Premature Births Worsen US Infant Death Rate WPXI ATLANTA -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday. | About 1 in 8 U.S. births are premature. Early births are much less common most of Europe...
Study Ties Common Drugs To Birth Defects WPXI CHICAGO -- Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy -- penicillins -- appear to be the safest. | Bacterial infections themselves can c...
Local Health Investigation Sheds Light On Gastroschisis Birth Defect redOrbit Posted on: Friday, 6 November 2009, 13:46 CST | University of Nevada, Reno researcher collaborates with local health community to look for answers to elevated incidence rate | Results of an investigation conducted by University of Nevada, Reno resear...
Assembly OKs bill requiring teaching birth control The Examiner Comments MADISON, Wis. (Map, News) - How to properly use birth control would have to be taught if Wisconsin schools decide to offer sex education under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Thursday. | The Assembly had given preliminary approval t...
Assembly OKs bill requiring teaching birth control Syracuse | (AP) - MADISON, Wis. - How to properly use birth control would have to be taught if Wisconsin schools decide to offer sex education under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Thursday. | The Assembly had given preliminary approval to the bill o...
Birth Control May Help Ease Asthma WPXI Women with asthma who take birth control pills may have fewer problems than those who do not, according to a new study. But anyone with asthma who takes a common painkiller could make things worse. | Researchers from McMaster University found that du...
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All birth control pills said to carry same risks Swissinfo English Birth control pills containing the active ingredient drospirenone carry the same health risks as similar contraceptives on the market. | Those are the findings of a review of birth...
The need for birth control Arab News | Abdullah Abu Al-Samh I Okaz | I WAS one of the first people who wrote about the necessity of birth control and the perils of population growth. I wrote this nine years ago in the...
Birth-control pills, low birth weight linked Canada Dot Com Women who get pregnant within a few weeks of taking birth-control pills seem much more likely than others to have low birth-weight or premature babies, concludes a new ...
Premature Births Lift U.S. Infant Death Rate Wall Street Journal Associated Press | ATLANTA -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday. | About 1 in 8 U.S. b...
Premature Births Behind US Infant Mortality redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 14:06 CST | A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that premature births are the main reason the United States lags behind most European countries in infant mortality. | The U.S. ...
Study Examines Associations Between Antibiotic Use During Pregnancy And Birth Defects redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 14:38 CST | Penicillin and several other antibacterial medications commonly taken by pregnant women do not appear to be associated with many birth defects, according to a report in the November issue of Archives o...
Ashlee Simpson stands up for sis: 'Stop calling Jessica fat!' The Examiner | 'Tis the Simpsons who are most loyal to their blood. | A couple of weeks ago, older sis Jessica Simpson lashed out at Melrose Place for giving sis Ashlee the boot. But now it's Ashlee who's going to bat for her big. | The topic most haunting Jessica in the media is her fluctuating waist line so when Ashlee Simpson-Wentz interviewed with...
Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO Zeenews Geneva: Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said on Friday. | In an update on the H1N1 swine flu virus, the WHO said parts of the southern and southeastern United States, as well as Iceland and Ireland, seemed to have weakening levels of diseas...
