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We asked four women about to become first-time moms and taking prenatal classes at the Northeast Community Health Centre if they planned to have a drug-free delivery or have an epidural. And then, after they’d had their babies, we checked back to see what actually happened. Here’s what they said.
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Ma.Fe Jackson didn’t want to miss any part of the birthing experience, so she refused to have an epidural in hospital even when the pain was so intense she couldn’t speak. “Childbirth is very, very painful, but that’s normal and it’s only for a short time,” says the new mom who gave birth in February to first baby, Angelique.
Hospitals may be doing up to twice as many CT scans as they need to on children who hurt their heads, exposing children to potentially harmful radiation instead of just keeping a watchful eye on them, new research suggests. The study, based on more than 40,000 children in the U.S. found that waiting a period of time in the emergency room to allow a child’s symptoms to potentially improve before rushing to scan can reduce the use of head CTs by as much as half — without increasing the risk of missing something important.
In the United States, companies selling peanut butter are allowed to decide the size of the jar. In Canada, they’re not. And American shoppers can buy dairy products that tout certain health virtues of probiotics. Here, you can’t sell a product making the same ambitious claims.
Several years ago, Helen Griwkowsky sought a listing in the Yellow Pages as a registered massage therapist. She was horrified when she discovered her name listed under “escort services.”
Bruce Ward column: Trash talker survives coffee shop ‘horror’
One thing I can’t stand is losing my allotted legroom on a flight because the jerk in front of me cranks back his seat too far.
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Features
Wicked! Stepmothers in pop culture
Mentor, outsider, friend, aunt. These are some of the “roles” that can be taken on by stepmothers.
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Fashion
Photos: Australian Fashion Week S/S 2011/12 — Day 3
Images from the runway at Australian Fashion Week featuring Spring/Summer 2011/12 collections from Lisa...
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Tomato Bounce
Help the tomatoes escape the dreaded salad! Bounce them across the kitchen to the table.
Fashion & Beauty
Fashion find: Madonna's Met gala bracelet
Madonna added a bit of edge to her elegant look by accessorizing with a sparkling silver snake bracelet. We loved this wild addition to her ensemble so much, we had to find one for ourselves.
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Food
Rogue pine nuts can spoil your appetite for weeks
It's the sort of thing that could drive you crazy: Your tongue tastes like tin foil, or raw metal. Everything you eat tastes bitter.
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Parenting
A mother's masterpiece
New mother Gina Mertikas is following her own mom — well-known painter Katerina Mertikas — by putting paintbrush to canvas.
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Relationships
Spouses affect each other’s health dramatically, study finds
Spouses tend to share various symptoms and physical limitations and are influenced by each other’s health problems, according to a new study.
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"Home Alone" house for sale for $2.4 million
The stately Georgian home where actor Macaulay Culkin outwitted a pair of bumbling thieves in the 1990 hit film "Home Alone" is for sale for $2.4 million.
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