I recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on February 14, 2020. He is my second child, but this pregnancy and delivery were nothing like the first. Both my son and I almost died during the delivery, and physician negligence during the pregnancy could have left me paralyzed and without bladder and bowel control. […]
Pregnancy and postpartum memory problems are common complaints amongst new moms. Are they real? Some research says yes, other research says no.In graduate school I studied this issue and completed several studies on pregnancy and postpartum mood and memory changes. In one such study, I ran a full battery neuropsychological tests on a group (n […]
There is a growing body of evidence that indicates gluten could be behind a myriad of health issues, including infertility. However, we’re in the middle of a gluten-free craze. Even fast food restaurants are carrying gluten-free options. It’s big business, but like any fad there is backlash and finger pointing. There are meme’s aimed at […]
Hyperemesis gravidarum, more commonly known as severe morning sickness, is the type of intractable vomiting that lasts well beyond morning and well after the first trimester. It affects up to 2% percent of all pregnant women and often leads to serious maternal and fetal health complications, including mortality. Although many theories abound, hormone changes and […]
In the course of trying to figure out why I have certain symptoms normally associated with intersex conditions, but do not fit the criteria for any of the conventional genetic causes of intersex, I have stumbled across what appears to be a gigantic medical and pharmaceutical industry disaster that has been quietly unfolding ever since […]
DES is a synthetic estrogen-like compound developed in 1938 by English chemist Charles Dodd. German chemists under the employ of the Nazis were able to synthesize DES cheaply and easily from coal tar and used it to fatten livestock. There was a problem, however. The young boys who cared for the livestock, and thus were […]
Over the last several months, I have been exploring the origins of the pharmaceutical malfeasance. Thalidomide, the drug given to pregnant women to prevent morning sickness, stands as one example, in a long line of examples, of the complete lack of scruples associated with this industry. Here is a snippet of what I am working […]
Recently, I stumbled upon a 2006 editorial in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention circulating on social media. It introduced research linking infant leukemia to maternal pharmaceutical and environmental exposures. Digging deeper into the research highlighted by the editorial and the studies published subsequently over the last several years, led me to a very […]