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...Painful Decisions But regardless of the best efforts of physicians to reassure them, avoiding the pain of childbirth remains the wish of many women, if they can help and afford it. And sometimes circumstances - at least in developing countries - do not make it easy for doctors to have the patience that natural delivery often demands...
...often hear people express the wish to have a less painful delivery," says Dr. Gabriel M. Leung, professor in translational public health at the University of Hong Kong. "They may also want some predictability in the time and day the baby is born" - allowing for a smoother departure from the workplace, and letting fathers and grandparents know when to take time off. The famous Asian penchant for astrology can even be indulged. "Whenever there is an auspicious date, there will be a planned cesarean," says Singaporean doula Ginny Phang (a doula is a private birthing coach who is not part...
...read the article about brett favre's retirement from football, then reread it--and read it one more time [March 17]. Green Bay Packers backers here in Wisconsin have had a very sad week. We are all happy for Favre and wish him well, but we wonder what in the world we will do without him. Your article reminded me that I am not alone...
Students who wish to participate in the program will have to sign a pledge committing themselves to working in public service for at least five years. Kagan said that the Law School plans to put rules in place to guard against students who renege on their commitments...
...Indeed, his very determination to speak for openness and a long-term vision has sometimes brought him critics on every side. Some conservative Tibetan clerics believe he has been too radical in jettisoning old Tibetan customs, while some Western Buddhists, graduates of the revolutions of the '60s, wish he did not speak out against divorce or sexual license. True to his Buddhist precepts, he has not called for Tibetan independence from China for more than 20 years; he seeks only autonomy, whereby China could control Tibetans' defense and foreign affairs so long as Tibetans have sovereignty over everything else...