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CONTENTS Immunisation Cot death Meningitis Preparing for that emergency in advance! Online chemists General medical websites 24 hour phone help also available on-line (including audio clips). NHS health advice and information. Finally, an easy and accurate way to take your child's temperature...Modern thermometer essential for newborns and toddlers. SAVE £5! EMERGENCY Preparing for an emergency BEFORE it occurs (.pdf) If your child has a fever.. "Trust Your Instincts!" says the Meningitis Trust If you are concerned about meningitis symptoms, you will find a quick Emergency check list on-line. However, be warned that the site can be incredibly slow to download. Here is their telephone helpline number. Meningitis Trust 0845 6000 800 24 hours Helpline (calls charged at local rates) PREVENT COT DEATH The Back to Sleep campaign - Why babies should sleep on their backs - and why you should pay special attention to baby bedding. NEVER use a sheepskin or a waterbed. The cot death society has monitors to lend and sends information to local CABx. They list the circumstances in which babies are most at risk. Check out this safety conscious and anti-allergy luxury cot mattress suitable from birth to 5. See also our page for bereaved parents. IMMUNISATION The British childhood immunisation schedule To vaccinate or not? Concerned parents pose the question and find some worrying answers. Articles from the US Mothering journal on Autism, mercury and vaccinations Single vaccines info The Health Education Authority was eplaced by the Health Development Agencyin 2000 and the HEA resources on .immunisationwere moved to a new Government website. Vaccination News (US) provides a wide range of news and views on vaccinations so that readers may recognize both the complexity of the controversies and the dearth of good information available.   Updated with substantial revisions 2.2.04 The Challenge of Keeping 'em Healthy Sign up to keep in touch with Motherwise UK. Email: It goes without saying that this website does not provide expert, professional medical advice. We offer links to other websites we have found useful plus examples of personal experience and opinion. Whether it's for an emergency or just general information, this mini-portal onto the medical world should help you find what you are looking for. If it doesn't, please let us know what else you would like to see or add your own resources by contacting Motherwise     Meet the Hug-Me-Better Bears - wonderfully cuddly Get Well bears. You can heat them up in the microwave to keep you warm and they have a slight scent of lavender - very soothing and perfect for kids or grown-ups. He makes a lovely tradition when the little ones are feeling under the weather - "Bring out the bear and let's get better" - just add a little Calpol and a cool hand on a warm brow! (Tested to Toy Standard EN71)     Looking at alternative medecine? Check out more on alternative health in our section on Surviving Parenthood   Hayfever     Here's a brilliant list relating your pollen-related reactions and dates of your suffering to specific trees.      Hazel:14th Jan - 7th April (peak during the last week of Feb)  Yew: 1st Feb - 30th April (peak 22nd Feb - 4th March)  Elm: 7th Feb - 14th April (peak first two weeks of March)  Alder: 14th Jan - 14th April (peak 7th - 21st March)  Willow: 21st Feb - 14th May (peak 7th - 21st March)  Ash: 1st March - 14th May (peak 7th - 21st April)  Poplar: 7th March - 30th April (peak last week of March)  Birch: 1st March - 31st May (peak 7th - 21st April)  Oak: 1st April - 14th June (peak 24th April - 5th May)  Pine: 10th April - 30th June (peak last two weeks of May)  Grass: 14th April - 31st August (peak 1st June - 1st week of July)  Oilseed rape: last week of April to fist week of June (peak 7th - 21st May)  Dock: end of May - middle of August (peak last week of June - first week of July)  Nettle: 20th April - 14th September (peak 21st June - 31st July)  Supplied by: The Pollen Research Unit at Worcester University.       Help us help more mums! Tell a friend about Motherwise UK New 24 hour National Domestic Violence Helpline Freephone 0808 2000 247 See also our page on Support groups And for all those embarrassing problems A great website and a great service by Dr Margaret Stearn. She has a particular interest in women's problems and diabetes See also our page on Nutrition, allergies and healthy eating for kids SickKid US site includes boy’s, girl’s height/weight/growth charts and articles on minor illnesses, first aid and nutrition Great article on helping children adapt after illness - going back to school is tough! Kids Connection All about skin conditions including rashes and eczema, protecting skin from the sun and allergic reactions,and a special page for black skin - for 8 year olds to adolescents. Lots of photographs. Home Remedies for children With 147 chapters and over 1,000 tips, this on-line book has an answer for everything from an itchy bottom through every ache, pain and discomfort you can think of from the moment of birth. Also available to purchase. CHEMISTS ONLINE Boots has a new website called wellbeing and Mothercare will deliver everything you need for a £3 delivery charge. You can also check out Allcures.com which provides health information online and includes alternative remedies and Pharmacy2U Superdrug no longer offers an online service. Shame as they offered a really impressive service with incentives including £5 vouchers and free delivery, automatic repeat prescriptions reminders and deliveries. They delivered well-packaged goods within a day for a standard delivery charge. GENERAL MEDICAL SITES If something controversial is going on in the medical world, you will find authoritative comment in the British Medical Journal UK Health Centreclaims to be the web's most comprehensive and up to date index of UK health and medical internet resources. TV Dr Mark Porter is ready to greet you at the Surgery Door. while TV Dr Hilary Jones is over at Net Doctor! MedicDirect claims to be the only interactive website hosted by leading UK medical consultants providing comprehensive consumer health information online. Find an NHS Dentist (Dentanet.org currently being redeveloped.)

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