Pregnancy

Folic acid for pregnancy

Medicine is finally waking up to the benefits of pre conceptual care. ... more »

Case studies: Diabetes and Pregnancy

The following stories are excerpted from Diabetes and Pregnancy, by Anna Knopfler (Optima): ... ... more »

Breast is not only best, but the best means of birth control.

A large scale Australian study has shown that among women fully or nearly fully breastfeeding their babies who continue to be "LAM" (lactational amenorrhoeic) ie, in ovulatory limbo, without perio ... more »

Addiction tied to labour opiates - Drug addicts are born, not made.

So claims a study conducted in Sweden of 200 opiate addicts, which made a cautious correlation between drug addiction among those whose mothers had used opiates, barbiturates or nitrous oxide duri ... more »

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Blog Speak

3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world: only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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Forum Discussions

21:35 | Health Conditions (blobby)

Re: Lung Cancer

Can we please stop all this childish bickering amongst ourselves. Everybody is entitled to express their own opinions on this site and everybody can agree or disagree with those opinions but let's... more »

19:53 | Health Conditions (ajmcglynn)

Re: glioblastoma multiforme

Dear Jenny, The New York Times published an article about a week ago describing a promising experimental treatment. The physician is Dr. Howard Riina at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell &... more »

19:30 | Health Conditions (ajmcglynn)

Re: Small Intestine Bacterial ...

Karen, I note your comment that Xifaxin has been helpful. The wisdom in the alternative medical community is that infestation in the gut can be a side effect of antibiotic treatment: The a... more »

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