Word: painfulness
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...mother's perineum and leave grind marks on pubic bone. In many ways, the act of giving birth resembles a medical emergency - in fact, if no medical intervention of any kind were made, up to 1 in 67 women would die in labor. Fear of birth pain is thus legitimate and it is no wonder that many women elect to have C-sections - especially when the procedure is over in about 40 minutes and feels no more uncomfortable, in the words of an anesthetist in one of Hong Kong's top maternity hospitals, "than someone rummaging around in your tummy...
...more notable instances was in South Korea in 2004 - three years after the country's rate hit an OECD high of 40.5%. A chastened government launched a campaign to encourage natural childbirth, and the number of prenatal classes was also increased, allowing more women to learn about the pain-management techniques essential in vaginal delivery. "Overall, Korean women are much more educated about the issue," says Kim Jae Sun, an official at the government's Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. But she also admits that the campaign was underfunded and haphazard. While the country has seen a drop...
...required to cover all its employees. The department ordered that Harvard pay McGahey temporary benefits, but the University appealed the decision. The department has yet to render a decision in the case. McGahey underwent hip surgery in Nov. 2004, but according to the complaint, it did not resolve her pain issues. The complaint also said that McGahey’s husband left her as a consequence of the disability, leaving her as the sole financial supporter of her two children. —Staff writer Jamison A. Hill can be reached at jahill@fas.harvard.edu...
...report of an individual trying to break into a Holyoke Street restaurant. The individual claimed they thought the restaurant was open. The officers sent the individual on his or her way. March 10 7:55 p.m.—Officers saw two individuals behaving suspiciously at Au Bon Pain. The individuals were run for outstanding warrants and Miriam Rodriguez, 22, was placed under arrest. March 11 12:12 p.m.—An individual was seen sleeping on a concrete wall near Gund Hall. He or she was issued a trespass warning and was sent...
...Americans who were upset that he even denounced Jeremiah Wright's words. And there'll be people on the right that think that standing by his mentor is the wrong thing to do. There's a lot of African Americans who feel that it was gratuitous - talking about the pain or blame that white Americans feel over pressure for jobs. But that too is the message that will help in Pennsylvania and beyond. That he can express to white Americans what makes them uneasy, that it's the competition and that blacks and whites can sit and point fingers...