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 A Special Plea Concerning Crying Babies

Research indicates that as many as 50% of teenagers and young adults are completely unaware that shaking a baby can cause brain injury or death to an infant.

The complete story on this can be found on the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome web site at http://www.dontshake.com

One of the things you can do to help prevent a tragedy is to spread the word about how to calm a crying baby.  Believe it or not there IS a way to do just that, provided by Dr. Harvey Karp, author of "The Happiest Baby On the Block".

To see Dr. Karp's simple five-step technique for calming a crying baby, click on this picture...

Baby Reading the Good News!
How to calm a crying baby

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Brain Injury Can be Prevented!!

Many of the brain injuries that occur annually in this country can be prevented. Each year 140,000 persons die from brain injuries and 70,000 persons sustain severe brain injuries.

A brain injury is an insult to the brain caused by an external force, which may impair cognitive, physical, behavioral, and emotional functions.

Brain injury rehabilitation is a long process that is measured in years rather than months. Many persons with severe brain injuries face a wide range of lifelong problems. These problems, in turn, can dramatically affect an individual's ability to live independently, care for a family, and work.

The true extent of brain injury is conveyed by numbers. Lives, hopes, dreams, families, and friendships are often altered in the wake of a brain injury. Research, rehabilitation, public awareness, and PREVENTION can help to lessen the occurrence to brain injuries in our society.


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