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  2. Daily low-dose aspirin has its benefits — and risks. Here's ...

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    Janet O'Mahony, a Baltimore-area internal medicine doctor at Mercy Medical Center, tells Yahoo Life: “Where aspirin is used more commonly these days is as an antiplatelet agent,” or blood ...

  3. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin acts as an acetylating agent where an acetyl group is covalently attached to a serine residue in the active site of the COX enzyme. [1] This makes aspirin different from other NSAIDs (such as diclofenac and ibuprofen), which are reversible inhibitors; aspirin creates an allosteric change in the structure of the COX enzyme. [2]

  4. Infant and toddler safety - Wikipedia

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    Infant food safety is the identification of risky food handling practices and the prevention of illness in infants. The most simple and easiest to implement is handwashing. [12] [13] Food for young children, including formula and baby food can contain pathogens that can make the child very ill and even die. [14] [15] [13]

  5. Infant food safety - Wikipedia

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    A jar of baby food that is swelling, leaking, contain chipped glass is probably not safe to feed to a baby. Some baby food comes in pouches. If the pouch is leaking or swelling it may not be safe to feed to a baby. [4] The Food and Drug administration has published the following do's and don'ts regarding commercial baby food safety: Do not ...

  6. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    For some people, aspirin does not have as strong an effect on platelets as for others, an effect known as aspirin-resistance or insensitivity. One study has suggested women are more likely to be resistant than men, [158] and a different, aggregate study of 2,930 people found 28% were resistant. [159]

  7. Infant feeding - Wikipedia

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    Wet-nurses and introducing solid food before the baby turned six months were now opposed, and mortality rates decreased once accepting the value of breastfeeding. Those that continued to feed their infants substitutes like cereals, cow's milk, and broths too early, led to the infant's development of scurvy, rickets, gastrointestinal problems ...

  8. The FDA doesn't test dietary supplements before they hit the ...

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    Eating a variety of food is the best way to get nutrients. However, some people need dietary supplements to get extra vitamins that are missing from their diet. Talk to your doctor before ...

  9. Baby food - Wikipedia

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    Baby food is any soft, easily consumed food other than breastmilk or infant formula that is made specifically for human babies between six months and two years old. The food comes in many varieties and flavors that are purchased ready-made from producers, or it may be table food eaten by the family that has been mashed or otherwise broken down.