As it turns out, I’m not crazy nor am I a hypochondriac! After decades – and I mean more than 30 years – of bouts of severe constipation and diarrhea, fatigue, joint pain, migraines, skin rashes and infertility, I finally received the news that I have celiac disease. Oddly enough, it was only after adopting a sickly cocker spaniel named “Peanut” from the Humane Society that the mystery of my symptoms was solved. When our vet suggested that Peanut eat gluten-free food, I bought her some …
The Baby Blog: Archives for June 2015
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Webinar – Presented by Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones
On Wednesday, June 17 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT, a webinar on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome will be presented by Kenneth Lyons Jones, MD, Chief of the Division of Dysmorphology/Teratology at the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. This webinar will provide a retrospective look at 40 years of the Fetal Alcohol syndrome. The presentation will be broken into three parts: recognition of the disorder; reaction to that recognition; and finally, where we are today. The …