It was bad enough that bloggers around the U.S.and newspaper reports in Great Britain began reporting miscarriages, stillbirths and other ill effects in mothers and their babies almost as soon as the H1N1 vaccination campaign started. Since then, according to the H1N1 summary report, more than 9,000 adverse reactions of all sorts were reported through January 2010, including 46 deaths. Some of those reports are of miscarriages, which have been tallied by a group of women who have formed a support group for women who believe the vaccine caused them to lose their babies.

I’m sorry to say the governments not doing much to help it’s own case. If you go to the government's website on clinical trials, you’ll see that at least one vaccine manufacturer is still recruiting pregnant volunteers for testing the safety and efficacy of the H1N1 vaccine. First, I have serious concerns about conducting any kind of pharmaceutical testing on pregnant women. But the sad thing about this testing is that it didn't start until months after the CDC ordered women and their unborn babies to the head of the H1N1 vaccine line!

As previously reported, this vaccine was NEVER tested in pregnant women – until now. That's because, when it comes to "emergencies" such as pandemics, certain things like clinical trials can be dismissed in order to speed up the delivery of what officials define as life-saving drugs. In other words, making H1N1 an emergency gave officials the right to shoot first, and ask questions later, when it came to safety trials for this vaccine.

One place that many women logically search when they're looking for information on how to have a healthy pregnancy and baby is the CDC's own website. There, under "Birth Defects: Having a Healthy Pregnancy," the CDC lists the ABC's of pregnancy tips for ensuring nothing bad happens to your baby while you're pregnant.

I find it interesting, if not ironic, that the "A" of the ABC's is Avoid exposure to toxic substances and chemicals – such as cleaning solvents, lead and mercury, some insecticides, and paint. Pregnant women should avoid exposure to paint fumes.

The "C" is Cigarette smoking, which can cause major health problems for both mother and child, from birth defects, to premature delivery, to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and more.

The "L" of the ABC's is for legal drugs such as alcohol – which has no known safety level – and caffeine, which can be found in many over-the-counter drugs, off-the-shelf foods and in beverages besides coffee and tea.

So – if you're pregnant, the CDC advises you to avoid smoking, alcohol, caffeinated food, drugs, paint fumes, pesticides, and other environmental toxins that you might breathe, ingest or even absorb through your skin.

Under "V," the CDC does say that vaccines are a "very important concern" during pregnancy. A "non-working" hyperlink directs you to what is supposed to be the CDC's website on getting vaccines during pregnancy. No luck there. But if you do your own search through Google, there’s a website where you'll find which vaccines the CDC recommends for pregnant women, and which ones they don't.

For example, the measles shot is a no-no. So is the live flu virus. But the regular flu shot is recommended, even though studies have shown that flu vaccinations don't make a bit of difference in whether a pregnant woman is going to get sick with the flu or not. The point is that the CDC goes to great lengths in spelling out the ABC's of protecting an unborn baby from all kinds of toxic substances – except those in vaccines.

What the CDC isn't bothering to tell is that one reason no evidence of risk exists is because several vaccines, including the ones for the flu, have never actually had any clinical trials done on pregnant women; until now.

Before Novartis and the other manufacturers started their flu vaccine clinical trials for pregnant women this fall, all they had was the public health experiments called post-marketing surveillances. Right now, the only information we have about flu vaccines and pregnancy is the post-marketing surveillance reports which, as I already said, show that some women have been reporting miscarriages after a flu vaccine, whether it's seasonal or H1N1.

The tragic thing about this is that many of these women have physicians who refused to even consider the possibility of the vaccine causing harm to them or their babies.

What’s really distressing to me, though, is that so many physicians, as well as the mainstream media, steadfastly ignore compelling research that shows that flu vaccines have no effect on whether pregnant women get sick with the flu or influenza-like illnesses – meaning it's not necessary to even give pregnant women flu vaccines in the first place!

This story is far from over!

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects millions of Americans each year and can be both physically and emotionally distressful. Fibromyalgia sufferers experience widespread chronic muscle pain, but localized pain in a series of tender points is another classic symptom.

Recently, fibromyalgia patients have been seeking chiropractic care increasingly often. Because fibromyalgia causes numerous tender points all over the body, many fibromyalgia patients suffer from back pain, neck pain and leg cramps. In an attempt to solve these problems, many sufferers have looked to chiropractors. Because simple adjustments to the neck and spine can restore the carriage of the whole body, a lot of fibromyalgia sufferers find that alignments of the spine can significantly reduce pain all over their bodies.

Many fibromyalgia patients suffer from a condition called upper cervical spinal stenosis. This causes the coverings of the upper spine, known as meninges, to become compressed. This can cause severe, debilitating pain all over the body. Chiropractors can adjust the head and neck so the spine is no longer compressed, helping to relieve the widespread pain symptoms of fibromyalgia.

Numerous studies have been conducted analyzing the benefits of chiropractic care in fibromyalgia patients. A research study asked 81 fibromyalgia patients to indicate drug or alternative treatments that best relieved their pain. Chiropractic care treatment scored surprisingly high in this study. Another study examined the effectiveness of spinal manipulation in relieving fibromyalgia symptoms. After just 15 treatments, fibromyalgia patients suffered from less pain and fatigue, and actually enjoyed better sleep quality.

• Stage one: A freezing phase; Symptoms being acute pain, tending to be worse at night making sleep hard if not impossible. Range of motion has not yet become restricted much, if at all.
• Stage two: A frozen phase; Symptoms being lowering pain levels but with your range of motion becoming severely limited. Most people find this to be the hardest phase to cope with.
• Stage three: A thawing phase; Symptoms being as the name implies, a gradual diminishing of the remaining pain along with a freeing up of movement again.

• Decreases overall time of treatment
• Fosters faster rehabilitation/recovery
• Reduces need for anti-inflammatory medication
• Decreased pain and increased function
• Improves or completely resolves chronic conditions thought to be permanent