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The trio of herbicides which are poisoning us, our food and our environment Published September 20 2012	Concepts: Roundup, Atrazine, 5, natural, NaturalNews
Deadly thalidomide STILL being used as chemo drug despite deformed babies and horrific birth defects Published September 10 2012	Concepts: thalidomide, drug, deformed babies, birth, Nazi
The need for maternity healthcare reform worldwide Published August 30 2012	Concepts: birth, reform, maternity, healthcare, health
The deadly effects of synthetic vitamin K Published August 27 2012	Concepts: vitamin K, natural, newborns, injections, birth
Why you must take a Vitamin B-complex if on birth control Published July 26 2012	Concepts: birth, supplement, pill, birth control, body
Exposure to solvent chemicals in the workplace increases birth defect risk in children Published July 25 2012	Concepts: exposure, birth, birth defects, chemicals, risk
Common childbirth procedures are NOT supported by scientific evidence Published July 12 2012	Concepts: scientific, procedures, risk, childbirth, baby
Pregnant? How to avoid hospital Hep B vaccine woes Published June 28 2012	Concepts: vaccine, hospital, legal, rights, avoid
The Hospital Birth - Why most women are putting themselves at risk Published June 24 2012	Concepts: birth, hospital, women, risk, labor
Epidurals - How much do they really help? Published June 23 2012	Concepts: epidurals, birth, labor, baby, childbirth
The medicalization of childbirth Published June 22 2012	Concepts: medicalization, birth, baby, medical, eye
Birth defects - could Epilim be the new Thalidomide? Published May 22 2012	Concepts: birth defects, drug, Epilim, birth, thalidomide
Birth defects are one-third more likely in babies conceived with IVF, according to studies Published April 25 2012	Concepts: IVF, babies, birth, birth defects, risk
How to get through natural childbirth free of pain medication Published April 19 2012	Concepts: birth, pain, natural, childbirth, medication
Farmers sue Big Tobacco, Monsanto for knowingly poisoning them with deadly pesticides that cause birth defects Published April 17 2012	Concepts: tobacco, Monsanto, farmers, farm, pesticides
Journal of Medical Ethics suggests parents should have right to murder their newborn babies, claiming it is same as abortion Published April 12 2012	Concepts: abortion, newborn babies, ethics, murder, SAMe
Officials blame 'mystery virus' for widespread deaths of thousands of cattle Published March 29 2012	Concepts: virus, deaths, birth, farms, Germany
When do we get to euthanize the medical ethicists who say murdering newborn babies is good for society? Published March 2 2012	Concepts: babies, murder, medical, WHO, newborn babies
Detroit newspaper calls for birth control sterilants to be added to public water supply, reports Aaron Dykes Published February 15 2012	Concepts: detroit, water, birth control, water supply, birth
CNN Hero of the Year 'Mother Robin' warns that GMOs may cause widespread umbilical cord deformities Published February 14 2012	Concepts: GMOs, GMO, CNN, birth, babies
Home births have increased by nearly 30 percent since 2004 Published February 1 2012	Concepts: birth, home, home births, women, babies
Reuters promotes eugenics with 'abortion is safer than giving birth' headline Published January 24 2012	Concepts: abortion, eugenics, birth, childbirth, 2012
Cigarette tobacco leaves are genetically engineered to produce pesticides Published January 22 2012	Concepts: tobacco, genetically engineered, Roundup, tobacco leaves, cigarettes
SSRI horrors grow: women who take popular antidepressants risk babies with severe high blood pressure Published January 12 2012	Concepts: SSRI, risk, antidepressants, women, SSRIs
FDA revokes voting rights from key advisory panel member who publicly opposes Bayer birth control drugs Published December 20 2011	Concepts: FDA, advisory panel, Bayer, birth, drug
FDA: Birth control drugs linked to 150 percent increased risk of deadly blood clots Published November 7 2011	Concepts: drugs, drug, birth control, blood, birth
BPA exposure before birth linked to breast cancer Published October 5 2011	Concepts: BPA, exposure, cancer, DES, birth
Monsanto is secretly poisoning the population with Roundup Published October 4 2011	Concepts: Roundup, soy, men, Monsanto, GM soy
Pregnant women now being dosed with toxic chemotherapy drugs Published August 24 2011	Concepts: chemotherapy, cancer, women, pregnancy, pregnant women
