Health
NM abortion complaint highlights privacy concerns
(AP)—The New Mexico Medical Board is set to rule today on whether to discipline one of the few doctors in this country that openly performs late-term abortions.
Feb 7, 2013
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APNewsBreak: Catholic hospital acknowledges error
(AP)—A Catholic hospital on Monday acknowledged it was "morally wrong" for its attorneys to argue in court that a fetus is not a human being under Colorado law.
Feb 4, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Argentine woman gives birth after heart transplant
In what doctors Tuesday said was a medical first, an Argentine woman with a transplanted heart gave birth to a baby girl following an in vitro fertilization.
Jan 29, 2013
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Medical research
Mouse mutant opens new path for birth defect research
(Medical Xpress)—According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 3 of every 100 babies in the U.S. are born with a birth defect. Among boys, one of the most common defects is the displacement of the urethral opening ...
Jan 16, 2013
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Medications
Deal in US suit on pregnancy drug
(AP)—Four sisters who claimed in a lawsuit their breast cancer was caused by synthetic estrogen their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s have reached a settlement with the drug company Eli Lilly and Co.
Jan 9, 2013
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Health
EU launches public consultation on sweetener aspartame
The EU's food safety agency on Tuesday launched a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion regarding the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame.
Jan 8, 2013
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Sleep disorders
Treating sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy may improve fetal health
A new study suggests that treatment of mild sleep-disordered breathing with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy in pregnant women with preeclampsia improves fetal activity levels, a marker of fetal well-being.
Jan 2, 2013
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Health
Judge temporarily blocks Ga. abortion law
(AP)—A state judge has suspended a Georgia law banning abortions for women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant.
Dec 24, 2012
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Health
Court strikes down Costa Rica in-vitro ban (Update)
(AP)—A Costa Rican ban on in-vitro fertilization has been struck down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a decision that reproductive health groups said could lead to greater access to abortion and some contraception ...
Dec 21, 2012
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Health
Women 16-49 at risk of multiple pollutants
(Medical Xpress)—In a new analysis of thousands of US women of childbearing age, Brown University researchers found that most exceeded the median blood level for two or more of three environmental pollutants that could ...
Nov 28, 2012
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