David Hill

New parents are shunning proven preventive care for their infants in effort to be ‘natural’

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One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn’t get the shot. Their parents wouldn’t allow it. “When you look at a child … Read more

Study examines how diet quality impacts oral microbiome

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – A University at Buffalo study using a sample of postmenopausal women is the first to examine the association between diet quality and the oral microbiome. The research, published earlier this year in the Journal of Nutrition, reports that women who followed healthier diets had lower abundance of certain oral microbiome bacteria, including … Read more