Can I get laser hair removal while pregnant? This is the question many expecting mothers are asking. The short answer is most doctors advise against laser hair removal during pregnancy. While it’s a popular and effective way to remove unwanted hair, there are several reasons why it’s not ideal for pregnant women. In this article … Read more
It’s that time of the month, and your period is a no-show — cue the panic and a mad dash to the nearest pharmacy for a pregnancy test. This is often the initial response, but before you jump to conclusions, it’s worth considering that there are plenty of reasons your period might be late that … Read more
Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields are currently engaging in a word war against each other because of a type of depression , called postpartum depression. Cruise’s and Brooke’s debacle started when Tom Cruise openly disapproved of Brooke Shield’s personal choice of opting to take prescribed medicines to cure her postpartum depression , when he was … Read more
The earlier a woman decides to have an abortion, the moreoptions there will be available to her. Two options, bothnon-surgical, are the Abortion Pill and the Aspiration Procedure.Both are natural and safe methods for ending pregnancy. These earlyoptions are completed within less than ten weeks of pregnancy. Itis recommended that pregnancies be terminated within the … Read more
Is the abortion pill safe enough for terminating pregnancy?Unplanned or unwanted pregnancies do happen and not every woman iscapable of seeing it to the last term or caring for the babyafterwards for a variety of reasons. Abortion pills under medicalsupervision are a comparatively safer way to end pregnancies and abetter option over surgical abortion, if … Read more
Women who are eight weeks pregnant (or less) can opt for medicalabortion if they don’t wish to continue with the pregnancy.Medical abortion is a type of early abortion; it is performed bythe administration of a combination of medications given to thepregnant woman, under the supervision of experienced physicians.During the initial visit to the office, patients … Read more
Pros and cons of both oral and vaginal abortion pillAmongst the many controversies surrounding the methods of doingabortion, another issue raises its head, that of the safer choiceof an abortion pill. Abortion pill can be administered in two ways,oral or/and vaginal and the debate here is of which is the saferoption.To understand the safety of … Read more
The Supreme Court of the US ruled 1979 that abortions may beconducted up until the time that a baby can live outside itsmother’s womb, which is estimated to be the twenty eighthweek of a pregnancy. This is the same ruling that gave “JaneRoe” the right to abortion. Since then, different states havetried to restrict abortions … Read more
Take an informed decision- know the side-effects of birthcontrol pillsThe invention of the birth control pill heralded a new era forwomen as now they could have a say in family planning or avoidunwanted pregnancies. It is the most widely accepted form of birthcontrol. The pill contains estrogen and progesterone to alter theprocess of ovulation by … Read more
In the past few years, The California Hospital and MedicalAssociations commissioned study on medical malpractice insurance.The study exposed disgusting results – that one out of everytwenty patients who sought treatment in hospitals were injuredbecause of medical mismanagement, and one out of every ten patientsdied as a result.Similar, a study conducted by a team from Harvard … Read more