http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Yvonne+Lapp+Cryns Wellness, Fitness and Diet Yvonne Lapp Cryns Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=73157&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA Healthy bodies have adequate amounts of hemoglobin, the red blood cells that carry oxygen to cells. They also have an appropriate number of red blood cells. Anemia results when either there is too little hemoglobin circulating or there are too few red blood cells themselves. D... Medicines and Remedies Yvonne Lapp Cryns Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=73180&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies The most common type of anemia is iron deficiency that results when there is too little hemoglobin in the system or there are too few blood cells. Here are some other types of anemia that are less common. HOOK WORM INFECTION Hook worm infection is found in women who go barefoot in tropical areas. Th... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72598&ca=Womens+Interest Sisters on a Journey: 10 Best Ways to ensure the midwifery profession continues to struggle or How to Self-Destruct While Providing Entertainment for the Medical Community 1) Do not make students feel welcome – Being a student midwife is particularly difficult in states that do not embrace out of ho... Parenting Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=72367&ca=Parenting Home birth with a midwife is a no-brainer -- government statistics since statistical compilation began a century ago show the superiority of non-medical midwife-attended home birth. Yet, a government license does not ensure competence or safety – licensure is about limiting and controlling who can g... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71525&ca=Womens+Interest It used to be thought that the unborn baby was protected from harm by the placenta which filtered out dangerous chemicals. The tragedy of the limb-deficient Thalidomide babies in the 1970's, however, connected the use of drug with very real consequences to the growing fetus. Additional anomalies wer... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71526&ca=Womens+Interest No one knows the long-term effects of ultrasound use. Many practitioners feel that the technology is perfectly safe since studies of babies and their mothers have not determined any effects. Other practitioners are not so convinced of ultrasound safety and feel that judicious use is advised. It shou... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71528&ca=Womens+Interest The journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology, estimated that over half of all pregnant women in 1990 had undergone diagnostic ultrasound, yet research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that 80 percent of all pregnant women are very low risk and do not need ultrasounds. The unnecessa... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71529&ca=Womens+Interest Shepherd's Purse Shepherd's Purse is an annual, weed, that grows to about 20 inches in height and is easily recognized by the heart-shaped pods that form near the top. It grows in sunny areas throughout the United States. The entire plant is used medicinally mainly as a anti-hemmorrhagic by coagulat... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71877&ca=Womens+Interest Salt is a nutrient that is needed daily by all humans. It is most important for proper cell maintenance andd creation and therefore is a critical nutrient in the diet of a pregnant woman. As a pregnancy progresses, a woman’s body will make additional blood (about 40 – 50% more) in order to ensure ad... Womens Interest Yvonne Lapp Cryns Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71887&ca=Womens+Interest There is reason to believe that the fetus competes with her mother for available nutrients. If they are not available in sufficient quantity, the baby may have long-term consequences. Pregnant women who have deficient diets may cause miscarriage, stillbirth, low birth weight, brain damage, psycholog...