Before any sort of surgery, patients will review and sign consent documents. Consent forms generally allow for doctors to perform emergency treatments, but patients are allowed to consent or refuse to any proposed procedure at any time before it happens. Doctors must inform their patients about what they’re doing, and that includes any sort of […]
There are various things we should limit our exposure to when we become pregnant. Radiation and paint fumes are a couple, such as when flying in an airplane or painting your new nursery. Another is pesticides, which have long been an issue for people who work in agriculture and animal fields, along with their children. Now, […]
It’s no surprise that when doing research on all-things-baby during a pregnancy, you’ll come across some scary stuff. Birth defects are one of the scariest things an expecting parent can learn about, whether they know they have a greater risk for having a baby with Down syndrome because of their age, or they’re just reading […]