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Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Should you take anti-nausea drugs during pregnancy?: 5 of 9

Pregnancy should be an amazing, wonderful experience that you remember with joy. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way, and possibly one of the most common problems of pregnancy is nausea. This can be as mild as a faint travel-sickness feeling and in this case, yes, drugs are almost certainly not necessary or ev...
Health & Fitness > Pediatrics Can children have hypothyroidism?: 3 of 3

Children can, and do, get hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism, or myxoedema (myxedema to US readers), is a condition which means you do not have enough of the thyroxine hormone in your bloodstream. This is apparently twice as common in girls as in boys, although so far no-one seems able to say why. I am unable to give any medical...