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A storied American pediatrician's international travels took him to Japan, where he worked with a population that never experienced postpartum depression -- possibly because new mothers regressed to babyhood for one month.
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Loewe Verlag
Children's book images, NSFW? NSFGFG (German First-Graders)?
The American Academy of Pediatrics said today that it respects the decision of women to give birth at home -- on the following conditions.
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Looking at how quickly different animals and even invidual cells die when they're isolated from others seems tell us something about the importance of social ties.
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Major medical journal takes on the eat-cinnamon-feel-terrible meme very late in the game; awareness and mystique of proscribed act heightened
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As with soda, demanding that all mechanisms of harm be completely understood before regulations are put in place is frightening.
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The curious history told in 19th and early 20th century mothering advice books is a mix of unreasonable demands and unfounded claims. At the same time, though, one can see how it made sense.
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Bob Barker is a prophet.
Gabriele Galimberti
"The richest children were more possessive."
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There's more to life than leaving home.
James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
