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Use Caution with Benzocaine Products

The FDA has issued a warning that in rare cases, use of the pain-and-itch benzocaine sprays, gels and liquids can cause methemoglobinemia, a sometimes-fatal blood disorder. With summer on the way, along with sunburn, insect bites and rashes, it’s important to remember that most substances that go on the skin travel into the bloodstream, and [...]

Progesterone Gel Reduces Rate of Preterm Birth in at Risk Women

Why use pricey progesterone injections when you can use progesterone gel?
Pregnant women who can’t afford to spend $25,000 on progesterone injections to prevent preterm birth now have a good study done by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Columbia Laboratories showing that using progesterone gel reduced preterm birth in at risk women by [...]

Toxin Levels Drop Quickly when Eating Habits are Changed

Yes we can reduce our toxic burden, and in just 3 days! All it takes is naked food.
“My daughter is pregnant and she’s so worried about exposing her baby to hormone-disrupting chemicals, but what’s she supposed to do, they’re everywhere!” This is a commonly voiced frustration, especially among mothers and grandmothers, but there is good [...]