Health Information for You!
Here’s an alphabetical list of handouts and links to outside resources that you may find interesting. Please check back, because I plan to post all my handouts. You may also want to follow me on facebook for more health information.
- Measles
- Migraines
- Nanny Hiring — If you are hiring a nanny, please pay for him or her to be tested for Hepatitis B and tuberculosis to see if she has them, and to be checked for immunity against measles, mumps and chicken pox, before starting. Also, provide for the nanny to receive a flu vaccine each fall, and a Tdap vaccine (against whooping cough) within 2 years of starting with a newborn, as well as give proof of a hepatitis B and hepatitis A vaccine at some point in the past.
- Overweight — how to prevent it in young children & how to lose weight
— This is good, reliable information from the
American Academy of Pediatrics.