The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a combination oral contraceptive (OC) tablet called Natazia (Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals). It is a bit different from other OC preparations in that it contains 4 progestin/estrogen dosing combinations during each 28-day cycle (instead of being monophasic or triphasic), and it contains…
My sweet dog Sugar. A great motivator! Getting motivated to start moving can be a tough thing. I actually enjoy exercise , it’s just the getting off the couch that is the hardest part. I often talk about “bribing myself to exercise.” For example, my treadmill is constantly set…
I bring this up because I receive many emails asking me how to get a genetic test for Alzheimer’s disease….. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Personal DNA testing kits will become available at Walgreens on Friday (except in New York). The expected retail price is around $30. This…
Judy’s mother was labeled as an “aggressive-behavior” patient because she would trip caregivers and patients when they walked by. In 7 years her mom was thrown out of 12 separate facilities because of her behavior….. By Tom Ratcliff Close your eyes for a moment and imagine spending the rest…
Just what you’ve been looking for – the top 10 baby names of 2009! Check out which names were added this year and if your favorites from 2008 held on or were dropped off the list. Need some fresh name ideas for your baby? Be sure to check out…
No doubt it’s easier to plan for a second baby. Most equipment and clothing can be used a second time and the pressure isn’t as intense for Baby Part Deux. Overwhelmed first-time parents can easily overspend in an effort to make everything perfect. Unfortunately, with so many other expenses…
Stressful situations in early pregnancy can lead to the birth of babies who are underweight or born too early, new research from China shows. Timing of the stress, the researchers found, was the key. “The findings are modest, but significant,” the authors write in the American Journal of Obstetrics…
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have children with sleep problems from birth all the way through age 12, new research shows. “The more cigarettes that mothers smoked during pregnancy, the more sleep problems the children had,” Dr. Kristen Stone of Women and Infants Hospital in…
In very hot summers the air conditioner are in use most of the time, but sometimes you may need to switch off you air conditioner for reason. What if your window are filled with leakages and cracks etc, this i going to cost you heavily right? You maybe a new…
Mother’s Day is a special day to honor mothers everywhere for their sacrifice, dedication, endless patience and limitless love. Mother’s Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. She began…