Midwives,Home deliveries, and high risk pregnancies

I left this as a comment on Kevin MD's blog, here goes the link

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/05/doctors-and-midwives-need-to-cooperate-more.html

Just had to share this with my own readers

Here goes my comment:

I agree completely with Dr.Greg.I have seen midwives who have no idea of many obstetric complications and don't diagnose things early enough during routine Obstetric checkups and then take it till the last minute when all they know is that the delivery is not happening and there is some complication but they themselves have no idea what exactly and precisely the problem is.They do not have enough clinical acumen to pick up signs early and treat them and simply rely on luck often times which sadly is at the cost of the life of the mother and child. I myself have witnessed women come to emergency rooms and then die on the ER table there coz they kept trying to deliver till the last minute at the home and only came to ER coz the mother collapsed due to massive bleeding which is essentially too late to seek medical help .A mother's life is important, You cannot let her die due to problems that could have been easily managed had it been a hospital birth. Yes, midwives can play a role in routine check ups and doing home visits to ease the burden of Obstetricians in remote areas where not many Obstetricians are available, but having a hospital delivery is the safest.But then this is sensible only after the woman first visits at crucial points during a pregnancy and makes sure it is not an already predetermined complicated pregnancy. Please remember that even a seemingly normal case can become complicated during labor due to massive bleeding and what not. It is unfair to first mess up a case and then run to the Obstetrician in the last minute for help .

Hormones , and other substances causing anger

I got a large number of reader queries asking the same thing.

WHAT ARE THE HORMONES THAT CAUSE ANGER.?

Well, for one, before answering this question, I have to clarify something. No, hormones are not what cause anger. yes, the life situations that evoke anger might cause certain hormones and other substances to be released during that course of anger but no, hormones on their own are not the ones causing anger.

Anger is a mere response to something that is there in your environment that is happening or happened to you and is now recorded in your memory and your replay that past moment and get angry. Yes, so therefore, anger is not an independent entity. It is a response to an environmental stimulus or a mental though stimulus.

Similarly, Hormones per say don't cause anger. Moreover, it is not certain hormones that predominantly figure in anger and other emotions. It is certain neurotransmitters that are associated with anger or mania or psychosis or depression etc. 

Yes, there are certain hormones which when produced in excess in the body can reduce your threshold for certain environmental stimuli and cause you to get angry quickly and such and i did talk about these hormonal imbalances in my previous blog entries. Please look at all my archives to find more than one article on hormones and their effects thereof. As far as neurotransmitters are concerned, I am gonna take some time and simplify complicated neurotransmitter lingo and then post a blog entry about them at a later point of time. 

Meanwhile keep those questions coming. All these blog entries are only advisories are not actually meant as specific medical advice. Please visit your family physician if you feel you need medical attention .

Geothermal Energy

I was watching Travel channel and well, there is this active valcano there in Hawaaii and ofcourse there are associated Hot springs.
yeah , i was also watching this other program on Japan where they have naturally warmed pools due to all that Hot spring abundance there.
Suddenly it struck me that Geothermal energy is so energy friendly and so abundant too..
Atleast Hawaii and Japan can benefit from production of energy from the already naturally existing warm springs aka Geothermal energy--that is , the heat that geo as in earth produces naturally.
Great idea and I am sure Japan already makes use of Geothermal energy ...It is time, Hawaaii thought about it.

Dogs were not born on the surface of this earth to do silly tricks

Firstly, Most people have pets with a selfish motive..

The pet persay really doesn't benefit at all.

People have pets coz they want to feel validated.

People have pets coz they want to constantly have beings around them that have to beg them for food..People want to feel better and feel important..That the reason they have pets.

They want unconditional love. as in what they percieve as unconditional love..And somehow they think that all the tail wagging that the dogs does is love.. and well,, that love is not unconditional after all , is it?

People do feed the dog and it is only after the dog gets used to the fact that this the person that feeds them that all the tail wagging and face licking happens..So, well, People essentially are bribing the dog with food for the pretend unconditional love..

Come on ! People have to find other non cruel methods to boost their own self esteem instead of holding another living being hostage at their home.. an environment which prolly might be great for humans to live in , but for animals genetically designed to run really fast and hunt, these small houses work as prison..

I mean, you forcibly breed a dog,, then sell the puppies at stores and then someone else buys these puppies from there.. then you get this dog home and then toilet train it .I mean, why are you punishing animals of the wild with toilet training?huh?Just so that they can fit in your home environment? Isn't that a selfish motive?Dogs do not belong at home...Wild dogs belong in the wild and domestic dogs do not exist in nature at all .

