ViralChoice issues warning on impure babies’ medicine

Syrup not up to scratch

ALL 50ml and 200ml bottles of the children’s cold and flu medicine ViralChoice have been recalled by the manufacturer because of an impurity the manufacturer said yesterday. ViralChoice junior syrup in the 50ml and 200ml packs and the ViralChoice 50ml and 200ml were named in an urgent medicine recall to pharmacists on the grounds that they did not comply with “our strict quality standards”. Click here for more

Jun 30, 2009 | Categories: RANDOM FACTS | Leave A Comment »

Women don’t like babies with facial impairments

New research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It is a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who were studying perceptions of beauty, had expected women to spend more time than men cooing over pictures of extra-cute babies. Nope.

Jun 30, 2009 | Categories: RANDOM FACTS | Leave A Comment »

Random facts about pregnancy

• Only 25% of couples actively trying to conceive will experience pregnancy within the woman’s first cycle. However, 90% of couples will achieve pregnancy within the first 12 months of actively trying.
• Approximately 10% of pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Many miscarriages often occur before a woman even knows she is pregnant.
• About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins. This rate is an increase of nearly 60% since the early 1980s. However, 17% of pregnant women over 45 will give birth to twins.
• Nigeria has the highest twinning rate in the world at around 4.5%. Some experts attribute this number to the large consumption of yams in Nigeria.
• According to a Time Magazine article published in 1945, the longest pregnancy on record is 375 days (as opposed to the usual 280 days). Amazingly, the delivered baby was only 6 pounds, 15 ounces.
• Fewer than 10% of babies are born on their exact due date, 50% are born within one week of the due date, and 90% are born within two weeks of the date.
• Pregnant women at a healthy weight should eat an extra 300 calories per day. This amount is roughly equivalent to a serving of yogurt and half of a bagel.
• While not all pregnant women will crave pickles and ice cream specifically, pregnancy cravings are rooted in the body’s extra need for minerals and comfort-inducing serotonin.
• Despite several rumors to the contrary, microwave ovens do not pose a threat to an unborn fetus.
• During pregnancy, a woman is more likely to experience bleeding gums and nosebleeds due to hormonal changes that increase blood flow to the mouth and nose.
• Milk production and lactation can actually begin as early as the second trimester in some women.^d Carrying a baby “high” or “low” is dependent on a woman’s body type and is not a reliable predictor of the baby’s gender.
• Approximately 70% of expectant mothers report experiencing some symptoms of morning sickness during the first trimester of pregnancy.
• Pregnant women usually experience a heightened sense of smell beginning late in the first trimester. Some experts call this the body’s way of protecting a pregnant women from foods that are unsafe for the fetus.
• Many women experience thicker and shinier hair during pregnancy due to hormonal changes and consumption of extra vitamins. New hair volume gained during pregnancy typically begins to fall out after three months post partum.
• While the feet do not actually get longer or wider during pregnancy, most women do gain up to half a shoe size, due to increased fluid volume in the foot.

Jun 28, 2009 | Categories: RANDOM FACTS | Leave A Comment »