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LIBERIA: Acute malnutrition a social problem
Monrovia :: Liberia | about 3 hours ago
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In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war’s damage to the social fabric, say nutritionists, who call the...
Tags: Liberian, ACF Pipeline, acute malnutrition, IRIN, acute malnourished, feeding centre, Monrovia, teenage pregnancy, social problem, told irin, Liberia, Mesurado River, Saint Paul River, Action Against Hunger, Adolescence, Pregnancy, James Monroe
Baltimore to be center of abortion debate
Narāl :: Bangladesh | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Both sides of the abortion debate will be focusing on Baltimore today, when the City Council is expected to approve a first-in-the-nation law imposing new regulations on faith-based organizations that try to steer women away from the procedure...Rawlings-Blake...
Tags: NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland, plan parenthood, Baltimore City, Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, pregnancies centers, pregnant women, crisis pregnancies, greater baltimore, baltimore centers, birth control, Bangladesh, Narāl, Obstetrics, Abortion, Crisis pregnancy center, Planned Parenthood, Pro-choice, Pregnancy, Gynecology, Fertility, Social Issues
Improved treatment increases the odds for preterm babies
Evansville :: IN :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility I was leafing through one of my pediatric journals desperately searching for any article that didn’t mention the swine flu, when I came across an announcement declaring that November is National Prematurity Awareness Month. One out of eight babies born...
Tags: baby born, Evansville, Fertility, Preterm birth, Intensive care medicine, Fetus, Pregnancy, Pediatrics, Childbirth, Obstetrics, Health Medical Pharma
Where God Walks
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility In a move to gather support from Democrats who oppose abortion, writers of the plan have changed the language so that federal funds through the health care option would not go to abortions. The Roman Catholic Church of America praised liberals for changing...
Tags: Catholic Church, health care, care option, Terre Haute, Pregnancy, Bioethics, Pro-choice, Religion and abortion, Jerry Falwell, Abortion debate, Abortion, Human rights, Social Issues, Religion Belief, Politics
'Courage, grace' in face of life-threatening condition
Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Courage, grace’ in face of life-threatening condition Text size A ndrew Johnson was born with a defect that caused a life-threatening blockage in his urinary tract and irreversibly damaged his kidneys...Nadel, director of the obstetrical ultrasound...
Tags: Andrew, Dr. Allan S. Nadel, urinary tract, Boston, Developmental biology, Embryology, Amniotic fluid, Amniocentesis, Urine, Obstetrics, Body fluids, Pregnancy, Health Medical Pharma
Ever vigilant
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility This was done through the efforts and outcry of many individuals, in addition to the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which was passed 240-194. We all know, however, that this health care bill is not law yet and could have many changes before it sees the light...
Tags: elective abort, Hutchinson, Pregnancy, Abortion, Fertility, Gynecology, Social Issues
Career Couch: Expecting a Baby, but Not the Stereotypes
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility You recently became pregnant and expect to continue working through the pregnancy and after maternity leave. Although the initial reaction has been positive, is it possible you will face negative repercussions in the office? A. It is possible, said Jack...
Tags: maternity leave, pregnant women, Mr. Tuckner, New York, Fertility, Pregnancy, Obstetrics, Family
Report's grim statistics
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility With nearly two unborn (or very newly born) New Zealand babies dying every day, more money needs to be invested in keeping pregnant women and their babies healthy, a maternity expert says. Cindy Farquhar, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the...
Tags: baby deaths, pregnant women, New Zealand, Auckland, Perinatal mortality, Maternal death, Canadian Perinatal Network, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Maternal bond
Long-term folic acid use ups cancer risk
Tehrān :: Iran | 1 day ago
Credibility Folic acid and vitamin supplements had long been believed to have a critical role in the development of healthy new cells. Taking such supplements in the first months of pregnancy was also reported to prevent serious birth defects such as spina bifida.
Tags: folic acid, Iran, Tehrān, Congenital disorders, Obstetrics, Homocysteine, Vitamin B12, Dietary supplements, B vitamins, Vitamins, Health Medical Pharma, Asthma, Pregnancy, Folate deficiency, L-methylfolate
McEntee: The abortion debate returns, again
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility This time, it's Rep. Carl Wimmer, who wants to close a "loophole" in the state's law, which holds that a woman cannot be charged for trying to arrange an abortion. At the same time, anti-abortion forces in Washington, D.C., want to force low- and medium-income...
Tags: Utah, Carl Wimmer, Salt Lake City, Pregnancy, Abortion in the United States, Abortion in the US by state, Abortion, Fertility, Gynecology, Social Issues, Law Crime
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