Very good Article.

Thanks to lizzparker  for posting about this.

"Dannette Lund had 2½-year-old Ruth Ann by Caesarean section but wanted a natural birth for her second child. Repeat C-sections have become standard for women who have had one, but Lund fought the trend and delivered Ellie naturally."
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Have you ever heard of Radon gas?

It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as the decay product of radium. It is one of the densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions and is considered to be a health hazard due to its radioactivity.

Radon gas from natural sources can accumulate in ( Read more... )

Following a Science program I just watched, which was in Hebrew and spoke about how sitting could be bad for you, and how Standing is better then Sitting and Walking is better then Standing, I goggled this topic and found the following link for you ( Read more... )

Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked To Cancer, Study Suggests

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I was walking to my father place after work when I suddenly felt a ruffling in my hair and I could here a buzzing.

I immediately got scared and ducked and also stared trying to scare off with my hands whatever was caught in my hair.

As I raised my eyes I could see a huge hornet flying above me.

However, as I continued walking, I noticed that I wasn't ( Read more... )

Have any of you tried the raw food diet?

I'm thinking this might be something that I can do, as preparation is probably easy...and also

will help reduce waste and therefor contribute to the environment.

I seriously need to kick some foods out of my shopping basket, because all they are is comfort

and nothing else, these foods have no nutritional value ( Read more... )

Saturday evening, May 9th DS started showing signs of being sluggish, he went to sleep without wanting dinner at around 20:00…he woke up at 05:00am on Sunday, very thirsty and drank water down way too fast and then threw up…for a while that day he could not hold water down. Sunday he was out of it. Monday he started showing more energy in the ( Read more... )

Okay, where shall we start? In order of appearance…

Last Wednesday Night May 6th, DD had a low grade fever, no more then 38.3, so she and I didn’t sleep the whole night. She had a runny nose, possibly a cough…anyway, I took her to see the Dr. only to discover mine has taken off for the whole month
(I guess when you have been a pediatrician for 30 ( Read more... )

The only good thing about today is that I get to take the day off on account of DD’s day care being closed for one day during Hanukkah…though we weren’t aware so my boss got no notice which makes me look bad.

Otherwise the shit has hit the fan so to speak,

DH works for a software company that provides a data base . Last night he gets a call from ( Read more... )

I got a call today from Recanati Genetics Institute and a weight has been lifted. Apparently they call you with either news, good or bad.

My news is good!!! :-D I was so happy I went out of my cubicle to the girls in the aisle on their way to make coffee screaming "I'm negative".

(this is something I've been telling myself for the last 2 weeks in ( Read more... )