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Vaginal gel reduces preterm births in some women

A simple treatment - a hormone-containing vaginal gel - significantly reduces premature births among pregnant women who are at high risk because of a problem with the cervix, government researchers reported Wednesday....

 

Drop in U.S. birth rate is the biggest in 30 years

The maternity business has experienced a recession, too, it appears. Births fell 4% from 2007 to 2009, the biggest drop for any two-year period since the mid-1970s, according to federal government data released Thursday.

 

San Gabriel shuts down makeshift maternity ward catering to 'birthing tourism'

For a fee, Chinese women received room and board and a chance to deliver their babies in the United States and become mothers to instant U.S. citizens.

 

CDC links prescription painkillers in pregnancy to birth defects

Moms-to-be who take prescription opioid painkillers such as codeine, hydrocodone or oxycodone (Oxycontin) may increase the risk of birth defects ...

 

Study: Spacing babies close may raise autism risk

Study: Spacing babies close may raise autism risk

Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children....

 

Baby Born in MRI Machine

Baby Born in MRI Machine

“For the first time we can clearly see the mechanics of a vaginal delivery,” he said. “For years, obstetricians have relied on very crude methods of understanding complications like cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD), which translates when the baby fails to descend into the birth canal and there is a rest in cervical dilatation, which ultimately leads to a C-section.”

 

Preemie births inch down, but still a big problem

Premature births may finally be starting to inch down, says a new report from the March of Dimes.

 

Pa. man lights joint to celebrate child's birth

Pa. man lights joint to celebrate child's birth

Police said a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital. Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking area of Uniontown Hospital Tuesday morning, but said he'll face marijuana possession charges.

 

10-year-old gives birth in southern Spain

A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby, an official said Tuesday.

 

Celine Dion has twins

Celine Dion has twins

Singer Celine Dion, 42, gave birth Saturday to premature twin boys.

 

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