Pregnant Women and Strokes Published August 23 2011	Concepts: magnesium, men, stroke, women, pregnancy
Babies forced onto formula feeding because of IV fluids given to their mothers Published August 15 2011	Concepts: babies, weight, IV fluids, birth, weight loss
Pitocin induced labor doubles the risk of ADHD Published August 8 2011	Concepts: labor, risk, pitocin, adhd, baby
Monsanto's Roundup linked to deadly diseases and birth defects, most people have no idea Published July 7 2011	Concepts: Roundup, birth defects, birth, people, crops
Chimpanzees found to give birth in much the same way as humans Published June 10 2011	Concepts: birth, chimpanzees, SAMe, human, news
New report: Regulators knew Roundup caused birth defects Published June 9 2011	Concepts: Roundup, birth, regulators, birth defects, glyphosate
Home births up 20 percent as more Americans prefer natural child birth Published May 24 2011	Concepts: home, birth, home births, natural, child
Hong Kong officials now administering birth control to wild monkeys Published May 11 2011	Concepts: birth control, birth, monkeys, population, news
How a birth doula provides help and support during labor Published May 2 2011	Concepts: doula, birth, support, labor, reduction
Natural progesterone helps reduce premature births by half, study finds Published April 29 2011	Concepts: progesterone, study, natural, premature births, women
Obama birth certificate is just as authentic as the money supply, the food supply and Obamacare Published April 28 2011	Concepts: birth certificate, birth, Obama, WHO, food
GMO pesticides linked to birth defects, disruption of male hormones, cancer Published April 27 2011	Concepts: birth defects, pesticides, hormones, birth, GMO
Epilepsy, migraine drug linked to 2000 percent increase in birth defects Published March 15 2011	Concepts: drug, birth, migraine, Topamax, increase
Take vitamin D during pregnancy for your baby Published February 16 2011	Concepts: Vitamin D, pregnancy, baby, 5, child
Midwife organization head says establishment conspiring against home births Published January 4 2011	Concepts: home, birth, midwives, home births, women
C-section birth rate skyrockets in USA as mothers surrender to convenience of doctors Published December 17 2010	Concepts: C-section, birth, women, USA, doctors
Principle of astrology proven to be scientific: planetary position imprints biological clocks of mammals Published December 11 2010	Concepts: astrology, scientific, moon, earth, science
Why pregnant women should avoid diet sodas Published December 3 2010	Concepts: women, pregnant women, diet, avoid, birth
Birth Interventions Impair the Ability of a Baby to Breastfeed Published November 15 2010	Concepts: baby, birth, breastfeeding, milk, pain
New research: traditional deliveries for breech babies often safer than C-sections Published November 13 2010	Concepts: babies, breech babies, C-section, C-sections, birth
Aspartame causes premature births Published November 2 2010	Concepts: aspartame, birth, causes, sweetener, diet
Alternative birthing centers reduce drug use, promote more natural births Published October 31 2010	Concepts: alternative, natural, birth, drug, drug use
Mother's diet raises risk of birth defects Published October 29 2010	Concepts: diet, risk, birth, heart, fat
Inexpensive dietary supplement helps to prevent birth defects Published October 25 2010	Concepts: inositol, supplement, birth, dietary supplement, dietary
Monsanto Roundup Linked to Birth Defects in New Study Published October 19 2010	Concepts: Monsanto, birth defects, Roundup, birth, GMO
Home Births and Midwives are a Growing Trend Published September 23 2010	Concepts: birth, midwives, home births, home, natural
NY midwives lose right to deliver babies Published September 21 2010	Concepts: midwives, birth, home, New York City, hospital
Why all pregnant women should take 4000 IU of vitamin D a day Published September 13 2010	Concepts: Vitamin D, pregnant women, research, birth, researchers
Diet Soda Found to Cause Premature Birth, Study Says Published August 30 2010	Concepts: premature birth, study, soda, women, sweetener
Choline Deficiency during Pregnancy may lead to Birth Defects Published August 18 2010	Concepts: choline, men, birth defects, pregnancy, lead
Know the Disadvantages of Elective Cesarean Section Deliveries Published August 17 2010	Concepts: C-section, risk, cesarean section, birth, women
Diet Soda Linked to Premature Birth Published July 27 2010	Concepts: soda, diet, diet soda, men, natural
