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In the News

ABC News Abortion: Last Resort For Hellish Morning Sickness. Hyperemesis Gravidarum Can Threaten Woman's Health, and Maybe Her Baby's, Too
June 2010
(ABC News)
ABC News Morning sickness may be genetic: study
May 2010
(Sydney Morning Herald)
Babyzone When Morning Sickness Takes Over - Surviving hyperemesis gravidarum
Aptil 2010
(Babyzone.com)
Starving for answers - January 2010
(Dallas Magazine)
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone receptor polymorphisms and risk of hyperemesis gravidarum - December 2009
(AJOG – American Journal of Obstectrics & Gynecology)
  MOM STOP: Pregnancy disease can be debilitating - September 2009
(Tuscaloosa News)
August 2009
(OB.Gyn News)
Mom's morning sickness tied to sharper kids - August 2009
(Times of India)
When morning sickness becomes debilitating - June 2009
(Families.com)
Morning, noon and night sickness - March 2009
(Irish Times)
Motherhood is its own happy pill when it comes to memories we'd rather not relive - February 2009
(Pasadena Star News)
Pregnancy is, in essence, the most natural and hopeful of conditions. But a surprisingly common syndrome can turn it into a nightmare - November 2008
(Washington Post)
Real Life: It's so much worse than normal morning sickness - July 2008
(Irish Independent News)
Hyperemesis Gravidarum: Caring for the disabled mother - July 2008  
The Practising Midwife (UK)
Pregnant Indian women 'at greater risk of extreme nausea - April 2008
(The Hindu)
Pregnancy and Extreme Nausea And Vomiting - April 2008
(Medical News Today)
N.Y. Giants football player Lawrence Tynes never lost confidence in his kicking or his family - January 2008
(USA Today)
Severe complications: One woman’s struggle to bring a healthy baby into the world and survive - January 2008
(NewsReview.com)
The clinic helping sick pregnant women - October 2007
(BBC News)
My morning sickness was so bad I wanted an abortion… - September 2007
(Times Mirror - UK)
August 2007
(OB.gyn News)
Dr. Phil show focuses on Hyperemesis Gravidarum - June 2007
  HER Foundation -- United Kingdom - April 2007
Nausea? There’s No Need to Suffer in Silence - October 2006
(NY Times)
BEARING THE UNBEARABLE:  AMY ROSS HELPS PREGNANT WOMEN ENDURE A DEBILITATING ILLNESS - September 2006
(NY Daily News)
I couldn't stomach more children - Morning sickness put our correspondent in hospital       - she even considered having a termination - January 2006
(UK Times Online)
US House of Representatives HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM: THE OVERLOOKED, BUT DEADLY PREGNANCY DISEASE
September 2005
  HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM: THE OVERLOOKED, BUT DEADLY PREGNANCY DISEASE, REP. BECERRA CO-SPONSORS CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING - September 2005
(Congressman Xavier Becerra)
Boring [Oregon, USA] resident tries to help pregnant women
(The Oregonian (Oregon Live), June 2005)
Health Magazine Sure, a little queasiness is normal. But what do you do when you're nauseated 24-7? - May 2004
(health Magazine)
Baby Magazine Surviving pregnancy when you have hyperemesis gravidarum - May 2004
(American Baby)
  Miscarriages, nausea caused by little-known disease
(Medill News), May 2005
Severe complications: One woman's struggle to bring a healthy baby into the world and survive
(Reno News Review, Jan. 2008)

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