Diet and Nutrition. Natural Health, and Healthy Living

About one in five babies are now delivered in this manner. There are obvious situations where a Caesarean section is the only choice for the obstetrician. These include a baby that is presenting side on instead of head first, a placenta that is over the birth canal, a severely ill mother, a distressed infant that may not survive the rigours of the passage through the birth canal, and the woman who has been labouring for many hours with no success. Caesarean sections may also be performed if the mother has had a previous operative birth, if she is very small, if previous children have had birth injuries or required forceps delivery, for a baby presenting bottom first, if the baby is very premature or delicate, in multiple pregnancies where the two or more babies may become entangled and a host of other combinations and permutations of circumstances that cannot be imagined in advance. The decision to undertake the operation is often difficult, but it will always have to be up to the judgment and clinical acumen of the obstetrician, in consultation with the mother if possible, to make the final decision.

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Great to see that we have received so many comments from our first post.

I can see from your comments that you feel medical marijuana should be legalized. The reason being that marijuana can help people with many different illnesses and medical conditions.

Why do you think most countries governments don't legalize medical marijuana?
Considering marijuana is considered by many to be a light drug, which does less damage than alcohol.
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CALPIRG released a new analysis today examining drug companies’ self-imposed limits on their marketing to doctors – efforts that include lavish wining-and-dining and thousands of dollars worth of gifts. The report, Playing By Their Own Rules: An Analysis of Drug Company Gifts to Doctors, finds that these limits are riddled with exceptions, and that some companies have evaded even the least restrictive limits on their marketing. “Patients (more...)

Thought this might be of interest to you; one of the top health columnist / bloggers wrote about the new cannabis study suggesting that a particular compound may be effective at taming metastasizing breast cancer cells with low toxicity.

Please read this breast cancer blog post.

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Other names :
Carcinoma of the cervix

Introduction :
Cancer of the cervix, which is where the womb (uterus) opens into the vagina.

Cause :
Cancer of the cervix is more common in women who have multiple sexual partners, and much more common in women who have been infected with the human pappiloma virus, which causes genital warts. It is very rare in women who are virgins.

Incidence :
One of the more common forms of female cancer.

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What is Hyperacidity?

The human stomach contains gastric glands which are responsible for the proper digestion of food in it. Gastric glands achieve the digestion by secreting various acids, the chief of which is the hydrochloric acid. These acids are aided by various enzymes of the stomach in bringing about digestion. The level of acids in the human stomach is generally controlled; but for some reason if the level of acids increases beyond the normal levels, then the condition is known as Hyperacidity.

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According to statistics reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost one in three Americans will develop shingles (herpes zoster) during their lifetime.  The disease is particularly dangerous to people over age 60 and those who are immunocompromised.  Fortunately, there is a way to reduce the risk of developing shingles and the long-term pain that often follows an outbreak of the disease.

Shingles is a disease that causes a painful skin rash. In addition, shingles can lead to severe pain lasting for months or even years -- a condition known as post-herpetic neuralgia.  Shingles can lead to other serious complications as well:  eye problems (when shingles affects the eye), pneumonia, hearing problems, blindness and brain inflammation (encephalitis) are some of those complications. In rare cases, shingles can lead to death.

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Since we launched Lumosity last year, we’ve heard lots of feedback from users saying you love the brain games, and the feeling of getting smarter and seeing your improvement. One thing many of you have requested is more exercises and games. Well, we’ve just raised $3 million from 2 top venture capital firms, as well as some really smart individual investors, in order to keep improving Lumosity so it’s always the best site for brain training.

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