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...front door? The nuclear family is not dead - some 29% of E.U. households still include dependent children - but the age gap between parents and children is widening. Mothers with old faces and young children are now a common sight on the high street. The average age of women giving birth in the E.U. hovers at just below 30, up from 27.4 in 1991. That average falls between two distant poles: teenage pregnancies, which continue to rise in several countries, and a swelling contingent of graying progenitrices. In Spain, 13% of first-time mothers are over...
...physician, there are few experiences that are as extraordinary as being present at the birth of a baby and serving as part of the noisy team. It is one of the most personal and intimate moments of a family's life and yet one that we as doctors are invited to attend. In sharp contrast to the joyful, noise of the usual delivery room, there are also few experiences as dreaded by physicians as a quiet delivery room. Mothers whose conditions are precarious may require emergency C-sections and general anesthesia which renders them mute and requires their family members...
...Numbers 297 Number of polio infections reported so far this year in India, up from 66 last year 67% Percentage of those cases occurring among Muslims. Health workers blame rumors that Western-manufactured polio vaccines are really birth-control drugs intended to reduce the Muslim birth rate...
...look back to the era between the Big Bang and the birth of stars provoked skepticism and awe. Some readers said scientists reached beyond their data, while others found an affirmation of God's work...
...article on the birth of stars was a breath of fresh air at a time when too many people are busy counting planets on the head of a pin. The ongoing scientific discovery of the unfolding of our early universe is far more important for people to understand than how to divide the solar system into sheep and goats. Our connection to those early epochs is not just academic. Many of the oxygen atoms we inhale were forged in those very first stars. James Sweitzer, Ph.D. Science Communications Consultants Oak Park, Illinois...