Natural Birth Control Methods to Use Instead of the Contraceptive Pill Published July 25 2010	Concepts: natural, methods, birth, birth control, method
Lack of sunlight exposure causes mothers to give birth to babies with multiple sclerosis Published July 16 2010	Concepts: sunlight, mothers, sunlight exposure, birth, babies
Natural Birth Control: Use Hot Water and Papaya Seeds Published July 3 2010	Concepts: papaya, seeds, birth, water, hot water
Anti-seizure drug linked to birth defects Published June 19 2010	Concepts: birth, women, drug, birth defects, drugs
Reproduction industry risks: infertility treatments increase risk of stillbirths Published March 26 2010	Concepts: risk, women, infertility, WHO, IVF
Atrazine pesticide causes birth defects Published March 26 2010	Concepts: Atrazine, birth, causes, birth defects, pesticide
Antibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of Birth Defects Published March 23 2010	Concepts: birth, risk, antibiotics, birth defects, women
Antidepressants During Pregnancy Cause Premature Birth Published March 5 2010	Concepts: pregnancy, WHO, women, SSRI, antidepressants
Cold Case Files - Paxil Birth Defects Published March 4 2010	Concepts: report, Paxil, birth, study, drug
Glaxo Birth Defect Litigation Reveals Paxil Promoters on Speed Dial Published March 3 2010	Concepts: doctor, Glaxo, Paxil, women, drug
Paxil Birth Defect Trial: Battle of the Experts Published March 2 2010	Concepts: Paxil, studies, birth, Glaxo, study
Serious birth defects linked to the agricultural chemical atrazine Published February 22 2010	Concepts: chemical, birth defects, birth, Atrazine, babies
Paxil Birth Defect Litigation - First Trial A Bust for Glaxo Published February 17 2010	Concepts: Paxil, birth, 5, drug, studies
Vitamin D Cuts Premature Birth Risk Published February 8 2010	Concepts: Vitamin D, premature birth, cuts, women, study
Birth Drugs Impair Breastfeeding Published January 24 2010	Concepts: drugs, birth, breastfeeding, women, birth drugs
Have a Kid and Lower Your Blood Pressure Published January 22 2010	Concepts: blood, blood pressure, birth, health, children
Medications that block folic acid during pregnancy can cause birth defects Published November 19 2009	Concepts: acid, folic acid, birth, medications, pregnancy
GM Soy Herbicide Linked to Birth Defects Published October 13 2009	Concepts: herbicide, soy, birth, GM soy, research
Home Births Proven as Safe as Hospital Births Published September 30 2009	Concepts: home, hospital, birth, safe, home births
Home Births with Midwife Safe As Hospital for Babies, Fewer Infections and Less Bleeding for Moms Published September 9 2009	Concepts: home, birth, home births, safe, hospital
The Mothers Act Disease Mongering Campaign - Part V Published August 28 2009	Concepts: men, risk, women, WHO, drug
The Mothers Act Disease Mongering Campaign - Part IV Published August 27 2009	Concepts: men, depression, drug, disease, website
Weaponized Food and Medicine is Bad for Your Health (Opinion) Published August 25 2009	Concepts: food, man, population, men, vaccine
Phthalates Danger: Chemicals in Plastics Put Unborn Babies At Risk Published August 10 2009	Concepts: phthalates, chemicals, babies, birth, plastics
The Mothers Act Disease Mongering Campaign - Part III Published July 31 2009	Concepts: men, depression, disorder, disease, mothers
Newborn Procedures: Make an Informed Choice about the Vitamin K Injection Published July 17 2009	Concepts: vitamin K, baby, birth, milk, babies
Prenatal Vitamins Prevent Hydrocephalus - A Common Baby Brain Birth Defect Published June 21 2009	Concepts: brain, birth, vitamins, prenatal vitamins, baby
Vision of Birth: Factors to Consider before Delivering Your Baby Published June 2 2009	Concepts: birth, baby, vision, hospital, home
Toxic Waste Causes Thalidomide-like Birth Defects Published April 28 2009	Concepts: birth, toxic, waste, toxic waste, causes
Placentophagy Provides Natural Protection against Postpartum Depression Published April 21 2009	Concepts: natural, women, protection, PPD, depression
C-Section Birth Raises Risk of Asthma in Newborns by 79 Percent Published April 13 2009	Concepts: asthma, C-section, risk, birth, child
Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Pregnant Women Linked to Birth Defect Published April 5 2009	Concepts: vitamin B12, women, health, natural, birth
Obesity During Pregnancy Linked to Birth Defects Published April 5 2009	Concepts: obesity, birth, pregnancy, weight, women
