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Back-to-School Photo Tips for Safer Sharing Back-to-school season is full of excitement, fresh routines, and those adorable first-day photos. Parents love capturing the moment, and it’s a fun way to share milestones with family and friends. In today’s digital world, though, it’s important to think about how to share safely
Glastonbury Regular Hearing Test Download PDF version For tips on how to use this picture story, please review our picture story instructions . Here we go… for a hearing test! In a regular hearing test, your child will be asked to raise his/her hand in response to a sound. The sound will get softer and softer as
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Cardiopulmonary Diagnostic Services Is that girl in a spaceship? No, she is doing a simple, pain-free breathing test under the watchful eyes of her doctor and respiratory therapist in Cardiopulmonary Diagnostic Services. Cardiopulmonary Diagnostic Services (aka the PFT lab) performs testing to analyze the function Article
Help Me Grow Model: 25 Years of Service to Families By Paul Dworkin, MD: The Help Me Grow (HMG) Model is celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2022 – having spent the past 25 years helping children and families in Connecticut and across the country thrive. The HMG Model is an early childhood system building model that partners with families to
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Meconium Ileus Meconium is the first stool a newborn passes, and is very viscous, or thick. It forms while the fetus develops in utero and consists of intestinal epithelial cells, bile, succus entericus, mucus, lanugo, and amniotic fluid (1). When the meconium is unusually thick—either due to Article
Newborn Screening: The Importance of Collaboration Across Healthcare Sectors By Debra Ellis, NBS, RN: Each year, approximately four million newborns in the United States are screened for a variety of rare but serious conditions shortly after birth. This quiet yet powerful public health achievement helps identify around 12,000 babies annually who have conditions that, if detected
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Clearing Up the Confusion: A Trusted Guide to Kids’ Health In today’s world, it can be hard to know what’s true about kids’ health and wellness. Social media, headlines, and conversations among parents often share mixed messages — and sometimes myths — that make it harder to make confident choices for your child. This toolkit brings
Connecticut Voter Basics for the 2024 General Election Who can register to vote in Connecticut? Anyone who is: A United States citizen A resident of Connecticut At least 17 years old (you must be 18 years old by the general election in November) Where and when can I register to vote? Connecticut offers voter registration online
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