In a report released on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration has admitted some concerns with Bisphenol-A, or BPA, and it’s health effects.
This new report has been anticipated by many people after repeated insistence that BPA is harmless. Now, however, they are supporting companies taking steps to reduce the amount of BPA found in products. [...]
A 20 year study of women by HMO Kaiser Permanente shows a significant link between breastfeeding and a woman’s reduced risk of type-2 diabetes.
The study was originally designed to track heart disease in women, yet the researchers were able to find many other health related issues. One being that the length of breastfeeding seemed to [...]
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Tuesday 800,000 H1N1 vaccines meant for children were recalled from the US. These vaccines, meant for children between the ages of 6 months and 35 months, were voluntarily recalled from the supplier stating that the vaccines were not strong enough.
With a much discussed shortage of vaccines available, such a large recall [...]
Can you safely drink alcohol while breastfeeding?
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Swine Flu has been declared a national emergency, with the numbers of reported cases going higher each day. Many people are beginning to worry about their chances of facing this new flu epidemic. A risk that many pregnant women will have to face.
As Bellies and Babies points out, [...]
A recent study at the University of Carolina put to task the common idea that breastfeeding mothers should not exercise too much or try to diet. The study looked at women who did and did not exercise after birth and looked at their bone density.
Of those women who did exercise during lactation, they exercised in [...]
