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Honesty in advertising at the OB/GYN

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

An OB practice in Utah has decided to be refreshingly upfront with pregnant women crossing their threshold: The doctors have posted a sign in front of...
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Link found between tongue piercings and brain abscess death

Heads up for parents of piercing teens: the Archives of Neurology has reported a case of a man who died of brain abscess caused by his tongue...
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Superfetation is the word of the week

It's tempting to make snarky remarks about what might be in the water in Arkansas: First the Duggars, and now an Arkansan woman who possibly conceived...
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FDA bans sale of flavored cigarettes

So Tuesday was a sad day for Goth kids across the land: that's when the FDA ban on flavored cigarettes went into effect. I know that local stores were...
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Doctors okay liquids in labor; woman imprisioned for disobeying doctor's orders

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Last week The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists(ACOG) magnanimously decided to "allow" laboring women to take clear...
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'Shocking' lack of vitamin D found in children

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This time next week I'm going to be sitting on a beach in Mexico, drinking a margarita and looking out on the Sea of Cortez. We went last year, and...
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Father found guilty in 'prayer death' case

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Like Daniel Hauser, eleven-year-old Madeline Neumann became gravely ill, and like Daniel, her parents refused to seek appropriate medical care. Unlike...
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Go Ask Your Mother: Are energy drinks safe for my teen?

It is perhaps a universal concern of parents of teens: Will this or that new trend harm my child? Racy song lyrics, skirt length, piercings . . ....
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Go Ask Your Mother: My dirty teen

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Help! My sweet little baby boy has turned into a stinky teen. And I don't mean that his attitude stinks. I mean he refuses to bathe. And it's not just...
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New recommendations for weight gain in pregnancy

Except they . . . aren't really that new at all. I remember this advice ("Put down that muffin, fatty! Growing another person is no reason to...
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