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If you are in your last few weeks of pregnancy, I have some news for you!   Did you know that eating 6 date fruit per day for the last 4 weeks of pregnancy could have an impact on your labor?  A 2008 study at Jordan University of Science and Technology indicates that women who […]

When a woman becomes pregnant and the embryo implants into the lining of the uterus, the trophoblast cells give off a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG).  In standard pregnancy tests, hCG is detected and causes a reaction, resulting in a positive or negative result.   The same trophoblast cells also exist in malignant cancer […]

A breast cancer diagnosis is rare if you are a woman 45 years of age or under.  However, of the 25,000 cases of breast cancer in women in this age bracket, one-third of them are postpartum mothers.  For unknown reasons, the risk of breast cancer goes up in the first five years postpartum. “It’s likely […]

There has been a multi-state meningitis outbreak, resulting in the FDA recall of contaminated injectable medications believed to be the cause.  Of the 34 contaminated drugs were epidural anesthetics, steroids, and saline solutions.  All the drugs were produced and distributed by New England Compound Center (NECC) in Framingham, Mass., and are administered by injection into […]

Congratulations to Carmen Calvo, a Certifed Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® in Baltimore, MD, on becoming PBi’s newest mentor! Carmen became a Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist® after her experience as a placenta encapsulation client.  After suffering from anxiety and the baby blues following her first pregnancy, Carmen turned to placenta encapsulation to help her recover from her […]