Either ways.. some people go a step further and teach their dogs tricks like fetchign a ball..

Now, My question is,,"Why exactly must a dog repeatedly fetch a ball that you throw at them?" For your entertainment , which you cleverly state as "OH my dog enjoys fetching the ball, I do it for the dog"

yeah right,, really?

I mean..did not you use food treats as bribe for the dog in the first place to make it learn this stupid ball fetching?

No really..ARe you telling lies to yourself ?Did the dog tell you that it likes to be toilet trained? Did the dog tell you that it likes a belt around its neck? Did the dog tell you that it likes being locked up inside small confined spaces of human dwelling?

It didn't..You just invent reason and lies, to satisfy your conscience , so that you can get away with doing things, that ultimately benefit in you as a human being ending up feeling important and loved by the dog...

So, yeah, there is absolutely no need to teach the dog silly tricks..There is absolutely no need for pets...absolutely not.

Dogs are designed to run fast in the open free world...let them be children of the wild..Dont domesticate them, don't force breed them, Don't sell them in pet shops(they are not things..they are not anybody's property) Don't teach them tricks...

Try other methods to raise your own self esteem....

Dogs are not here for your security...get an alarm system .

Dogs are not here for your entertainment,,go play some video games or play some sport yourself..I mean..why don't you go fetch some balls yourself..huh?After you seem to think that doing silly tricks is amusing..

BTw, Dogs are far more instintive and talented that you think they are ...They are smarter than just being that stupid thing that gets happy with repeatedly fetching a ball..hmmm

categorized garbage disposal and recycling

well, for one,, I saw seperate waste baskets for biological wastes and plastics at the frankfurt airport in Germany and i was really glad that some countries actually are taking smart decisions..
I think we at home can employ this categorized garbage disposal at home too.
Why not have three seperate waste bins..One for paper and other biological degradable wastes and another one for plastics and glass, and another one for toxic wastes like batteries etc.It would be so easy to save the environment..That way the landfills won't fill up so fast either and ofcourse we will be able to reuse plastics as much and as long as possible..Glass is recyclable too.Paper is recyclable too. So yeah.. we can also purchase recycled paper products and recyclable glass products and yeah , all those soft drink tins and such.. why not segregate them as well and return them back to the store and such.Why wait for a poor homeless person undergo the indignity of having to sift through garbage to get those cans out...Ya know... speakign of homeless people..each time i see them , i am scared and worried at the same time..scared coz you never know how and why people end up homeless and worried coz many of them are dependant on drugs ..very sad...Anways... segregate your garbage right at the time of disposal and try to recycle the garbage as much as possible..and yeah, don't waste food..
will write another blog on how not waste food.

Rain and rain and some more rain

There have been rains and rains and rains everywhere.
Ofcourse there have been odd earthquakes here and there..But, mostly it has been rain and rain and rain.
It gets difficult when the seasons don't adhere to their expected charecterisitics...whatcha say?
btw,earthquakes in china right before the olympics..gosh..that is one scary thought..All of the world's best atheletes will be there risking earthquakes? and the smog too.hmmmm

Grow your own food, Make your own lil home veggie garden

Well, You can pitch in to deal with the food shortage by growing your own veggies...in your own lil garden.To all your lucky folks who actually have homes with earth around that you could grow plants on ..Please please,, plant atleast a few herbs and some tomatoes, okra , aubergines and such.
I remember the small veggie garden i planted when i was a kid growing up and my parents had a large garden area around the house....They grew all sorts of fruits too..there was lot of land around.I planted some chilli seeds..they grew..the seeds...we had a large chilli plant and it bore chillies too..I planted potato eyes too..but then,, well by the time they got a lil big..some rodent from the garden ate them all up..LOL
The local food is more about growing your own food and helping food shortage .It is not as much about paying more to someone else who will then grow food on the same piece of land over and over again... well..anyways..for all us not so lucky folks who now live in high rise apartments(yours truly included).. we can try growing herbs in the kitchen window sill and if there is a balcony , can try growing some plants in a pot too..Only thing is..make sure there is enought enrichment of the potted soil with kitchen waste..hmmmmm
Yeah , btw, eating only what is necessary and steering clear of things we can avoid eating aka other animals, is a good way to combat food shortage too.Gluttony is very unnecessary.Eating meat is too.