Fabric Softener Toxic! Baby Beware of Dryer Sheets Carcinogens

A toxicology report issued by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) June 2, 2009 suggests that using a fabric softener may be toxic to your health and the health of your baby.  Three of the seven toxic...

Lankan forces capture strategic area in LTTE stronghold

The Sri Lankan forces have intensified their campaign against rebel LTTE in last months. The government troops have made dramatic progress on the northern fronts, seizing a series of rebel bases and chunks of...

Amy Poehler Set To Leave 'Saturday Night Live'

Comedienne, actress, and Hillary Clinton-impressionist, Amy Poehler is set to leave SNL after the U.S. election in November, although the election has little to do with it. Poehler will be on maternity leave...

Harper campaign promise: Open EI program to self-employed

The campaigning game keeps getting hotter in the Canadian Election, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper announcing today that he wants to open up Employment Insurance benefits to the self-employed.  The move...

Woman, 61, gives birth to her own grandchild using eggs donated by her daughter

A historical moment in medical, yet it's so controversy, using an egg donated by her own daughter."A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to her own grandchild using an egg donated by her daughter. The...

NHS hospitals battling plague of vermin, Tories reveal

As I entered the hall in central London at 4am I was greeted by hundreds of rats. Within a blink of an eyelid they vanished from sight. They live along side millions of London's residents who are largely unaware...

National Filth Service: Report reveals wards overrun with rats

The UK's NHS (National Health Service) is still seen by many around the world (including film maker Michael Moore) as a model for social health care free at point of access to all citizens. In the UK itself the...

Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers

A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...

Northern Ireland Mums : Where are you all?

I have been searching to find other Northern Ireland mums to make friends with.  My husband and I have not long returned home after living abroad for some years.   It seems that all the mums in / from Northern Ireland have disappeared....if you're a mum reading...

Sweden ranks world's best place for mothers

Among the many social benefits of living in Sweden are the long maternity leave and care for new mothers."Sweden has once again been rated as "the best place to be a mother in the world" by a U.S.-based charity in...

Women Face Bias Worldwide, UN Report Says

Women's struggle for gender equality and justice continues on a global scale. Today's UN report shockingly indicates that the disparity between women and men's rights is all too common and prevalent.In 2008, it is...

Japanese staff get paid "heartache leave"

A Japanese firm is allowing scorned lovers to lick their emotional wounds on company time.To me the funniest thing about this idea is the graduatedness of it--you get more days off the older you are.  Maybe...

Unassisted Childbirth: Beyond The Fear

Unassisted childbirth is when a woman gives birth either alone or with only her partner and children present. More people are aware that freebirthing is a phenomenon because Canadian doctors recently rang alarm...

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Cool price comparison site which has the latest designer maternity fashions at the very lowest prices.It has all kinds of maternity products like maternity clothes, motherhood maternity,maternity swimwear, maternity clothing, maternity dresses,plus size maternity clothes, and...

Ukraine babies in stem cell probe

"Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests. Disturbing video footage of post-mortem examinations on dismembered tiny bodies raises serious questions about what...

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