Secondhand Smoke: How to Create a Healthy Environment for a Healthy Pregnancy?
Even in tiny amounts the presence of secondhand smoke nullifies all efforts of creating a healthy environment for the mother and her baby. A healthy environment is necessary for a healthy pregnancy. Proper diet and exercise are not enough to make sure that the mother and her child are safeguarded from possible risks and complications […]
10 Reasons Why Pregnant Women Should Quit Smoking
In the US alone, there are more than 800,000 women who smoke during pregnancy. Across the globe, one in every ten pregnant women smokes. According to studies, the old advocacy of ‘Quit for Baby’ has been a very simple approach to encourage pregnant women to quit from this addictive substance. Experts agree that women should […]
Babies Sleep Safest On Their Backs.
The safest practice is to place babies on their backs to sleep. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexplained death of a baby younger than one year. SIDS is also known as “crib death” because babies who die of SIDS are found in their cribs. You may ask what does this have to […]
Cigarette Maker Agrees That Their Product is Lethal
[widget id=”ad_unit-10″]ad_unit-10[/widget]”Philip Morris USA agrees with the overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and other serious diseases in smokers. Smokers are far more likely to develop serious diseases, like lung cancer, than non-smokers. There is no safe cigarette.” -From Phillip Morris USA From the National Cancer Institute: […]
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Smoking
Babies sleep safest on their backs. The practice of placing babies on their backs to sleep has decreased the rate of SIDS by more than 50 percent. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexplained death of an infant younger than one year old. Some people call SIDS “crib death” because many babies who […]
Quit Smoking To Detoxify Your Body
Cigarette smoke is made up of 43 carcinogenic (cancer generating) substances and more than 400 other toxins that can also be found in wood varnish, nail polish remover, and rat poison. All of these substances can build-up in the body and can cause serious problems to the heart and lungs. In addition to the health […]