Archive for May, 2010

Triage queen

First shift back after going to the conference, then subsequently being sick for too many days, and what happens? We’re slammed on L&D. Completely, utterly full. I’m triage queen for the shift. No dinner break, but I did manage to get in a quick pee break. I must have triaged at least eight women tonight. [...]

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Posts from the Medical Library Association 2010 Conference

I served as an official blogger again this year for the Medical Library Association annual conference (in Washington, DC – in addition to doing two presentations myself!). Here’s a list of the posts I’ve done, which generally include some good online resources related to the topics at hand. Various posts may be of interest to [...]

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I Need Trouble

Before everyone starts thinking I’m a crazy endorphin loving hellion let you say this- my dog’s name is Trouble. She is a four year old bulldog who snores like a busted chainsaw and I absolutely adore her. Women (or at least the crowd I hang around) have a natural, wonderful ability to nurture and love. [...]

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LED Lights and Lawn Questions

By Jeff Benjamin BLC Recommendation: LED lights for new systems or replace your old lights with LED LED light uses 75 to 85 less wattage Now available in warm white A LED system uses smaller wire and transformer 15 year warranty this means no replacing bulbs every year LED lights can replace existing incandescent fixtures [...]

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Full Commentary

In 2009, the story about a California woman who gave birth to octuplets generated intense media coverage.

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Medieval Times

Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy loves everything Medieval. Please note, however, that I have never participated in a Medieval Times or a Renaissance Fair! This probably has something to do with the fact that during high school and right before college, I spent a year a half living in an Italian city that was really well known [...]

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Céline Dion expecting twins – Montreal Gazette

ReutersCline Dion expecting twinsMontreal Gazette… a healthy pregnancy, he told People, the US celebrity magazine that has been one of the most ardent chroniclers of Dion and Anglil’s fertility woes. …Cline Dion Is Pregnant with Twins on sixth in-vitro fertilization tryHot Momma Celebrity Gossip blogCeline Dion Pregnant with Twins at 42!Gather.comCELINE DION 3 12 MONTHS [...]

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Health Tip: When Your Blood Clots Excessively

Dangerous consequences may include heart attack, stroke or a lung clot

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Sideways.

A little glimpse of what went on while Jason and I were at the hotel after the wedding:I really wasn’t nervous about the wedding. Just about Addy. Because that weekend we took what little fragments of her “daily routine” that she’s managed to get used to and threw them out the window, stomped on them, [...]

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10 Best Posts on TheGloss This Week

Here are 10 of our favorite posts in no particular order that graced TheGloss, our sister site, this week: 1. Gallery: The World’s Ugliest Swimsuits Just In Time for Memorial Day 2. What’s Your Marital Status? Tell the World With a T-Shirt 3. Forget the Cougar. Meet the Calico. 4. 10 Heartbreakingly Beautiful Things … [...]

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Secret Role of the Adrenal Glands in Menopause

When a woman reaches that time in her life where the hormones in her body are decreasing, it is sure that menopause symptoms are sure to follow. Although many women may not know what it is, the adrenal glands play a very important role in this part of a woman’s life.

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Unexplained Infertility IVF Success Rates

Being faced with the gut wrenching diagnosis of unexplained infertility can be disheartening and frustrating for many couples on the quest to conceive a baby. The journey to parenthood for some happens naturally with no detectable problems and almost with no effort, for others the situation is not that easy. Unexplained infertility is not a [...]

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Planning the Perfect Hen Party

Forget the feather boas, home made t-shirts and flashing devil horns! Modern hen parties are taking an elegant twist for brides to be and their friends.

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This Book Just Bought Someone a Book

Did you know this post just bought someone a book? You probably do because that’s the title of the post, so I sort of ruined the surprise. But do you want to know how it bought someone a book? BlogHer is pairing with Bookrenter to donate up to 1000 books to Head Start. Head over [...]

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Girls on scooters ride 2010kms for charity

Linlee Solms and four other female scooter enthusiasts recently rode 125cc Jonway scooters from Cape Town to Durban, for Babies behind Bars and The Trail of Hope Foundation…..

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Lotions to Make Breast Bigger

Herbal lotions to make breast bigger are now available for individuals who want to augment their breast size. Breasts implant is somehow not for everyone.

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Perfect Moment Monday: Stubborn gets a new name

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate …

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Reasons Your Infant Is Crying

Soothe Crying Baby Your infant is healthful and satisfied. You make just about every effort to continue to keep your newborn balanced and pleased. Then why may perhaps be the little one still crying? This really is normal and you shouldnt worry. Here are some things that might cause your child to cry and approaches [...]

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Doing Your Job Well

If you have decided to work through your pregnancy you will have to organize your day a bit differently. Pregnancy brings with it its own share of discomforts which vary in all women. If you are lucky you may not experience nausea and tiredness. But if you do you have to sort out your day [...]

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AUA: Pelvic Radiation Boosts Hip Fracture Risk in Men (CME/CE)

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for prostate cancer increased the risk of hip fracture by almost 70% compared with radical prostatectomy, according to a study reported here.

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Obesity and Menopause

Weight gain during menopause is a natural process of aging. Do not take for granted the additional pounds you will gain each year, especially when you are in the “mid-life” stage of life because excessive weight gain may lead to obesity.

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Céline Dion Is Pregnant with Twins on sixth in-vitro fertilization try – Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip (blog)

Us MagazineCline Dion Is Pregnant with Twins on sixth in-vitro fertilization tryHot Momma Celebrity Gossip blogBut Celine, 42, and her husband, music executive, Ren Anglil, 67, have kept trying visiting a fertility clinic at New York-Presbyterian Hospital as she …CELINE DION 3 12 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH TWINSLas Vegas Review – JournalCeline Dion pregnant with IVF [...]

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Pregnant at 47: Can I do that? – CNN

Sydney Morning HeraldPregnant at 47: Can I do that?CNN”Most women can get pregnant with donor eggs,” said Kreiner, the medical director of East Coast Fertility in Plainview, New York. …John Travolta and Kelly Preston to Have Twins?TPI News blogAre John Travolta and Kelly Preston Having a Replacement Child?Babble Magazine blogall 209 news articles

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Children–a Verbal Tantrum

A bunch of posts on the topic of kids and their place in society have come out in the past week, jumping off of a series of newspaper articles. At first, I didn’t think I wanted to write about it, but I realized that I was still thinking about it hours after reading each post [...]

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Flattering Plus Size Curves

In many western countries the percentage of plus size women is steadily growing. In the USA over 50 of women are a plus size. This has seen the explosion in plus size fashion, but unfortunately many of the designs are downright frumpy.

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