I bore the agony of my knowledge nobly, channeling my dignity into my solemn reading of Luke 2: 1-20. Still, every year in early December I would feel a twinge of hope that maybe this was the year that Lisa K. would get the white robe—I mean, shedidknow how toread—and I’d ...
1. The FDA does NOT regulate the practice of medicine. So, just because the FDA does not “approve” something, does not mean it hasn’t been proven to be safe and effective. For example, re-setting and casting a fractured arm is NOT FDA approved. Why? Because it falls into the prac...
The main function of the endometrium is to allow the implantation of the embryo, that is, the union in the uterus so that the placenta, the gestational sac, and, finally, the umbilical cord through which the fetus will be connected to the mother can begin to develop. In the words of Dr...
My baby is now just over two weeks old and most certainly does not have DS. After delivery I did overhear my midwife mention to a nurse that my placenta was to be tested given the NIPS result. I would assume they want to see if placental mosaicism was the cause of the Panorama result...
Because organic agriculture proclaims to sustain the health of soils, ecosystems and people [19], it has much in common with Agroecology; this doesn’t mean that Agroecology is the same as organic agriculture or that Agroecology sees organic farming as the right way of farming, though. Also, ...
But now, the reach of the colonial apocalypse is everywhere: in the water we drink, in the blood coursing through our veins, in the placentas feeding our unborn children. As Métis environmental scientist Max Liboiron has deftly argued, pollution is colonialism [20]. To be clear, the ...