Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Protein From Pregnancy Hormone May Prevent Breast Cancer
BioresearchOnline - Mon Nov 30, 3:52 am ETResearchers have found that hormones produced during pregnancy induce a protein that directly inhibits the growth of breast cancer.
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Plastics chemical phthalate may shorten pregnancy
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 3:35 pm ETPregnant women who are exposed to higher levels of an increasingly controversial chemical in certain plastics may deliver their babies slightly earlier than women with less exposure, results of a study hint.
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Ask The Trainers: How to exercise during pregnancy
Juice - Tue Dec 1, 3:29 pm ETQUESTION: I’m extremely healthy and active, but I’m also four months pregnant and don’t want to do too much exercise to hurt myself or the...
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Somali Ministers, Students Die In Blast
OfficialWire - Thu Dec 3, 10:27 am ETNine students, government ministers and journalists at a graduation ceremony were killed Thursday in a blast at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somali officials said.
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Glucose intolerance in pregnancy associated with postpartum cardiovascular risk
Science Daily - Tue Dec 1, 10:26 am ETWomen who have gestational glucose intolerance (a condition less severe than gestational diabetes) exhibit multiple cardiovascular risk factors as early as three months after birth, according to a new study.
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Canada Recalls Western-Brand Cream Cheese
OfficialWire - Thu Dec 3, 8:56 am ETThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the voluntary recall of Western-brand cream cheese products because of possible contamination.
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'Late Preterm' Infants Remain at Risk of Bloodstream Infection
Newswise - Wed Dec 2, 4:19 pm ETSepsis is a serious infection that is a major cause of death in very premature infants. But sepsis is also a threat in "late preterm" infants born just a few weeks prematurely, according to a study in the December issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
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Community assistance
Pahrump Valley Times - Wed Dec 2, 6:38 pm ET* Clothing giveaway, South Valley Baptist Church, 7050 Homestead Road, 1-3 p.m. Fridays. * The new location for First Choice Pregnancy Center is 1601 E. Basin Avenue, Suite 303.
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Vehicle Falls Into Ravine, 16 Killed
OfficialWire - Thu Dec 3, 7:13 am ETAn overcrowded vehicle fell into a deep ravine in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir province, killing 16 people, police said.
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Norah Jones's Window Plan Irks Neighbors
OfficialWire - Thu Dec 3, 6:42 am ETNew York's Cobble Hill Association says it is fighting singer Norah Jones's plan to install 10 new windows in her 19th-century mansion.
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Palin 'Devastated' by Bristol's Surprise Pregnancy
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Paternity Testing Home Kits: How Do They Work?
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Are We Becoming Different Persons During Pregnancy?
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Fetal Brain Damage: What Causes It?
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Hot Tubs: A Pregnancy No-No
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