Well MMO fans, I have officially made the move to Austin, you can still take classes in Fresno, but as for me Mrs. Kirby is now a Doula-ing in Austin Texas, yee ha! I will be teaching Childbirth Education (with an emphasis on meditation, visualization, yoga and comfort measures[including rebozo use]), Birth Partner Classes, and [...]

A government panel is recommending doctors steer clear of giving one brand of flu vaccine to young children this year because of convulsions and fever in kids who got the shot in Australia and New Zealand. At issues is the flu vaccine made by CSL Biotherapies, an Australian company. CSL is one of five manufacturers supplying the [...]

Trials in Asia and Africa show rotavirus vaccines can save the lives of even the poorest young children and programs should begin to vaccinate as many as possible, researchers reported on Thursday.

The degree of maternal weight gain during pregnancy was directly associated with babies’ birth weight, researchers said. Birth records of nearly 1.2 million newborns indicated that those born to mothers who gained more than 24 kg (53 lbs) weighed a mean of 148.9 g (5.2 oz) more than offspring of women who gained just 8 [...]