On Monday, May 30, a new study shows that women who stay at home for longer time go for the Breast-Feeding for their babies.

The results of this study publish in the June Issue of Pediatrics. The researchers said that the mothers who stay at home for 3 or more months, they are more likely to Breast-Feed the babies beyond these 3 months.

Dr. Chinelo Ogbuanu, a Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist in the department of Public Health at the Georgia Community Health in Atlanta says that women should be helped like Government should extend the Family and Medical Leave Act, women should be given Job Security and the mothers who want to Breast-Feed, they should be helped.

She further says that women should be given paid Maternity available to every woman. This will help women to stay at home foe longer time. Some women do not take Maternity Leave because they are not paid for it.

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What are Multiple Pregnancies?

The multiple Pregnancies are the 1 in which a woman is Pregnant having 2 or more than 2 babies in the Uterus.

Twins, triplets or more are conceived by the Fertilization of single Ovum or more than 1 ovum.

The incidence of the multiple is increased in the recent years. This increase is caused due to the use of Fertility Drugs and the development in the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).

A multiple Pregnancy is identified as a high-risk Pregnancy due to the risks to the mother and the babies. The incidence of premature birth mostly has many complications.

Careful monitoring is needed throughout the Pregnancy, in order to minimize the chances of complications and to make safe delivery of the babies.
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A new research on May 27, 2011, suggested that wearing tinted lenses can reduce the Migraine Pain that is practiced by the Migraine patients. These lenses normalize the activity of the Brain.

The researcher Jie Huang, PhD, an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Michigan State University says that the patients of Migraine sufferers mostly get the pain due to the Visual Stimuli.

The further tells that these Visual Stimuli creates the discomfort and illusions that are disturbing.

The earlier studies of Jie found that vulnerability to these stimuli is due to the excess functioning of Visual Cortex in the Brain.

This excessive Brain activity can cause Migraine and the Tinted glasses can normalize the Brain’s activity.

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What is Urethra?

Urethra is an opening that allows the urine to discharge from the Urinary Bladder. It is due to the existence of Urethra tube that we pass out Urine from our body. Urethra is a tube that connects the Bladder to the Genitals and Genitals discharge the Urine.

The Sphincter muscle allows the Urine to stay in the Bladder till it is expelled out. The Sphincter muscle expands and contracts to permit the excretion and storage of Urine.

Definition of Urethra

Urethra is a small tube that excretes the Urine from the Bladder to outside of the body with the help of Genitals.
Genitals are Penis in males and Vagina in the females.

Urethra Anatomy

The male Urethra is different from female Urethra.

1. Female Urethra

Female Urethra is about 1.5 to 2 inches long. It is located at the posterior end of the Pubic Symphysis. It is situated at the front wall of Vagina. The Urethra is curved in shape and is directed in the forward direction. The Membranous Canal of female Urethra is made up of 3 layers

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On May 23, 2011, a new study says that eating Red Meat can increase the risk of Colon Cancer. The processed Meat also has the same bad effect it can also develop the risk of Colon Cancer.

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This report is given from the American Institute of the Cancer Research. It was funded by the World Cancer Research Fund.

The report says with the evidence that eating less Red Meat and the avoiding processed Meat can reduce the risk of Colon Cancer.

The report says, if this advice is acted up on along with some other diet changes like consuming less Alcohol, increasing Fiber intake, exercise and maintaining body weight etc. all these things can prevent the cases of Colon Cancer up to 45%.

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