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Multiples, as opposed to singletons, are more likely to be born premature (the more fetuses, the earlier labor occurs). The risk of miscarriage is higher. Cesarean sections are utilized more frequently. Gestational diabetes, hypertension and preeclampsia can all occur. Multiple births can also create potential long-term health implications for the children, like cerebral palsy. In the short term, in many multiple-birth situations, newborns are at greater risk of birth complications and death, though notably, all eight of the kids born to "Octomom" Nadya Suleman earlier this year survived...
Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and former Pennsylvania Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge are among those who will serve as fellows at Harvard’s Institute of Politics this spring, the IOP announced Friday...
...President, he is generally doing well. And they add that Kennedy is fully engaged in the effort to pass universal health-care legislation - a cause for which he has fought for decades, and one in which he will play a crucial role as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (See pictures of Obama's Inauguration...
...means" may have been coined by Carl von Clausewitz in 19th century Prussia, but it was given new meaning during Israel's 22-day offensive in Gaza. The troika of Israeli decision-makers that ran the military campaign - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak (leader of the Labor Party) and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (who replaced Olmert as leader of the Kadima party because of his impending corruption case) - are fierce political rivals. "If they were together on an island in a Survivor episode," says Reuven Hazan, a political scientist at the Hebrew University, "they would...
...most decorated soldier, Barak allowed himself to be photographed often during the Gaza campaign in a black leather bomber jacket, poring over battle maps with his generals. This tough guy image sits well with Israelis, even if they were displeased that the Gaza war ended without Hamas' surrender. With Labor and Livni's Kadima on board, it may be possible for Netanyahu to be more successful in selling a peace accord to a wary Israeli public than a center-left government could be. But the main task facing the new Obama Administration may be to convince Netanyahu that there...