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… fatal. The vaccine is recommended if you plan to stay for 6 months or longer in a country where hepatitis B is common. … of exposure to rabies. This includes visitors staying one month or longer in areas with a high risk of rabies. …
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… the surgery. You'll start with only small amounts of soft foods and liquids. Bit by bit, you will be able to add solid foods back into your diet. This surgery bypasses the part of … You probably will lose weight very quickly in the first few months after surgery. As time goes on, your weight loss will …
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… or non-binary parents to describe how they feed their baby from their bodies. Both chestfeeding and breastfeeding … As your toddler grows, she will learn to feed herself solid foods more and more independently. This begins the natural …
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… pregnant person who is exposed to lead can pass it to their baby (fetus). Lead can also be passed to a baby through breast milk. Children Children should be … built before 1976 that has recently been (within the last 6 months) or is currently being renovated or remodelled? Lead …
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… 3 years of life. Intellectual disability may occur if a baby's thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone … stick A heel stick is used to get a blood sample from a baby. The baby's heel is poked, and several drops of blood are …
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… absorbed through the skin and lungs and may harm an unborn baby, women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant … absorbed through the skin and lungs and may harm an unborn baby, women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant … of birth control while using this medication and for 3 months after the last dose. Women of childbearing age should …
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… eat a balanced, consistent diet while taking warfarin. Some foods can affect how warfarin works in your body and may … absorbed through the skin and lungs and may harm an unborn baby, women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant … of birth control while taking this medication and for 1 month after stopping the medication. If you become pregnant …
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… doctor may direct you to take this drug every day of the month or for only the 2 weeks before your period until the … be used only when clearly needed. It may harm an unborn baby. Also, babies born to mothers who have used this drug … be used only when clearly needed. It may harm an unborn baby. Also, babies born to mothers who have used this drug …
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… drink water instead of high-sugar drinks. Add some healthy foods. Focus on adding healthy food to your diet, rather than just taking unhealthy foods away. For example, add vegetables to sandwiches or add … dinner every night adds more than 4,500 extra calories each month. These are estimates of the calories in drinks: Beer: …
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… shoes, transportation to get to a swimming pool, someone to baby-sit your children, or payment for a program. It’s also … goals (for example, “to train for a 5 kilometre race in 4 months). Time Frame Set a reasonable deadline for when you’d … one or two long-term goals, then break them down into monthly, weekly and daily goals. Be sure to set a specific …
