The choice to give a baby a dummy (also known as a pacifier or soother) is a very personal one. When it comes down to it, the choice is entirely yours. Some parents don’t include a dummy in their baby’s routine and manage without one. But others (around two-thirds) do choose to use a dummy
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South African skin works hard as UV stays high even on a cloudy morning, winter strips water fast and daily life adds traffic pollution, office air-con and braai smoke. Add five years of layering strong acids and retinoids, and more of us are describing our skin as reactive, tight or flushed, even if we have
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What can be more relaxing than a body massage, heavy workout at the gym, sitting in a hot tub or falling asleep in a moving car (being the passenger, of course)? All these experiences result from stimuli to our senses of touch and of body position. This is referred to as proprioception. When we receive
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