PARENTING

Ancient Egyptian Coffin Found to Hold Youngest known Mummified Foetus

    Scanning reveals coffin from 600BC, originally though by curators to contain preserved organs, holds a foetus of no more than 18 weeks gestation The cedar wood coffin, excavated in 1907, dates back to 600BC. Photograph: Jaymes Sinclair/the Fitzwilliam Museum, Image Library   A miniature coffin from ancient Egypt that was thought to contain …

BEAUTY

5 Greatest Beauty Products to Maintain a Healthy Glow From Head to Toe

5 Greatest Beauty Products to Maintain a Healthy Glow From Head to Toe   By Thelma Okoro   1. Mild cleansers Women know how important it is to cleanse, especially the face after a day’s work. Dirt is one of the skin’s worst enemies as it blocks pores and causes those zits that take days …

HEALTH + WELLNESS

Study Shows High Levels of Folate and Vitamin B12 During Pregnancy May Increase Autism Risk

Very high levels of folate can double autism risk, and high levels of folate and B12 can increase the risk 17.6 times, Johns Hopkins University researchers said. The study has not been peer reviewed.   The new researchers followed 1,391 children who were born at Boston University Medical Center in 1998 through 2013. About 100 …

PARENTING

After Reading This You Won’t Really Want Those Light-Up Shoes For Your Kids?

  According to a mother, Jovan Virag, known on Reddit as Jovianflower, her son’s  “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” light-up shoes lit up in flames!  Fortunately, her son wasn’t wearing the shoes at the time, but that doesn’t make the pictures of the aftermath any less cringe-worthy. The fire left the floor and back …

PARENTING

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Swaddling Infants May Increase Risk of SIDS, Study Finds

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Swaddling Infants May Increase Risk of SIDS, Study Finds   Babies who were swaddled were more likely to die of SIDS, especially if they were placed on their sides or stomachs while swaddled, researchers said. The study was published in Pediatrics.   What all has research proved regarding swaddling:   Swaddling can …

HEALTH + WELLNESS

Zika Virus Could Arrive in The Continental U.S. in The Next Few Weeks

The Zika virus could arrive in the continental U.S. in the next few weeks, carried here by travelers and spread by local mosquitoes, said Scott Weaver, director of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Doctors have already diagnosed 472 cases of Zika in travelers who …