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Infertility treatments may raise preterm birth risk

Reuters US Online Report Health News 4 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Couples who conceive through certain types of infertility treatment may have a higher-than-normal likelihood of having a premature baby, a new study suggests. Danish researchers found that among more than 20,000 women who gave birth at their ...

South Korean women caught in abortion limbo

AP Features 5 days ago

Having a third child wasn't in Mrs. Kim's plans. She and her husband are already struggling to get by. But getting an abortion, once so routine here that South Korea was known as "Abortion Republic," is no longer easy. In recent weeks, ...

Guatemala to resume int'l adoptions in June

AP News 5 days ago

Guatemala to resume international adoptions in June after 2-year suspension due to baby sales International adoptions will resume in Guatemala this June after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold, officials announced Wednesday. Four foreign ...

Rheumatoid arthritis tied to pregnancy complications

Reuters US Online Report Health News 5 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with rheumatoid arthritis may have increased risks of high blood pressure, having an underweight baby or needing a cesarean section, a new study suggests. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) arises when the immune system mistakenly attacks tissue ...

Moms post-birth bleeding tied to early radiation

Reuters US Online Report Health News 5 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who had radiation to the abdomen in childhood to treat cancer may experience excessive bleeding after giving birth, new study findings suggest. The study evaluated pregnancy and birth outcomes in 40 women who were 30 years ...

Russian first lady opens annual Keukenhof flower show

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Russian first lady Svetlana Medvedeva opened the 61st annual flower show Wednesday at Keukenhof, the world's largest bulb garden -- with this year's theme "From Russia with Love". "Now I have the very pleasant and honourable task, the opening of the flower ...

SKorean women caught in abortion limbo

AP News 5 days ago

Pregnant SKoreans desperate amid abortion crackdown in former 'Abortion Republic' Having a third child wasn't in Mrs. Kim's plans. She and her husband are already struggling to get by. But getting an abortion, once so routine here that South Korea was known ...

Parents of twins "more likely to split up"

Reuters Life! Online Report 5 days ago

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Families with twins or triplets are more likely to separate due to the financial burdens involved, according to a survey on Wednesday. Research for Britain's Twins and Multiple Births Association (TAMBA) found that 62 percent of those asked ...

Triplet births rising and death rates high: study

Reuters US Online Report Health News 6 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Triplet births are on the increase, even when IVF pregnancies are discounted, and the death rate for triplets is 10 times higher than for single births, Norwegian scientists said on Wednesday. The researchers, who said their findings were likely ...

Brain damage linked to prenatal meth exposure

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

A developing fetus exposed to methamphetamine can cause far more damaging brain, cognitive and behavioral problems than prenatal exposure to alcohol, a study said Tuesday. University of California Los Angeles professor Elizabeth Sowell and her colleagues used structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) ...

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