When your colon, rectum or anus is injured and needs a rest, your doctor may recommend a colostomy — a surgical procedure that brings the large intestine to the surface of the abdomen so that waste can be deposited in a bag instead of traveling the rest of the way through the digestive tract. If… Read More »
Excerpted by permission of McGraw-Hill. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. A woman carrying twins in Week 30 is carrying the same weight as a woman carrying a singleton at term. For the mom carrying multiples, comfort becomes harder and harder to achieve. Try… Read More »
A 6 step guide for how you can liven food when it tastes bland! There’s nothing worse than taking the time to prepare a meal only to end up hating it and ordering takeout anyway. Unfortunately, we’ve all been there at least once before. But how do you liven food when it tastes bad? Fortunately,… Read More »
Just as the name implies, a raw food diet shuns foods that have been cooked. This excludes many common staples, such as flour, sugar, legumes, and cooked meat. This leaves fruits, raw vegetables, nuts and seeds. An advantage of this diet is that it emphasizes foods that are only slowly digested and that contain fewer… Read More »