Articles written by Anne Chekal
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Air Travel with Toddlers
Follow these tips to keep young children calm and happy during international flights for a better trip for both parents and toddlers.
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New Breastfeeding Diet Book
The New Breastfeeding Diet Plan analyzes how food choices benefit breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
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Healing Kids' Dry Hands
Parents can take steps to teach young children to fully dry their hands after washing, so they do not get chapped and painful.
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Vitamin D Impacts Health
Preliminary research indicates that inadequate levels of vitamin D may contribute to higher disease rates, and that increasing vitamin D intake has health benefits.
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Library Websites Aid Working Women
With a little initial effort, the library can be a significant resource to time-pressed and budget-conscious working mothers.
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Mindless Eating, by Brian Wansink
Don't be blissfully unaware of how eating habit dynamics affect your health and waist line. Mindless Eating reveals why people eat as they do.
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Breast Cancer Discrepencies
Scientists are making progress against breast cancer as diagnoses are declining and research is revealing how ethnicity may impact prevalence and risk factors.
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Realistic Resolutions For 2008
Combining reading with action toward a New Year's resolution can encourage success at meeting resolutions.
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Give the Holiday Gift of Reading
Reading comprehension skills may have declined, but giving books during the holidays has the dual potential of increasing future reading levels and being an ideal gift.
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12 Days of Green Christmas
Small changes make a big difference in striving for a more earth-conscious holiday. With alterations to Christmas traditions, celebrating a green holiday is simple.
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Support for Caregivers Necessary
New study finds that interventions supporting family caregivers, especially of those with illnesses such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, increase caregiver well being.
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Low-Cost Holiday Party Ideas
The holidays are synonymous with parties, but parties can easily combine fun with frugality and a renewed interest in sharing joy with others.
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Combating Work at Home Loneliness
Whether telecommuting, freelancing, or in their own business, loneliness is one of the unexpected factors affecting women who work at home. But it doesn't have to be.
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Strengthening Friendships
In the real world, making and keeping friends requires a level of effort that is well worth the energy expended.
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Caregiver Support Websites Grow
Online communities are a uniquely situated resource for caregivers of older adults to access for information and connections; highlighted are three informative websites
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Work at Home Challenges
Mothers who are employed but work at home face unique challenges to getting things accomplished professionally and personally.
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Back to School Basics
A new school year means a new teacher, and a new relationship for parents, teachers, and children. Here are a few things teachers wish parents would keep in mind.
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What Kids Supplies to Keep in Car
A small stash of items in the trunk help families lead active lifestyles without having to go home to retrieve items. What every family should have in theirs.
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Vitamin D Wards Off Breast Cancer
Recent studies suggest that increasing amounts of Vitamin D into daily life and diet may decrease the risk of breast cancer in pre-menopausal women.
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Review:Cookbook for Pregnant Women
Every Woman's Guide to Eating During Pregnancy is a one-stop cookbook with recipes, meal plans, and nutritional information to help women eat healthy for their babies.
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Gyllenhaal Nurses in Public
The act of public breastfeeding creates public debate but as celebrities continue to do so, they create opportunities to tout the benefits of breastfeeding.
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True Stories Make Great Books
Food, books, lobster, the Marines, and gardening are passionate topics. Each author writes a respective love letter that is guaranteed to captivate readers.
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Enviro-Friendly Laundry
Being environmentally conscious in the laundry room is fairly simple with a few habit changes.
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Breastpumping at Work
Women who want to continue breastfeeding their infants after returning to work need support, the proper supplies, and plenty of patience.
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Working Mothers Can Breastfeed
Despite the legal right to do so, many nursing mothers employed outside of the home do not continue breastfeeding their infants upon return to work.
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