{"id":37201,"date":"2012-07-31T00:32:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T07:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=37201"},"modified":"2014-12-30T15:35:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T22:35:38","slug":"perhaps-your-chance-to-do-a-work-of-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/07\/perhaps-your-chance-to-do-a-work-of-mercy.html","title":{"rendered":"Perhaps your chance to do a work of mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Hyperemesis gravidarum is a debilitating pregnancy-related disease which causes unrelenting nausea and vomiting, extreme weight loss, dehydration and malnutrition. \u00a0Too often, it leads to the terrible decision to terminate the pregnancy. \u00a0 Thankfully, there is now a major medical study of HG being conducted at UCLA.<\/p>\n<p>You can help with this worthwhile research! \u00a0 To participate, you need only complete an online questionnaire and return a saliva kit that will be mailed to you. \u00a0Women are eligible if they are under 51 and either (1) were ever diagnosed with HG, or (2) did NOT have HG, and have at least two children.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers at Beyond Morning Sickness are helping to screen participants and expedite the process. \u00a0 Please write to <a href=\"mailto:ashli@beyondmorningsickness.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">ashli@beyondmorningsickness.com<\/a> if you\u2019ll like to become part of the study. \u00a0Also, if you\u2019ll like to make a donation to the research, you may do so by clicking here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.petridish.org\/projects\/what-causes-nausea-and-vomiting-of-pregnancy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.petridish.org\/projects\/what-causes-nausea-and-vomiting-of-pregnancy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyperemesis gravidarum is a debilitating pregnancy-related disease which causes unrelenting nausea and vomiting, extreme weight loss, dehydration and malnutrition. \u00a0Too often, it leads to the terrible decision to terminate the pregnancy. \u00a0 Thankfully, there is now a major medical study of HG being conducted at UCLA. 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