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Heart Healthy, Diabetes Friendly – and Delicious! Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps Serves 8 Who doesn’t love healthy, low-calorie lettuce wraps?  Crunchy vegetables, buttery lettuce and small portions of meats with various dipping sauces combine for delicious...

Your Baby’s Health

When Should You Schedule Your Child’s First Dental Visit? Take your child to the dentist after the first tooth appears, but no later than her first birthday.  Your dentist will check for decay and overall tooth and jaw development and will give tips on cleaning...

Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home

Personal Monitors Make It Easy Checking your blood pressure at home doesn’t replace doctor visits.  But it’s helpful for your doctor to have information about both home and office measurements. Blood-pressure monitor with an inflatable cuff that goes over...

March Is National Nutrition Month

Start Now and Create a Healthier Diet for Life How much you eat is just as important as what you eat, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  Start with small changes to your eating habits – one forkful at a time.  Eating a variety of healthful...

About to Be a First-Time Parent?

Here’s Help for Baby-Care Concerns During your hospital stay, make sure to ask the nurses for help with basic baby care.  Don’t hesitate to ask the nurse to show you how to do something more than once.  Before discharge, make sure you and your partner are...