Free Advice and Tips on Pregnancy

Dietary supplements were being used by 17.7 percent of American adults in 2007. While scientists have found many benefits of dietary supplements e.g. folic acid prevents some birth defects, calcium and vitamin D can prevent and treat bone loss, etc, they have also found some harmful effects of different dietary and herbal supplements. The following [...]

For many women, receiving a prescription for a health problem can have serious unintended consequences. In particular, many drug treatments have been linked to birth defects, ranging from major muscle and heart problems to brain and nerve damage. Perhaps most frighteningly, many of these patients do not receive any information or warning from their doctors, [...]

Skin bleaching products are commonly used to lighted hair and skin. While testing for fetal side effects on humans has not been conclusive, there are plenty of reasons to take a break from this pregnancy beauty treatment during gestation – birth defects in animals, increased skin sensitivity and melasma being three of the most important. [...]

If you work in an environment that has high levels of radiation you are under the risk of radiation sickness. Although this type of work related illness is unusual, the effects that a nuclear accident can have are devastating. The chance of survival for people with radiation poisoning decreases with increasing doses of exposure. The [...]

We’ve all heard it said many times that “life is not fair.” No one that I know has been so fortunate as to never think that life is MORE unfair for them than for others. For those who have recently learned that their unborn child is going to have problems the unfairness of it can [...]