Weh ( Read more... )

So, I've been seeing a physical therapist for my knees for about 2 weeks. The PT gives me exercises and stretches for homework. I generally like stretching, but I was having a lot of trouble handling the boredom ( Read more... )

Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein: Docs to Women: Pay No Attention to Ricki Lake's Home Birth

Highlights, emphasis mine:
* Yesterday at its annual meeting [the AMA] adopted a policy written by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists against "home deliveries" and in support of legislation "that helps ensure safe ( Read more... )

UK study links hyperactivity to certain class of food dyes and other additives, including sodium benzoate.

* The Lancet: Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial - The study itself (only summary available publicly.

* The Independent ( Read more... )

Am sick now too. Not as bad as Bitmonger. I'll be taking him and his horrifying cough to the doctor this afternoon in hopes of securing meds ( Read more... )