An international team led by Duke-NUS Medical School has found a potential link between autistic-like behaviour in adult mice and exposure to a common antidepressant in the womb. They also identified a treatment that helped improve memory loss and social interactions, according to the new…
By Elias Marat Facebook has found itself in the grips of yet another scandal brewing around the globe, this time involving extremely personal information. It was revealed last week that the social media giant has been collecting vast amounts of personal data through about 11…
By Jon Rappoport A book by the great researcher Jim West Every time Jim West (also here) releases a new finding, it is a revelation. Some years ago, I wrote this about Jim: I always find it riveting to come across an independent investigator who…
By Mae Chan Scientists at UC San Francisco have found a way to screen people’s blood for hundreds of chemicals at once, a method that will improve our ability to better assess chemical exposures in pregnant women, and to identify those exposures that may pose…
BY ANH-USA The data say yes: yet the FDA might approve the vaccine for adults. Action Alert! A new study shows that women aged 25-29 who received the HPV vaccine have a lower probability of becoming pregnant. This is just the latest in a stream of evidence that points…
By Catherine J. Frompovich “More women in the U.S. die from complications related to pregnancy than in any other developed country. To address this alarming fact, the Preeclampsia Foundation has launched a grassroots campaign to secure support for bipartisan legislation titled the Preventing Maternal Deaths…
By Matt Agorist At the request of an Oklahoma court, a mother of seven has been sterilized as part of a judge’s order, setting a damning precedent in the process. Summer Thyme Creel, 34, had the procedure in November after the judge wrote he could…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Something very strange has happened since I studied health, nutrition and holistic health sciences and matriculated in prenatal and infant nutrition. Back then, pregnant mothers were advised to take no medications, not even an aspirin! All medications were to be carefully…
By John Vibes Nearly 1,000 pregnant women were given radioactive iron by their doctors without their knowledge, as part of a series of experiments for the US military during the Cold War. Between the years of 1945 and 1947, researchers at Vanderbilt University conducted a twisted…
Whether you’re at pregnancy week 10 or much further along, you might find yourself suffering from pregnancy-related constipation. What causes it? What can you do to stop it? Read on for key facts about constipation during pregnancy, plus some surprisingly simple ways to get things…
By The World Mercury Project Team Download and print our flu vaccine brochure. Share with your family, friends, doctors and community leaders. Visit our flu vaccine web page. It’s full of flu facts to help you make informed decisions about your family’s healthcare. You want to…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) An extensive study of over 800,000 children from 1996 to 2010 just proved the link between SSRI antidepressant use during pregnancy, and childhood language disorders. Furthermore, a Canadian study from the University of Montreal found the connection between maternal antidepressant…
By Catherine J Frompovich Pregnancy is that magical time after love-making when a real living, breathing human who, in turn, will pass on his or her genetic material that he or she has inherited from those who contributed their DNA/RNA from unknown generations of the…
By Andrew Emett According to a report published Monday in Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, pregnant women taking antidepressants, particularly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) including Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil, have an increased chance of giving birth to children diagnosed with autism. New…
By Dave Mihalovic The rush to vaccinate pregnant mothers is on and from commercials, to TV shows and bill boards, you can’t miss the propaganda–it’s everywhere. Not only does the CDC admit flu shots don’t work, but there is absolutely no evidence that any influenza…
It might not be obvious on the scales, but healthy eating and increased physical activity from walking during pregnancy is directly associated with a range of improved outcomes at birth, according to researchers from the University of Adelaide. Results of the world’s biggest study of…
Women with a vitamin D deficiency were nearly half as likely to conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as women who had sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Long…
In some women abnormally high levels of a common and pervasive chemical may lead to adverse effects in their offspring. The study, published recently in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, is the first of its kind to shed light on the possible harmful…
Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were applied experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delay, a study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute has found….
A new study from researchers at Drexel University adds evidence that using common antidepressant medications during pregnancy may contribute to a higher risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children, although this risk is still very small. Results from past studies of prenatal use of…
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