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Post-natal infection costs mother legs, arm, sight | KOMO News...

Sep 24, 1:31pm    (2 reviews)  bizarre, medical  http://www.komonews.com/news/local/28125...

Unbelieveable horror for a young mother with severe infection that worsened in the hospital under treatment. Super drugs have bred super bugs that are resistant to antibiotics. Whoever has heard of pneumonia infection resulting in a triple amputation and blindness? Note the key sentence: "Doctors administered medication but it only made things worse."

http://www.thebigpushformidwives.org/pdf-bin/news.061608.pdf

Jun 17, 7:09am    (1 review)  human-rights, medical, midwifery, birth  http://www.thebigpushformidwives.org/pdf...

Maternity care is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States, so it's no suprise to see the AMA join the American college of Obstetricians and Gyneclogists in its ongoing fight to corner the market and ensure that the only midiwfes able to practice legally are hospital-based midwives forced to practice under physician control....

Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research

Jun 11, 12:34pm    (1 review)  medical  http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/index.html

We are all victims of fraud in medical research. This site is FULL of great articles on the absurdity and fraud in our medical system.

The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket - 2a

Jun 11, 12:23pm    (1 review)  medical  http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/rese...

the second page in this series. A must read for informed consumers.

The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket - 1a

Jun 11, 12:21pm    (1 review)  medical  http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/medi...

This article is EXCELLENT brief summary of way our health care costs and illnesses have skyrocketed because of our dependence upon pharmaceutical drugs, and the AMA's love affair with the drug companies. Adverse Drug Reactions, physicians creating disease conditions by the drugs they prescribe, etc. From the page: "As could be expected, one result of the vast over-consumption of drugs is the astronomical profits generated by the drug industry. Since the beginning of the sixties, drug industry profits (as a percentage of sales and company net worth) have surpassed all other manufacturing industries listed on the Stock Exchange. (20) Another result is the inevitable deterioration of public health. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 1.5 million Americans were hospitalised in 1978 as a consequence of taking drugs and some 30 per cent of all hospitalised people are further damaged by their treatments. Every year, an estimated 140,000 Americans are killed because of drug taking (21) and one in seven hospital beds is taken up by patients suffering from adverse drug reactions. (22)"

Vaccination Liberation Information

Jun 11, 12:12pm    (1 review)  human-rights, medical  http://www.vaclib.org/basic/massmind.htm

Excellent article on how groupthink or mass mind plays such a powerful part in our vaccination policies, and those who question it, even with truth, are considered dangerous... the right to NOT vaccinate is threatened by the big money pharma companies and the AMA. Not in the public's best interest, but in theirs?

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/321/7274/1454/c

May 24, 5:22pm    (1 review)  medical, midwifery, women-s-health  http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/f...

This is for the midwives and birth attendants of all types, about doing a speculum exam, bot you casual readers. Give up a piece of control and put your women in control of what goes into their bodies. Polite, respectful, and non abusive...

The Autism Epidemic

May 7, 5:57pm    (4 reviews)  medical, birth  http://www.autism-end-it-now.org/

From the page: "This story is basically very simple. Before birth, the placenta breathes for the child, feeds it and excretes for it. After birth, the child's lungs, gut and kidneys must take over these functions that are controlled by the child's brain. During birth, blood is transferred from the placenta to the child so that the lungs, gut, kidneys and brain can function well. Immediate Cord Clamping at birth (ICC) keeps this blood in the placenta. In adults, a stroke is caused by loss of blood flow to part of the brain. In the newborn, insufficient blood flow damages those parts of the brain that are actively growing. When a large amount of the child's blood is clamped in the placenta, blood flow in the brain is impaired and injury results. The basic injury is blood loss into the placenta. Birth brain injury is avoided by not clamping the umbilical cord and by allowing placental blood to flow into the child during and after birth. The child closes its own cord vessels naturally and perfectly, and at the correct time - when the right amount of blood has been transfused. Autism, Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy are preventable by normal "physiological" umbilical cord vessel closure."

Autism Today, latest news and resources for autism and autism related...

May 7, 12:17pm    (1 review)  medical, autism, birth  http://www.autismtoday.com/articles/ATTN...

From the page:The use of Pitocin to induce or augment labors and concomitant use of epidural anesthesia has been steadily climbing for the last 20 years - about the same period that the increase in autism has been reported. Estimates of the use of Pitocin in laboring women over the last 2 decades range from 12% to 60%. However, a 1992 survey by a medical anthropologist at the University of Texas found that 81% of women in US hospital receive Pitocin to either induce or augment labor. Epidural use is as high as 95% in many urban hospitals. When one factors in a Cesarean rate of 23% (acknowledging some overlap), the proportions of these facts is staggering as virtually 100% of medically-managed births are subjected to a high level of pharmaceutical interventions that have never been approved for use in fetuses. It certainly seems prudent to research the possible association with pharmaceutically-augmented labors in an attempt to discover the cause of the rising tide of autistic disorders. "An informal survey among the dozen or so community midwives practicing in our geographical area and spanning the last 20 years, failed to identify any babies born at home who have since been diagnosed with autistic disorders. Every year I attend a national midwifery conferences sponsored by MANA which includes an exchange between midwives of practice problems and unusual trends. Among the 400 or so community midwives (CNMs and direct-entry midwives), no cases of autism have been reported. "

TheBirthSurvey - Welcome

May 7, 10:45am    (1 review)  pregnancy, medical, birth  http://www.thebirthsurvey.com/

The Transparency in Maternity Care Project was started in February 2006 by the Grassroots Advocates Committee (GAC) of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) (www.motherfreindly.com), a volunteer group of leading maternity care providers, researchers, and organizations dedicated to ensuring public access to quality of care information specifically related to maternity care providers and institutions. CIMS believes that granting expectant parents access to information is a vital step in increasing transparency in maternity care. Now you can share your birth experience with other women in your community at www.thebirthsurvey.com. Help other women in your community find quality providers and birth settings that are compatible with their needs and philosophies. The Birth Survey at www.thebirthsurvey.com works by asking birthing women who have given birth in the US in the last three years to provide feedback about their doctor, midwife, and birth environment. Responses are made available online to other women in their community who are deciding where and with whom to birth. Paired with this consumer feedback data will be official statistics from Health Departments, this will be an invaluable tool to help women make truly informed choices in childbirth and help maternity care providers provide evidence-based care. Thank you for your interest in The Birth Survey. This survey is currently only available to women who gave birth in the 5 boroughs of New York City. In the summer of 2008 this survey will be available across the U.S. If you would like to be notified when this survey is available nationally, send an e-mail to thebirthsurvey@gmail.com and put in the subject line "add me to your mailing list." We will then add you to our announcement list and you will receive an e-mail when the survey is available nationally.