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- Is it safe to consume wine while breastfeeding?
"You do not need to 'pump and dump,' or express and discard, your breastmilk, as the alcohol will leave your milk just as it leaves your bloodstream," Dr. Catherine McCarthy, a family medicine physician at the University of Nevada at Reno School of Medicine, told Wine Spectator. "It is recommended, however, not to have more than two drinks per day on a regular basis, as that may be harmful to your baby, cause weight gain and make you drowsy." – Wine Spectator - Ferocious firenado whirls as wildfire ravages Northern California forest, video shows
A fire-fueled thunderstorm cloud can form on top of a wildfire’s smoke plume, allowing the plume to grow vertically very quickly, Neil Lareau, a scientist and professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, told The Sacramento Bee in 2018. – Merced Sun-Star - You're Not Alone in Your Darkest Hours — Ending the silence on mental health can save the lives of our peers, our patients, and ourselves
I appreciated the innovative response by Thomas Schwenk, MD, dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada at Reno. He tasked each second-year medical student to read my article and use a word to describe how they felt about it. Then he asked them to think of words they would use to describe a culture in medical education that promoted mental health and well-being. – MedPage Today
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