There may come a time during your pregnancy when you’re feeling under the weather and aren't sure if you can take your regular over-the-counter (OTC) medication. Some medications are safe to take during pregnancy. But others are not, or their effects on your baby may not be known. Wh...
Table 1: Selected Drugs Reported as Safe During Breastfeeding in Normal DosesDrug or ClassBrand or Generic NameNotes acetaminophen Tylenol OTC; used for pain/fever/headache; amounts in milk are much less than doses usually given to infants. Adverse effects in breastfed infants appear to be ...
For pregnant women who have severesleep disordersor other medical conditions that cause sleeping problems, a doctor may recommend medication to help you sleepwhile pregnant. Never take any medication, even over-the-counter (OTC) medicines or supplements, during pregnancy without first talking to y...
Traditional Chinese medicine may have a longstanding history, but that doesn’t mean all methods are safe and without risk or that all people offering traditional Chinese medicine are qualified to do so. For example, while herbs may be used effectively to treat certain ailments, these remedies ma...
release of endorphins, the body's natural pain killers. They'll take pictures of more active areas of the brain during an acupuncture treatment, they'll chemically block certain pain relieving tracts in the spinal cord or on a cell's surface to see if that affects the acupuncture treatment....
be used to evaluate potential pregnancy risks of the used medicinals. Through an analysis of the extracted safety data on humans and comparison with the experimental data of the animal studies, this paper tries to add to the discussion on the safety of Chinese medicines during pregnancy. ...
In conclusion, our findings substantially add to the growing body of evidence suggesting that AI-supported mammography screening is feasible and safe and can reduce workload. Our study also demonstrates that integrating AI into the screening workflow can improve the BCDR with a similar or even lowe...
And what do they know of the “greatness” that can be imputed to nation-states? Is it simply a matter of sending away immigrants, refugees, and victims of persecution seeking safe haven? What prototypes of greatness do they have in mind? Ancient Egypt? Imperial Rome? Napoleonic France? Bis...
Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study, screening for medication abortion eligibility by history alone was effective and safe with either in-person dispensing or mailing of medications, resulting in outcomes similar to published rates of models involving ultrasonography or pelvic examination. This...
motivations for a woman’s use of CAM therapies in pregnancy which include: the belief that these therapies provided safe alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs, an appreciation of a holistic potential afforded by these therapies and a desire to have control and satisfaction in their pregnancy ...