Word: childbirth
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TAIWANESE RETRIEVER A woman in Taiwan owes her baby's life to her pooch, which pulled the drowning newborn from a toilet. The mother had passed out during an unexpected solo childbirth...
...most compelling evidence against the notification law comes from doctors themselves. The American Medical Association (AMA) has stated that parental notice or consent laws “appear to increase the health risks to the adolescent by delaying medical treatment or forcing the adolescent into an unwanted childbirth.” The AMA goes further, arguing, “Physicians should not feel or be compelled to require minors to obtain consent of their parents before deciding whether to undergo an abortion. The patient—even an adolescent—generally must decide whether, on balance, parental involvement...
...investment is starting to pay off, says Kintaudi, who serves as the collaborative effort's director. In five years, vaccination rates across the health zones have soared from 28% to 75%. More children are being treated for malaria. The number of women attended during childbirth is up. And many of the health zones have potable water. The next big hurdle: winning a second grant from USAID in 2006. But Kintaudi is in it for the long haul. "Success doesn't happen overnight," he says. "We have to act now to make a difference 100 years from...
...political elections and the generational cycle of demographics. That's one reason politicians haven't been willing to expend a lot of political capital in addressing it." It's not the only reason politicians have been leery. In Germany, Italy and Spain, nationalist or fascist regimes often glorified childbirth as a boon to the race. In many...
...consulted my premed comrades. After they too laughed at the usage, they informed me that prostaglandins do indeed induce CHILDBIRTH by increasing the activity of smooth muscle cells (as are found in the uterus...