It's kids' stuff.Regarding the therapeutic effects of sunflower-seed oil on infants ("Anoint a·noint tr.v. a·noint·ed, a·noint·ing, a·noints 1. To apply oil, ointment, or a similar substance to. 2. To put oil on during a religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. 3. Them with Oil: Cheap-and-easy treatment cuts infection rates in premature infants," SN: 3/12/05, p. 165), has any research been done as to the health benefits of the oil in any other age group? YAEL YAEL Yankee Atomic Environmental Laboratory LEVY, NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y. Research to date has focused on newborns, says researcher Gary L. Darmstadt of Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. in Baltimore. However, a few studies have suggested that oil massage enhances wound healing in older children. Oil massage of children of all ages is practiced extensively in south Asia, he adds.--C. BROWNLEE |
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