May 19th, 2008
For the last week or so, my husband has been commenting almost daily on how pretty I look, how my skin glows, how fresh and young I look. What’s the deal?
To my knowledge, there’s no reason for him to sweet talk me, no major fight to make up, no major purchase or splurge to reckon […]
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May 1st, 2008
If you already read Kids Health Notes, you know Grace is a smart cookie. Well, she came up with another great idea and asked the Health and Wellness bloggers to round up their favorite posts from the month of April. Here are mine!
Oh Wait, Are We Sure We Want to Do This? - Second thoughts […]
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April 27th, 2008
Perhaps sometimes I dwell too much on what I have lost because of cancer, more specifically because of the chemotherapy and radiation given to me to treat it. The reality is, I owe an awful lot to the chemo and radiation I often curse.
And I owe an awful lot to Dr. M. Lois Murphy,
a pediatric […]
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April 8th, 2008
A recent study done by Jennifer Bailey and Karl Hill from the University of Washington’s Social Development Research Group found that,
Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy and their usage rebounds to pre-pregnancy levels within two years of having a […]
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February 20th, 2008
Valentine’s Day is over, but hearts are still our focus here at the Science and Health Channel Celebrate February as American Health Month by reading some of the great posts listed below.
It’s funny, but infertility and heart disease are often mentioned in the same sentence, not as cause and/or effect of each other, more so, […]
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February 10th, 2008
I laughed out loud when I saw a recent post from Liz over at HealthBolt cautioning men to “ditch the cell phone and save the sperm” because it reminded me of a post that I did a while ago warning dudes to use care as to where they perched their computers.
Liz let you know that,
the […]
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February 5th, 2008
Oh friends, it’s budget day in Pennsylvania and my brain is just about fried. I’m still working at my day job (even though it’s well into the evening), still on the clock, but I just wanted to share an interesting post that Elaine just posted on another Science and Health channel blog, Genetics and Health, […]
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January 30th, 2008
I loved this post. Loved it. Zuzu nails it when she says:
God forbid a pregnant woman enjoy an adult pleasure every now and again without someone trying to shame her into giving them all up in the name of the holy baby.
She’s referring to the most recent study linking even a moderate intake […]
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January 21st, 2008
A report on MSNBC this morning alerted women to the potential dangers of caffeine - the report, of course, started out with the large header
2-cup coffee habit may double miscarriage risk
But then conceded in the subheader that doctors are still divided on the hazards of moderate caffeine consumption in pregnancy.
In the study, published in Monday’s […]
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January 20th, 2008
When we first figured out that baby-making wasn’t in the cards for me, my pediatric oncologist would always remind me that, “with so many advances in science, who knows what will be available to you once you are ready to start a family.”
In those days, 12-year old, optimistic me always assumed that cloning, if anything, […]
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