For Christians, Easter is a time of celebration. I always look forward to the church service on Easter Sunday because I know the pulpit will be filled with beautiful flowers, the hymns will have a festive tone and a huge brunch will …
Month: April 2011
Passover and PCOS – a Guide to Healthy Eating
by Corey Whelan
Tonight, Jewish families and their friends will be gathering around Passover seder tables, to tell the story of Moses and the exodus of the Jewish slaves from Egypt, centuries ago. Like most holidays, this one will …
Update on the Safe Chemicals Act – some good news from Capital Hill
by Kimberly Inez McGuire
A bit of good news for reproductive health today coming from Congress! Signaling their clear intention to protect families from toxic chemicals in everyday products, Senators Frank Lautenberg, Barbara Boxer, Amy …
Sugar And Fertility: What The Heck Do They Have In Common?
by Kavita Jhaveri-Patel
Calling all you soda, candy, doughnut, cookie loving people. I have a couple of questions for you.
When you are feeling hungry and/or tired and in need of an energy boost at 3 or 4 pm, what do you do? Do you …
How does Internet support help women with infertility? Drexel University researchers seek to find out in a new survey study
by Alexandra Nelson, M.S.
The Internet has emerged as an increasingly available and popular source of social interaction and support for women struggling to manage stress and concerns about their fertility. Online forums and message …
Surviving the Guilt of Infertility
By Iris Waichler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
In a blog I recently read the author described her “survivor’s guilt”. She experienced two pregnancy …
Protecting reproductive health from dangerous chemicals
by Corey Whelan
I was privileged to attend a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C. yesterday, specific to toxic chemical exposure and reproductive health. The briefing was coordinated through the Reproductive Health Technologies …
A world on fire.
by Corey Whelan
It feels like the whole world is on fire right now. Civil unrest and natural disasters have been nudging the stressometer up notch by notch in our collective unconsciousness for awhile now, I think. I remember …