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Consumer Alert
, Neurological Disorders
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
on October 14, 2010
In the United States, birth defects occur in 7 out of every 10,000 live births and Spina Bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect.
The Spina Bifida Association (SBA) is celebrat...
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Medical Career
, News
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
on October 4, 2010
Professor Robert EdwardsJust announced by the Nobel Prize awards committee: Professor Robert G. Edwards who has been working on in vitro fertilization (IVF) as early as the 1950s, won this year's ...
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Mental Maladies
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
, Women's Health
on June 2, 2010
Stopping the intake of antidepressants can lead to a return of depression and other symptoms. That's why the use of antidepressants is common even in pregnant women.
However, according to a Can...
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Consumer Alert
, Diagnostics
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
on June 10, 2009
Parents can now determine the gender of their babies in as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy. At the comforts of their homes.
Thanks to the company who made the over-the-counter gender prediction test...
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Kid's Health
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
on May 26, 2009
A breastfeeding company - Lansinoh - has now ventured into diaper rash ointment for babies.
The product is called Lansinoh Diaper Rash Ointment - an odorless formula that absorbs right into baby'...
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Mental Maladies
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
on February 3, 2009
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A new study from University of California, Irvine suggests that measuring the levels of a hormone produced by the placenta during pregnancy might predict ...
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Dietary Supplements and Vitamins
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
, Women's Health
on January 8, 2009
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There is a a new product created to help expectant and new moms get the Omega-3s they need without the fishy aftertaste that makes fish oil hard to swallo...
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Epilepsy
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
, Studies
on July 24, 2008
Previous studies have already shown that most epilepsy DRUGS when taken during pregnancy poses risk of birth defects in the unborn child. The very reason why most women with epilepsy are advised again...
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Pregnancy & Child Birth
, Studies
, Women's Health
on January 25, 2008
During pregnancy, women should stay away from caffeine (whether from coffee, tea, caffeinated soda or hot chocolate), because high doses can increase the risk of miscarriage.
And I only thought pre...
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Cases
, Opinion
, Pregnancy & Child Birth
, Women's Health
on October 15, 2007
When I gave birth by c-section almost five years ago, my ob/gyne didn't ask which incision i would prefer: the bikini cut/horizontal cut (hip to hip cut) or the granny cut/vertical cut (pubic bone...
