Last revision: 08/29/25 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN It’s quite obvious. You’re having a baby. We’re glad. And we want what you want—a healthy, happy baby. However, did you know that a poorly constructed placenta can cause all sorts of trouble and stand directly in the way? With all the attention on the…
Last update: 08-27-22 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN Maybe you’ve had this experience: Losing a baby before birth, one who never made it into your loving arms, one lost forever. Perhaps this has happened to you more than once. Unfortunately, fetal loss occurs all too often. “It has been shown that 31%…
Last update: 08-20-22 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN This is the story of a boy and his dog, and the Crohn’s he will never get . . . maybe. This is also the story of a dog and his boy, and the Crohn’s he will never get . . . perhaps. (Yes, dogs…
Last update: 096-26-23 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN I have been following a controversy for years: Is a pathogen called Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, MAP for short, the cause of Crohn’s? I must confess, at times I had my doubts (little, tiny doubts), but the latest evidence for this is very strong. And…
Last update: 01-29-24 By Eugene l. Heyden, RN Baby looks a little fragile. I know you’re worried. A friend of a friend told me you lost your first baby. I am so very sorry. Some mothers under these or similar circumstances worry and hope for the best. Of course, they do their best. …
Last update: 12-13-23 By Little Jimmy with Eugene L. Heyden, RN Do I look like I am particularly happy? I think not. I’m struggling here, and none of this should have ever happened. I was born premature; not by design, not because I am defective, but perhaps due to ignorance or neglect. If…
Last update: 01-14-24 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN Could it be that this lady is smiling because she has found one of the most powerful treatments available anywhere for the treatment of Crohn’s. She is in remission now. She wants to keep smiling. “Nutritional therapy for active Crohn’s disease (CD) is an underutilized…
Last update: 06-14-23 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN Imagine this: You’re in med school. You are twenty-five years old. Your future is bright. The following is just not supposed to happen . . . to you, to anyone: You find a lump in your breast. And in short order, you are…
Last update: 12-05-23 By Eugene L. Heyden, RN When it comes to the Western diet, it seems that there are others besides you (and me) who love this diet. There are teeming multitudes of others who love it, too. They are the pathogens that reside within. What you eat is what they eat. …
