the law here says that they can ride on the motorcycle at 5 years of age and up (articolo 170 del Codice della Strada) […]
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Your 2-year-old timeline: Playing for keeps | BabyCenter
Your 2-year-old now (from Baby Center my favorite place for finding developmental everythings for your child website) Your child is more in control of her movements. Now she can play with small objects easily and stack (not just knock over) towers of blocks. She can also concentrate for slightly longer periods of time, as much […]
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A Hospital Stay in Italy: Don’t forget to pack toilet paper!
As an American living in Umbria, I often get asked my opinion of Italy’s national health plan. The inquisitors are either my liberal friends envious of our comprehensive, low cost health coverage, or my more conservative friends suspicious of “Obamacare” and anything that bears the slightest whiff of socialism. So for those who envy my […]
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Look at your food packaging: consumo moderato
Consumo moderato or in English for moderate consumption. This is the label that COOP has been putting on foods to alert you that it is unhealthy if your child is to eat many of them. I like this and though I know COOP grocery stores do it I hope the other do this as well. […]
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Kids’ Diet: Two Cup Limit for Milk
By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: December 17, 2012 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Action Points Increasing cow’s milk consumption was associated with decreasing serum ferritin and increasing 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Point out that […]
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Emergency Numbers
Emergency Numbers Public Assistance Emergency 113 Carabinieri 112 Vigili del Fuoco / Fire 115 Automobile Club d’ Italia 803 116 Railway Police 055 211 012 Traffic police 055 50681 Health emergency 118 Poison Center 055 794 7819 Drugs and toxic in pregnancy 055 794 6731 Abuse and sexual violence 055 794 7493 Coronary unit Mobile […]
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Expats Unexpected Trip to the Hospital
“Impersonal Update — 15 Febbraio When I was taking classes at Kennesaw State University, a few years ago, out of a deranged, self-inflicted desire to relive hell, one of the courses I took was Film Studies. In it, we watched Hitchcock films, including North by Northwest. There’s a scene in the movie where Cary Grant […]
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