Monday, April 7th News
This is an article that should cheer up some people. It seems the the anti-depressent Paroxetine is safe for pregnant women in their first trimester.
Motherisk partnered with centres from around the world that study and provide information on the safety of medication in pregnancy to follow up on 1,174 women in Canada, the US, Australia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, and Israel who called such centres with regard to the use of the drug in early pregnancy (when the fetus’ heart develops). Data was then compared with the outcomes of an equal sized group of non-exposed infants. The rate of cardiovascular defects was 0.7 per cent in each group. As the incidence of heart defects in the general population is approximately one per cent, the rates in this study were slightly lower than expected.
That quote should make it clear they did not come to this decision lightly. Read the complete article here.
Here’s another article that I offer for a taste treat if nothing else. Subordinate Monkeys More Likely To Choose Cocaine Over Food It’s interesting that submissive monkeys want cocaine more than food. What does that say about our affluent Cocaine users?
Alicia, over at her Mental Health Notes, blog for b5media, has posted an article Saturday Sanity: Drugs And Government Issues. Alicia’s site is always worth checking out.
And now for all us messy people out there is this article, Why a spring clean is good for you. It took me years to realize it, but the state of my house, workstation, or car, was a sure indicator of my mental state at that time.
On a completely different note, The Healthy Geezer: Senior Years Aren’t Always Serene.I think we can learn here that just because mom or dad seem to be getting along fine, they might be be at all.
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