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When it comes to controlling pain, positive thinking can be as powerful as a shot of morphine, according to new brain imaging research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Lowering participants' expectations about pain levels reduced both pain-related brain activity and how much pain they felt. Read More »

Acupuncture Study Reveals Link Between Pain And Expectancy

Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better. Read More »

"270 days? I thought pregnancies average 280 days?"

40 weeks does equal 280 days, but fertilization occurs 14 days after the last period (in a 28 day menstrual cycle). Thus, the typical duration of a human pregnancy is 280-14 = 266 days. We rounded up to 270, which is the number often used in pregnancy calculations. Babies born before Day 270 are termed premature.

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The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.

- Jill Churchill

Topic: Discrimination

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Lack Of Maternity Leave And Workplace Discrimination Bad For Pregnant Women's Psychological Health
posted on 11/12/07 by

Lack of access to maternity leave and workplace discrimination is contributing to poor mental health in pregnant women according to a new study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by Wiley-Blackwell. [click link for full article]

Clinton Releases Plan To Expand Paid Family Leave, Address Workplace Discrimination Against Pregnant Women
posted on 10/18/07 by Medical News Today

Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), who his running for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Tuesday at a forum hosted by the Young Women's Christian Association in Manchester, N.H. [click link for full article]

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Comments On Lawsuit Against Bloomberg L.P. Over Pregnancy Discrimination, Clarifies Involvement With Company
posted on 10/10/07 by Medical News Today

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday was "dismissive" of a lawsuit filed last week against Bloomberg L.P. -- the financial and media company he founded -- that said the company discriminated against three female employees after they became pregnant and took maternity leave, the [click link for full article]

EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Bloomberg L.P. Over Maternity Leave Discrimination
posted on 10/02/07 by Medical News Today

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday in a U.S. District Court in New York City filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P. -- the financial and media company founded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- saying the company discriminated against three female employees after they became pregnant and took maternity leave, the [click link for full article]

Pregnant? maybe you should get plastic surgery for that unsightly belly fat
posted on 09/28/07 by Medworm

From the “WTF is Wrong With People?!?” files:The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Pittsburgh-area plastic surgery firm (Premier Plastic Surgery) for discrimination on behalf of Erin Griggle, who reportedly was fired two weeks after telling her employers she was pregnant, and was told to suck in her belly to avoid upsetting the patients. Right, because plastic surgery patients are so stupid that they can’t recognize pregnancy, and pregnancy-bas

Lawsuits increase over care-giving obligations
posted on 07/29/07 by Family Life

A story on The New York Times Web site explains that lawsuits claiming workplace discrimination because of family care-giving obligations are on the rise. It tells of a Maryland woman who went on leave when she went into premature labor....

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