Pregnancy And Childbirth

(Reuters) - Babies born extremely prematurely have much better survival odds now than in years past, but boys seem to be lagging behind girls despite advances in medical care, according to an Australian study.Researchers whose findings appeared in Pediatrics found that of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born extremely early have much better survival odds now than in years past -- but boys seem to be lagging behind girls, a new study finds.Australian researchers found that of more than 2,500 infants born very ...

Three times Hasrat Bibi gave birth. Each time her baby died before reaching the outside world. After the third, she was left a social outcast and unable to have more children, but in Afghanistan her story is all too familiar.Bibi first fell ...

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - She was 15 years old, heavily pregnant and had travelled eight days on the back of a donkey to reach hospital.Suffering from seizures and high blood pressure, she died soon after at the Herat Maternity Hospital in western ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese pregnant women can safely limit their weight gain by watching what they eat, an analysis of several clinical trials suggests.The study, reported in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, adds to evidence that obese women can try ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Forty percent of women who suffer depression after childbirth are abused either physically or emotionally by their partners, researchers in Australia said on Wednesday, calling on health workers to be more alert to such cases."That is a very ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators have taken first steps to remove from the market over-the-counter products containing HCG hormone, saying the homeopathic formulations fraudulently claim to produce weight loss and may pose serious health risks.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman gave birth in a restroom at Baltimore's airport after arriving on a flight, an airport spokesman said on Monday.The woman gave birth to a boy on Sunday afternoon at Concourse D of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, ...

Former News International boss Rebekah Brooks, a key figure in the phone hacking row, is expecting a baby girl in February via a surrogate mother, her spokesman said on Thursday.The flame-haired Brooks, 43, and her husband, racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, were originally ...

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Topic: Pregnancy And Childbirth

Very preterm boys less likely to live than girls

Very preterm boys less likely to survive than girls

Dangers stalk childbearing women in Afghanistan

Giving birth is a battle for survival in Afghanistan

Obese pregnant women can safely diet: study

Women's post-natal depression linked to partners' abuse: study

FDA takes aim at "unproven" HCG weight-loss brands

Woman gives birth at airport restroom

Woman gives birth at Baltimore airport restroom

Rebekah Brooks expecting baby by surrogate

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