36 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy
Before you can take care of your new baby, you need to take care of yourself and your unborn child. There’s a lot of advice out there. Much of it is simple and straightforward, but some things – like avoiding cat litter – might be news. Your first tip: As soon as you suspect you’re pregnant, see your doctor.
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Beyond the Bucket
The Ice Bucket Challenge has come and gone, but efforts to find new treatments and perhaps a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or “Lou Gehrig’s disease") go on. The progressive neurodegenerative disease affects more than 20,000 Americans, with 6,400 new diagnoses each year. We asked John Ravits, MD, professor of clinical neuroscience at the Center for ALS Research and Therapy, for an update.
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It Takes a Villus
Villi (the plural of villus) are tiny membrane projections. In this case, near the back of the mouth. This particular type of villus has taste receptors like its more abundant brethren farther forward on the tongue, but the primary job of circumvallate papillae is altogether different: to protect against swallowing something nasty or harmful by helping trigger the gag reflex.
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