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Antidepressant Treatment During Pregnancy: One Woman’s Experience (Part 1)
Part 1: Pre-Pregnancy Planning This post is the first installment of a four part series. In this series, we will follow a patient from the pre-pregnancy planning phase to the postpartum period, and many key points discussed in previous blog posts will be reviewed. Please remember that every patient is…
How To Deal With Blackheads
Beauty is shallow but we cannot blame others who get troubled by certain things like how to lose leg fat and the likes. But what appears to be the same problem of everyone from both genders and all ages would be the problems brought about by acne. There are…
Sleep Medications: What Information Do We Have on Reproductive Safety?
It is estimated that up to 95% of women experience some type of sleep disturbance during pregnancy. While for many women the insomnia is relatively benign and may respond to simple interventions, other women experience more severe insomnia which has a significant impact on their quality of life and ability…
What is the Impact of Depression During Pregnancy?
In a recent study by Gerardin and colleagues, the authors note that more research has been done to demonstrate the consequences of postpartum depression than depression during pregnancy (also called antenatal or prenatal depression). Infants born to mothers with depression during pregnancy have been demonstrated to have lower scores on…
Lucky Vitamin Presents: PSI Bands

Lucky Vitamin is proud to introduce a new unique line of acupressure band products: Psi Bands. Psi Bands are acupressure wrist bands for the relief of nausea due to morning sickness (pregnancy), motion/travel sickness, chemotherapy, and anesthesia. Psi Bands are being praised for their unique combination of features and…
Making Sense of Perimenopause

Perimenopause , also called the menopausal transition is a vaguely defined phase when a woman’s body progresses from previous predictable cycles of ovulation and resulting menstruation that conludes with menopause—the complete absence of menstrual bleeding for 12 consecutive months. While the average age of menopause is approximately 51, it…



