When a fetus is being carried by a woman with too much amniotic fluid, the practice used to be injecting a sweet-tasting substance into her womb. The result is that the fetus will drink in more of the fluid which then gets flushed out through the umbilical cord thus alleviating the dangers associated with this condition. Is this innovative problem-solving on the part of the medical community? Absolutely. But it’s…
By Sarah E. Brown Diabetes has become a seemingly unstoppable national epidemic, affecting more than 20 million Americans. According to the World Health Organization, deaths from diabetes will increase by 80 percent in the Americas, by 50 percent in the Western Pacific and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, and by more than 40 percent in Africa over the next ten years. Proponents of including natural treatment approaches draw direct connections between…