Is Having a Baby Bad for Your Health?
Since there are no federal requirements to report maternal mortality, the actual number of deaths may exceed those counted by double the amount.
If It’s Not Alzheimer’s Disease or Parkinson’s Disease, It May Be NPH
In speaking with Dr. Figuereo it was clear that he was concerned that so many of the neurologists and psychiatrists that people were seeking out for information, had inadequate knowledge. He recommended contacting a doctor who specializes in NPH in the face of any warning signs that are the hallmarks of the disease.
Dad’s in Heaven With Nixon – A Documentary
Every family has a story. Some are more complicated than others.
A New Recipe for Heart Health
Today, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. Sudden cardiac death is the most frequent presentation of the disease in women. The statistics from the American Heart Association are eye opening.
Families Use Social Media to Respond to Gardasil Side Effects
As parents sought to navigate a situation where their healthy daughters had become sick and, in the worse case scenario – died, they turned to the Internet for answers. Scouring the web for information, checking message boards and chat rooms, they found out that their predicament was not isolated.
Day of Action for Women’s Health 1/13/2010
As the average American tries to make sense of the constantly shifting health plan and attendant debates, one issue remains crystal clear. Women’s reproductive rights are being used as a football and bargaining chip in the fight to secure a long awaited health care bill.
An Interview with Dr. Diane M. Harper
“The most important point that I have always said from day one, is that the use of this vaccine must be done with informed consent and complete disclosure of the benefits and harms of Pap screening and HPV vaccines. The decision to be vaccinated must be the woman’s (or parent’s if it is for a young child), and not the physician’s or any board of health, as the vaccination contains personal risk that only the person can value.
Two Doctors Explain Their Support of the Gardasil Vaccine
Dr. Gibstein suggested that time would tell if the protection is durable, and if complications can be directly attributable to the vaccine.
“Love in a Time of HIV”
The film explores three separate histories. As Jones wrote me via e-mail, “We wanted to look at the subject of HIV/AIDS in the light of people living with it, rather than dying from it.”
An Interview with the Developer of Gardasil – Merck & Co., Inc.
I talked with Media Relations spokesperson, Pam Eisele, about the vaccine. I submitted a series of questions for the company to answer via e-mail, referencing red flags that had come up in my research. All my queries were responded to, and Eisele offered to put me in touch with a clinical researcher if I required further explanations.
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