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A Hearty Life

May 25th, 2008

Welcome Womb Within- a new pregnancy site here at b5media

I want to take a moment and introduce a new health and wellness blog… Womb Within. Marijke will be heading up the site. As you can tell by it’s name, it is all about pregnancy from amniocentesis to zygote. Clever huh? Marijke came up with that… go check out all that she has to offer.
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

April 20th, 2008

Fight heart disease for your unborn child

I am going to share this with y’all over here at A Hearty Life as well. I wrote about it at Diabetes Notes but it pertains to heart disease as well and since Spring seems to be the time when so many of my friends are sporting bigger bellies, and rightfully so, here you go…
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By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2006

ACE Inihibitors for Blood Pressure and Birth Defects

Blood pressure control is critically important for pregnant women and is a significant risk factor for preeclampsia. Up to now, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have not been prescribed for women past their first trimester because they’re known to cause birth defects. A study of 29, 507 infants suggests that ACE inhibitors, such as captopril […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments