What Doctors Don't Tell YouTaking folic acid (one of the B vitamins) can protect you from producing a baby with spina bifida. ...
Doctors aren't great at reading drug information sheets, and their patients aren't much better either. That's why pregnant women are prescribed drugs that are wholly inappropriate for their condition, and that's why they take them, too.
Researchers
Angiotensin II-receptor blockers are called ‘safe’ drugs - safer than ACE inhibitors. Notably, they don’t cause persistent coughing, a very common side-effect of the ACE drugs
Pregnant women who use standard shampoo could be harming their unborn babies. Scientists have found that the chemical MIT (methylisothiazolinone), found in many popular shampoo brands, can affect the development of nerve cells. The researchers, from...
Regular cervical examinations of pregnant women is useless in detecting a premature birth, despite recommendations from US and French health experts that they can help. ...
Pregnant women who suffer early-morning sickness and nausea can be helped by taking B6, researchers have discovered. ...
Taking calcium supplements during pregnancy may reduce the risks of developing high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. ...
If specific restrictions are observed, acupuncture can be an ideal therapeutic tool during pregnancy, labour and after birth. ...
Neurological symptoms with FlagylA number of studies have shown peripheral neuropathy - nerve damage outside of the brain and spinal cord - to be among the more serious adverse effects of taking metronidazole. The symptoms include numbness...
