Hashimoto’s moms: Skip the baby IQ videos
Joni Labbe2021-01-22T12:32:00-08:00Popping in a DVD for a baby or toddler can provide a brief but blessed break for the harried parent, and playing an educational video takes some of the sting [...]
Mother’s Hashimoto’s may raise risk of child’s autism–how to lower risk
Joni Labbe2021-01-22T12:31:44-08:00While practitioners of functional medicine have long understood the link between the health of a mother’s immune system and the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, asthma, [...]
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy more common than thought
Joni Labbe2021-01-22T12:32:59-08:00A new study shows hypothyroidism during pregnancy may be more common that previously thought, thanks to new clinical guidelines for evaluating thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). The study revealed hypothyroidism in 15 percent, or one in six, pregnant women, a 10 percent increase after using a narrower TSH range.