This is the first time I was made to feel like Jews

 

As a Christian, I occasionally remind my Jewish friends that I owe my faith to them. Indian tradition maintains that a few years after Christ’s death, one of his apostles, Thomas (‘the Doubter’), sailed to Kerala to share the Good News with his co-religionists. Jews have lived in India for thousands of years, perhaps arriving [...]

Multiple joys: Three gynecologists — and moms — are personal experts on twins and triplets

Talk about multitasking. Of the eight female obstetrician-gynecologists who deliver babies at Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, California, three are the mothers of multiples.
 
Dr. Amy Riley’s triplets, Julia, Vivian and Alec are now four years old. Dr. Anna Almonte’s twin daughters, Katherine and Elizabeth, are 6. And Dr. Jackie Ho gave birth to the [...]

Allergy shots, Immunotherapy and Pregnancy

 
Immunotherapy is like a vaccination against your allergies. Vaccine shots are to prevent infections; immunotherapy shots are to prevent allergies. However, the two work in opposite ways. Vaccinations prime the immune system to help the body react swiftly if the disease is encountered again, whereas immunotherapy dulls the reaction to allergens.
In the long term, allergy [...]

Shame on Us!

Vote out this incompetent weak, government and speak out against these impotent corrupt politicians!
Vote for zero tolerance against Pakistan and any other hostile neighbour.
Stop this drama of Indo-Pak friendship tours/talks.. anything…boycott everything Pakistani….hurt their economy so their bankrupt government does not sponsor ISI/terrorism.
Look at Israel… 4 million citizens with 40 million [...]

Couple Celebrate Their Miracle Baby

A mother has become the first in Britain to have a successful pregnancy after receiving a double organ transplant.
Emma Smith, 37, from Little Wymondley gave birth to healthy 6lb baby Oliver at the end of last month despite having a donor pancreas and kidney. 
It is extremely rare because anti-rejection drugs, which must be taken for [...]

Bariatric Surgery Before Pregnancy Benefits Moms, Babies

Women who get pregnant after having weight-loss surgery have a lower risk of maternal and newborn complications than pregnant women who are obese, according to U.S. researchers who analyzed 75 studies.
Data from those studies showed that bariatric surgery in the United States increased by 800 percent between 1998 and 2005 (from 12,480 to 113,500). Women [...]

God’s Smile From The Skies

Fat mums 43 per cent more likely to miscarry

Overweight women are at greater risk of miscarrying a genetically normal
baby in the early stages of pregnancy than women who maintain a healthy
weight, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University
School of Medicine in California, US. The researchers, presenting at the
annual American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) conference,
suggested that this indicates that [...]

Vitrified Embryos Seem To Produce Healthier IVF Babies

Three new studies have provided further evidence that vitrified embryos may be better than fresh for IVF. The studies were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in San Francisco, US, last week. The studies indicate that using vitrified embryos rather than fresh embryos reduces the risk of stillbirth and premature delivery. The technique allows more embryos to [...]

Baby after whole ovary transplant

A 39-year old woman has become the first to give birth following a whole
ovary transplant. Susanne Butscher received an intact ovary from her fertile
twin sister last year, during a landmark operation carried out by Dr Sherman
Silber of the Infertility Centre of St Louis, Missouri US. Mrs Butscher
became infertile after her ovaries failed at the age [...]