“Ohaahhh, I get it Dawn, back on the old pthalates are poison kick, right? ” “Not back on it, ladies, still on it.” We’ve already learned that pthalates may feminize the brains of young boys, drastically increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and obesity and play a role in infertility, but now, researchers …
Doctors prescribe medication to their patients. This is a life and death situation. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association‘s calculations, in the US, there are 106,000 deaths per year from non-error, adverse reactions from FDA approved medications. That’s non-error reactions. That’s not even including the deaths caused …
In the Everything Birth community, we have moms (and even dads) who know how to do their own research. You ladies (and even gentlemen) have understood the concept I am about to explain for a long time already. This post isn’t to inform you of a corrupt system, it’s to …
Hidden way at the bottom of our online store, you can find information about how you can become an affiliate. A simple post to our facebook wall asking you ladies to post links to your blogs shows that many of you within this very online community blog for your own …
Pregnant women often have battles with fungal infections such as candida and dermatophytes (the fungi responsible for conditions like Athletes’ foot, ringworm, scalp and nail infections.) Just as we have seen with bacteria out-mutating antibiotics and vaccines, fungi seem to have built up resistance to popular antifungals. Compound that with how there …
Today, on Facebook, Breastfeeding Mothers Unite is sponsoring a “Support a Breastfeeding Mother Day.” Breastfeeding is so crucial. We talk about it a lot on this blog. So far: We’ve discussed breastfeeding discrimination. We’ve discussed breastfeeding in public. We’ve touched on breasts and their role in sexuality. We learned why the …
I’m very fair skinned, so I have a pretty deeply rooted connection with sunscreen. During my youth and young adulthood, I would wear the 45+ level of sunscreen. But I’d always burn. I wouldn’t notice it until the next day when I woke up… blistered. Then, after several days the …
Women who give birth to large infants may have a more than twofold increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new study. Though more research is needed before a causal relationship can be established, there seems to be a pretty clear link. Last week, a news article reported …
News of recent research from Cornell University states that the health of newborn babies is adversely affected by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Elaine L. Hill, a Cornell University doctoral candidateand author of the research paper, says, “A mother’s exposure to fracking before birth increases the overall prevalence of low birth weight by …
As a mom of an egg allergic child, this is big news. I know a large number of the Everything Birth Blog readers have children who also suffer from egg allergies. Now, before getting to excited, we need to remember to keep perspective. A very small study of only 55 …
