Word: childbirth
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...Despite fears to the contrary, moderate aerobic exercise after childbirth does not hamper production of breast milk, according to a new report...
...obstetricians have decided to leave Brigham and Women's Hospital for posts at Massachusetts General Hospital, moving some of the city's leading experts in childbirth to a hospital that does not currently deliver babies...
Cannabis -- marijuana -- is described in ancient Middle Eastern writings as a common medication. Now scientists in Israel have exhumed the body of a woman who died in childbirth 1,600 years ago, and found a burned material they identified as pot. It was evidently used to ease the pain of a difficult labor...
...mothers' use of creams, vitamin E and exercise to avoid post-childbirth stretch marks are apparently useless. Weight gain is the main reason for the marks, and there is no way to prevent them...
After touring the hospital, Shunyi County health officials presented the status and goals of health care for women and children. One of the most impressive statistics was the reduction in maternal mortality rate, to the point where there were no deaths from childbirth reported last year...