Health
Missouri, latest US state to restrict abortion
The Missouri House passed a bill on Friday banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, making it the latest US state to pass restrictions on ending a pregnancy.
May 17, 2019
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Louisiana 'heartbeat' abortion ban nearing final passage
A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana as early as the sixth week of pregnancy continued to speed through the state legislature Wednesday, a day after Alabama lawmakers voted for what could become the nation's most restrictive ...
May 15, 2019
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Victorian convicts were fed a surprisingly sustaining diet
Inmates carried out heavy labour in Victorian prisons, and given the stories about the awful food in these prisons, you might assume that they wasted away while they did their time. However, our latest study shows that most ...
Jan 28, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
5 convicted in meningitis outbreak case; 1 acquitted
Four former employees and an owner of the Massachusetts facility responsible for a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds were convicted Thursday of fraud and other offenses.
Dec 13, 2018
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Our research finds pregnant prisoners are giving birth without midwifery support
Newly published research by Dr. Laura Abbott, specialist midwife and senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, has highlighted significant risks to the safety and wellbeing of pregnant mothers and their babies in ...
Nov 16, 2018
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Faulty breast implant company founder faces jail in France
A French appeals court on Monday upheld a four-year prison sentence for the founder of PIP, the manufacturer of defective breast implants that caused a health scare across Europe and South America.
May 2, 2016
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Health
Female children of inmates at greater risk for neurological problems
A secondary analysis of data gathered in scores of interviews with female inmates suggests girls who have an incarcerated adult in the family may be at greater risk for lifelong neurological problems.
Apr 19, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
South Korea passes new law to curb MERS outbreak
South Korea has introduced a new law designed to curb a MERS outbreak, tightening quarantine restrictions and imposing jail sentences on those who defy anti-infection measures in a crisis that has now left 31 dead.
Jun 26, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Higher suicide risk after served prison sentence
People who have been in prison run a higher risk of committing suicide; 18 times that of the general population. By far the highest risk of suicide comes in the first months after release and among individuals with a history ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Incarceration has no effect on nonresident fathers' parenting
A prison sentence may not always have negative consequences for children of the incarcerated, says University of California, Irvine sociologist Kristin Turney. In a new study, she finds that when an uninvolved dad spends ...
Dec 11, 2013
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