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Nursing
Most of what a newborn needs in its first hour costs nothing. Several of the things done instead cause harm.
Cutting the cord a minute later, drying and leaving the baby on the mother's chest, and not bathing it — the interventions with the best evidence behind them are mostly free, and several long-standing customs actively work against them.
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Nursing
How wound healing works, stage by stage
A wound does not simply close — the body runs four overlapping repair stages, from clotting to remodelling. Here is what happens at each stage and why some wounds stall and become chronic.
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