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Are women treated as "walking uteruses?"

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 30th 2008 10:01AM

It was nearly a half-century ago that science uncovered just how harmful drugs could be to a developing fetus. The threat--thalidomide. I don't even know what thalidomide is, save for the phrase from the Billy Joel song We Didn't Start the Fire, but ...
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Women fight to take back natural childbirth

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 31st 2008 9:00AM

Is natural childbirth going the way of the dinosaur? Ask many new moms and a lot of doctors and midwives, and you may be surprised to find the answer is yes. Between increasing costs at hospitals, liability and the demand by insurance companies ...
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Australian couple loses court case over twins' birth

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jul 27th 2008 11:00AM

Nearly a year ago, an Australian couple made headlines when they sued their doctors for transferring two embryos during an IVF procedure when they explicitly said that they only wanted one. There was a mix-up in communication, and the doctor ...
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15-year-old performs C-section, is now world's youngest surgeon

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 21st 2007 12:29PM

How far would you go to get your child into the Guiness Book of World Records? Dr. K. Murugesan, who owns a maternity hospital in southern India, let his 15-year-old son perform a Caesarean section birth. While he'll most likely succeed in getting ...
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Ob/Gyns in New Jersey increasingly pregnancy care, delivery from services

by Jay Allen, Posted Dec 23rd 2005 7:51AM

Here's a sobering article from the folks at NorthJersey.com about a disturbing trend among obstetrician/gynecologists to drop obstetrics from their practices. The factors include the rising cost of malpractice insurance, which in New Jersey can climb ...
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