May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month:

Osteoporosis occurs when new bone formation cannot be generated fast enough to compensate for the natural process of bone reabsorption.  This imbalance creates an initial loss of bone mass, called osteopenia.  As the condition progresses to osteoporosis, bone strength gets compromised leaving it susceptible to breaks and fractures. ...

May 15^th 2010 is Fibromyalgia Day.   

Fibromyalgia (FM) is generally characterized by 2 major factors: pain experienced in all four quadrants of the body for a minimum of 12 weeks, and secondly, having 11 or the 18 noted ‘tender’  points in the shoulders, midback, arms, neck, lower back, hips, and knees.  Although this is a specific criterion, it is important to acknowledge that FM symptoms c ...

On May 3rd, Drs. Rahim and Chamberlain attended a great info session at Bloom Community Midwives held by Barbara Barta RM. She discussed the many benefits and positive outcomes of having a home birth as well as a water birth.

We were also joined by Jill Colpitts, a DONA certified doula and owner of Midwifery Supplies Canada. She is the Canadian distributor for Aquaborn Eco Birth Pools. These ...