Women's Health

By Jacque Shannon-McNulty

During childbirth classes, as soon as everyone is comfortable and ready to get down to the nitty gritty details of birth, almost ever mom confesses an often very specific and gory fear about tearing during birth. Vaginal and perineal injury is a major concern among pregnant women. Fortunately, there are many things that you can do to keep your pelvic floor strong and protect it during your pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (more…)

By Natural Family Online

It’s true that one beauty product won’t cause cancer. But on average, teens and young women use between 10 and 25 personal care and cosmetic products per day. The sum total of chemicals on your body per day? Approximately 200.

What’s worse than using 200 chemicals directly on your body per day? The fact that significant levels of cancer causing agents are found in 1/3 of those products. No publicly accountable institution (like the FDA) has evaluated 89 percent of the 10,500 ingredients used in personal care products. (more…)

Reports on evolutionists’ theory on the role of an unnamed substance in breast milk which is similar to the sedative drugs, benzodiazepines, in countering infants’ crying spells and helping mothers cope with the demands of motherhood.
By: F. Bryant Furlow, Peter Doskoch

We all know breast-feeding builds up babies’ immune systems. But this naturalform of nourishment may benefit moms as well. It seems mother’s milk contains a substance similar to the one found in the class of antianxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines. (more…)

By Talia Maze

Millions of women undergo tubal ligation every year. According to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, 10.3 million women used tubal ligation as their preferred method of birth control in 2002, making it the second most popular method following the oral contraceptive pill used by 11.6 million women. As a permanent form of birth control, the decision to “tie your tubes” should not be made lightly. (more…)

By Carol LaLiberte

I recently called my friend Denise with the great news that I recommended her for an opportunity to teach a course at the college where I currently work. (more…)

By Susy Goins

The big question posed to me by the editor of Natural Family Online for an article idea was, “Can I use homeopathy to help me conceive?” (more…)

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Wish requests include trips to Disney World for families with young children, second honeymoons, family reunions, cruises, video cameras to leave behind recorded messages, Christmas gifts and laptop computers to keep up on current breast cancer research. (more…)