What Does The Health Care Bill Mean For You?
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President Obama today has signed the Health Care Bill, with an overall goal of a sweeping overhaul of the health care industry. There are many changes, and ideas that will be going slowly into effect over the next few years, and while there are many longer term goals but there [...]
Should Obese Children Be Able to Get Surgery
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An article in the New York Times has been raising some debate over children and weight loss surgery, namely gastric bypass surgery. It does goes into a considerable amount of detail over one girl’s experience, her name is Brittany Caesar and the article points out- she was the first adolescent to receive the [...]
The Girl Who Doesn’t Grow Up
It’s something most parents have said at least once, a wish that their sweet baby would never grow up. Just to stay the little snuggly bundle of joy forever. What if it was actually a reality? Can you imaging your child never growing up physically or mentally past a few months?
Brooke Greenburg looks like a [...]
3D Ultrasounds Under Fire
While they aren’t used much in a typical and uneventful (although, that use of term can be debatable), 3d ultrasounds give parents a glimpse at their child before they hold them. They’re in use in some small shops scattered around the country, and parents flock to them.
Folic Acid: Debate Over Forced Fortification
Folic acid is shown to be helpful to pregnant women and the babies they are carrying. That little fact has been around for a bit now, and due to the success of the Canadian fortification of bread and pasta the British government wants to try it too.