Secondary Cesarean Sections Pose Risk Factors Published March 18 2009	Concepts: risk, cesarean section, birth, increase, 5
Prenatal Caffeine Consumption Linked to Low Birth Weight Babies Published March 13 2009	Concepts: caffeine, birth, birth weight, low birth weight, women
Chiropractic Brings Better Birth Outcomes Published February 19 2009	Concepts: baby, chiropractic, birth, outcomes, woman
Newborn Procedures: Make Informed Choices about Vitamin K Injections Published February 16 2009	Concepts: vitamin K, baby, birth, milk, injections
Infections Cause Premature Births Published January 29 2009	Concepts: infections, researchers, birth, method, infection
How to Prevent Cerebral Palsy with Magnesium Sulfate Published January 28 2009	Concepts: magnesium, Cerebral Palsy, study, child, how to
Knowledge: The Noninvasive Birth Control Published January 27 2009	Concepts: fertility, birth control, birth, women, pregnancy
Postpartum Depression can be Prevented without Drugs Published January 20 2009	Concepts: depression, postpartum depression, women, health, mothers
Modern Birth Control: Blessing or Barbarism? Published January 5 2009	Concepts: men, birth, man, method, pill
Elevated Risk of Birth Defects Found in Women With Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Published January 1 2009	Concepts: diabetes, birth, birth defects, women, health
Hairspray Exposure in Pregnant Women Increases Risk of Common Birth Defect in Boys Published December 26 2008	Concepts: risk, health, hairspray, birth, women
Study Shows Topamax Increases Chance of Birth Defects Published November 24 2008	Concepts: birth, women, study, shows, Topamax
Big Pharma May be Handed Blanket Immunity for All Drug Side Effects, Deaths Published November 3 2008	Concepts: drug, FDA, the FDA, estrogen, side effects
Many U.S. Hospitals Directly Discourage Breastfeeding Published October 26 2008	Concepts: hospitals, hospital, U.S. hospitals, birth, breastfeeding
Birth Control Patch Too Dangerous to Stay on Market, Warns Public Citizen Published October 15 2008	Concepts: birth, birth control, birth control patch, dangerous, pill
The Medical Establishment’s Ridiculous Opposition to Home-Births Published October 10 2008	Concepts: birth, home, medical, home births, women
Stop the Mothers Act: Save Expectant Mothers from Mandatory Drugging with Antidepressants Published September 19 2008	Concepts: mothers, drug, drugs, expectant mothers, women
Girl Dies After HPV Jab - CDC Blames Birth Control Pills Published August 5 2008	Concepts: vaccine, HPV, birth, birth control, CDC
Chemical Causes of Diabetes: Overeating Is Not the Only Problem Published July 25 2008	Concepts: diabetes, men, 5, food, chemical
How Stress in Pregnancy Affects Your Baby Published July 11 2008	Concepts: stress, pregnancy, asthma, health, babies
Study Shows That the Birth Control Pill Lowers Libido Published June 17 2008	Concepts: pill, birth, birth control, study, sex
The Energetic Contamination of Beef Products (Transcript) Published May 24 2008	Concepts: meat, cows, human, people, beef
Raw Parenting by Shazzie, Raw Foodist and Founder of Raw Creation Limited Published May 21 2008	Concepts: raw, food, men, raw food, parenting
Birth Control Pill Linked to 20 Percent Higher Plaque Buildup in Arteries Published April 3 2008	Concepts: birth, birth control, pill, study, women
Maine Middle School May Drug 11 Year Old Girls with Birth Control Patches Published April 3 2008	Concepts: school, birth, birth control, Maine, drug
Obesity Linked to Increased Health Risks and Birth Defects Published March 3 2008	Concepts: health, obesity, birth, risks, health risks
Death From Birth Defects: Fetal Exposure to Toxins Out of Control Published February 19 2008	Concepts: birth, death, exposure, toxins, nutrition
Pesticides and chemical fertilizers clearly linked to premature births Published July 31 2007	Concepts: pesticides, fertilizers, chemical, birth, prenatal nutrition
Multivitamins help increase birth weights of newborns Published January 9 2007	Concepts: birth, multivitamins, increase, infant health, prenatal nutrition
Folic Acid May Protect Against Birth Defects, But Intake Falls Short of Goals (press release) Published November 21 2006	Concepts: acid, folic acid, birth, birth defects, falls
Gaining weight between pregnancies could lead to pregnancy complications (press release) Published November 16 2006	Concepts: weight, pregnancy, complications, gain, increase
Solvent exposure linked to birth defects in babies of male painters (press release) Published November 14 2006	Concepts: exposure, birth, birth defects, paint, babies
