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PALE SKIN

If you notice that your child is looking pale, that is, that his skin is whiteish, it is rarely a cause for concern. It is normal for fair-skinned children to look pale, especially in winter months because of lack of sunshine, or when they are cold.

Pale skin due to anaemia (a low level of [...]

If you have more than one baby, it is still possible to breastfeed but it will take a little more effort and determination, as well as additional support. It is possible to feed both babies at once if you wish, but success depends in part on correct positioning. The classic position for feeding twins is [...]

Another way of following up on your marital learning is to correspond together regularly by letter. Marital therapists and marriage-encounter groups use this technique, and I find it helpful to the couples. The rules are simple:

1. Write a one-page letter only. No typing, so write slowly and clearly.

2. Proofread your letter before sending it. Make [...]

Go after anybody you would like to try for. Forget the “league” concept. “Most of the women I wanted were not in my league,” stated one of the husbands. “I decided I had two choices: Stay in the minors or go for the majors.”

Waiting, seducing, tricking, maneuvering, playing coy, being wise—all will fail. [...]

The sweat glands under the arms are a little different from the other sweat glands of the body and respond more to nervous influences.

Some people suffer from excessive sweating in this area, causing considerable embarrassment with stained clothes. Being conscious of the excessive sweating and worrying about it only seems to make it worse.

The treatment [...]

But looked at another way, it means that if you walk one and a half kilometres a day you can lose up to half a kilo in a month. That is six kilos or nearly one stone in a year. We are all impatient and want to see results quickly. Those who lose weight quickly [...]

Jaundice or a yellow discoloration of the skin is a normal phenomenon in more than half of new-born babies. This jaundice may not appear until the fourth or fifth day.

It is due to the normal breakdown of the foetal red blood cells which occurs after birth and the inability of the immature liver to handle [...]

In addition to showing blood vessels, we can also use injected contrast materials to show the internal structure of organs like the kidney and gall-bladder system. For the kidneys, we inject a substance which can be passed out of the body through the urine. Soon after injection the internal structure of the kidney will be [...]

Grief, bereavement and/or depression are periods of distress for most people during which the normal restraints required for fat control become regarded as less important in the same way as they are in periods of chronic stress (above). Again, these are times during which physical activity can be expected to decrease and eating, particularly of [...]

How long will I need to be in hospital?

This varies from three to seven days and may be extended by a couple of days if complications occur.

Why are antibiotics necessary?

Doctors in countries such as Australia routinely prescribe antibiotics after surgery to reduce the risk of postoperative infection.

Why am I having bowel pain after my hysterectomy?

Many [...]