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12/12/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Study reveals breast cancer can return years after the “all clear” – Experts already pushing to keep women on prescriptions longer (no mention of lifestyle)

The findings of a new study out of England have blown yet another hole in the conventional cancer therapy myth, revealing that women who undergo typical procedures like chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer often see the deadly disease return – in some cases up to 20 years after they were supposedly “cured.” As part […]

12/08/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Likelihood of caesarean birth found to be inherited: Causes of obstructed labor often get passed on, circumventing natural selection

Women who were born via caesarean section are more likely to also give birth via caesarean section, concluded an international team of scientists including Michaela Pavlicev of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Human Genetics) and evolutionary biologists at the University of Vienna in a study that was published in PNAS. According to the information […]

11/29/2017 / By Rita Winters

Lifestyle diseases are now complicating pregnancies, putting mothers and newborns at higher risk of complications

Contrary to popular belief, the responsibilities of motherhood begin before, not after, conception. A woman must be in good health prior to conceiving in order to assure her and the baby’s health. Preexisting conditions, sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy food negatively affect babies prenatally. A Michigan Medicine study reports that pregnant women, particularly poor women and […]

11/10/2017 / By Janine Acero

Toxin overload: If you’re allergic to everything you may be labeled with the new catchall diagnosis, MCS

If inhaling everyday cleaning products or simply someone’s perfume makes your eyes water or your nose runny in an instant, or gives you a rush of nausea, you may be one of the people suffering from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), according to a report by the Daily Mail. This illness, also known as idiopathic environmental […]

11/02/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Starving, thirsty, and in pain, U.K. mothers traumatized by postnatal “care”

To say that the state of postnatal care in the U.K. is inadequate is an understatement. “Dismal” might be a more apt descriptor, as it perfectly encapsulates the treatment numerous mothers have receive. What was supposed to be a period of recuperation for these women turned into experiences so horrific that some mothers have been […]

10/26/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Pharmaceutical use during pregnancy resulting in premature births, birth defects, and massive costs to insurers

The European Medicines Agency will go over the evidence concerning the harmful effects of an epilepsy pill on unborn babies and decide if the warnings are sufficient enough. The drug, sodium valproate, has been connected to nearly 20,000 babies born with disabilities ever since its introduction in the 1970s, reported the DailyMail.co.uk. Also known as […]

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