Birth control patch harms women's health, lawsuit alleges Published November 6 2006	Concepts: birth control, lawsuit, birth, health, blood clots
Birth control pill linked to breast cancer risk Published November 1 2006	Concepts: breast cancer, pill, women, birth control, risk
Vitamin D supplements should be given to Asian children for two years from birth (press release) Published October 18 2006	Concepts: Vitamin D, supplements, children, birth, deficiency
Unmasking nutrition's role in genes and birth defects (press release) Published October 6 2006	Concepts: birth, birth defects, copper, genes, research
Epilepsy drug poses high risk for fetal death and birth defects (press release) Published October 5 2006	Concepts: drug, risk, epilepsy, birth, birth defects
Bipolar drug Lamictal tied to birth defects when used by expectant mothers Published October 2 2006	Concepts: birth defects, drug, birth, GlaxoSmithKline, bipolar disorder
New Study Finds Increased Risk of Birth Defects Related to First Trimester Use of ACE Inhibitors (press release) Published September 25 2006	Concepts: risk, study, infants, research, birth
Extra Calcium May Prevent Hypertension Problems in Pregnant Women (press release) Published September 21 2006	Concepts: calcium, women, pregnant women, problems, hypertension
Caesarean births more than double the risk of infant death vs. normal delivery Published September 7 2006	Concepts: death, risk, birth, infant deaths, study
Massage for childbirth prep may reduce episiotomy rate (press release) Published August 31 2006	Concepts: massage, women, episiotomy, childbirth, review
Copper deficiency found to contribute to serious birth defects Published August 28 2006	Concepts: copper, birth, deficiency, fish, prenatal nutrition
Common painkillers taken by expectant mothers linked to congenital defects in newborns Published August 25 2006	Concepts: expectant mothers, NSAIDs, painkillers, research, birth
Troubling increase in repeat cesarean delivery, inadequate explanations (press release) Published August 15 2006	Concepts: increase, birth, women, reasons, research
Blood-Pressure Drugs Linked to Birth Defects (press release) Published July 28 2006	Concepts: birth defects, birth, drugs, blood, study
The curse of immortality: Why anti-aging technology would spell disaster for humankind Published July 19 2006	Concepts: anti-aging, people, technology, disaster, mortality
Breast-Cancer Risk Linked to Exposure to Traffic Emissions at Menarche, First Birth (press release) Published July 18 2006	Concepts: exposure, emissions, risk, traffic, cancer
Cod Liver Oil: The Number One Superfood Published February 7 2006	Concepts: oil, liver, cod liver oil, 5, men
Brain health dramatically improved by intake of omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils Published January 2 2006	Concepts: brain, fat, acid, DHA, omega-3
Folic acid deficiencies are widespread; here's why nearly everyone needs more folate Published December 29 2005	Concepts: acid, folic acid, men, folate, 5
How to slow or reverse hair loss with a healthy diet and nutritional supplements Published October 27 2005	Concepts: hair, hair loss, men, diet, health
Unnecessary surgery exposed! Why 60% of all surgeries are medically unjustified and how surgeons exploit patients to generate profits Published October 7 2005	Concepts: surgery, men, medical, form, 5
Everyday groceries contain ingredients that cause heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis and other chronic diseases Published February 20 2005	Concepts: disease, food, ingredients, everyday groceries, cancer
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread among U.S. population, expectant mothers are deficient and giving birth to deficient infants Published January 1 2005	Concepts: Vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, expectant mothers, birth, giving birth
Mandatory mental health screening program would dose pregnant women with prescription drugs that cause birth defects Published November 29 2004	Concepts: drugs, pregnant women, mental, prescription, drug
Antidepressant drugs found to cause birth complications Published August 19 2004	Concepts: drugs, antidepressant drugs, pregnant women, health, birth
Teflon linked to birth defects and illness; but is it safe to use in cooking? Published August 8 2004	Concepts: Teflon, DuPont, safe, birth, birth defects

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