Pregancy Sickness - Articles
Pregnancy is NOT a mental illness
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Marissa M.
I stumbled upon Yankee Cowgirl's blog that mentioned Congress is working on the MOTHERS (Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression) Act which would "strongly encourage pregnant women into mental health programs - that means drugs - to combat even mild depression during or after giving birth ." S ...
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Study Links Autism and Mother's Illnesses during pregnancy
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Ginger T.
Study Links Autism and Mother's Illnesses Mon Feb 7, 2005 04:00 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Expectant mothers suffering from asthma, allergies or a type of skin disease have a higher risk of giving birth to an autistic child, a study said on Monday. Asthma, allergies and psoriasis symptoms during pregnancy -- especially if diagnosed in the second ...
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Pregnancy? No Thanks, I'll Pass
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Karin D.
The longer I live, the more I realize that privacy, at least as we once knew it, just doesn't exist anymore. It seems that things people wouldn't dare ask you years ago, (how much money do you make, how much do you weigh) are all up for grabs these days. So, you would think that there would have been no surprise when people began to ask me question ...
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Illness or Genius
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Kate McLaughlin.
Elizabeth GilbertA Different Way to Think about Creative GeniusHer fascinating perspective from the 2009 TED conference“Don’t be afraid. Just do your job…If your job is to dance, DANCE… Ole′ to you!”
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Ill
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Erinn ..
Of course. I had to go see my endocrinologist today for a routine visit and she was worried about how sick I seemed. She did an exam and said if I can't breathe, which I cannot the baby can't either. Not a fun thought. So now I have to go on a steroid pack similar to a zpack and get healthy. It is safe for the baby as safe as steroids can be b ...
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"Ill, not neglected"
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Carrie A.
When will the insanity stop? Why was this mother criminalized for having two ill children? Mum's agony as anorexic daughters are taken into careThe 47-year-old mum, a nursery nurse employed by the same council, said: "I asked for some home support but instead of getting the help I needed, my daughters were snatched from me. Anorexia is an illness n ...
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Ill
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starryeyes
Well I am ill. I feel like I swallowed a packet of razorblades, head is pounding. I didn’t sleep much last night and to top it all off I had lectures/seminars 9-5 today. I felt like curling up in a ball and dying.I am pretty sure its just a nasty throat bug that’s going about but I can’t help my hypochondriacal worrying that this happens every tim ...
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ILL
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ingrid houchin
For the past week Alina has been very ill. It all started last Thursday, when she refused her tea and dinner. Even when I offered her her favourite biscuits, she would just hold it but not put it in her mouth. Then she started vomiting, which really made me think: " Oh, no! I hope she hasn't reherniated!" And then the diarrhea started. Poor Alina w ...
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MENTAL ILLNESS & SELF-EMPOWERMENT
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Dr. Edward Leyton
One of the major stigmas of mental illness is the idea held by some, that people with mental illnesses are somehow different than "normal people". In fact, there are some who would say that the medical model we have developed, actually inadvertently promotes that idea just by treating people with mental illness in a condescending fashion -- that so ...
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INSURANCE AGAINST ILLNESS? In Mi...
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Dr. Edward Leyton
INSURANCE AGAINST ILLNESS? In Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” about the health care industry in the USA, much is made of the fact that Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) often deny coverage to patients because they failed to declare ‘previously existing conditions’ in their application. In the movie "The Rainmaker" a rookie lawyer defends a ...
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