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HEALTH / NEWS Mon Feb 4, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Baby shampoos, lotions and powders may expose infants to chemicals that have been linked with possible reproductive problems, a small study suggests. The chemicals, called phthalates, are found in many ordinary products including cosmetics, toys, vinyl.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Fri Apr 20, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

Washington Post -- As the first wave of baby boomers edges toward retirement, a growing body of evidence suggests that they may be the first generation to enter their golden years in worse health than their parents. While not definitive, the data sketch a startlingly differ.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Jan 25, 2007 @ 9:33am mrmdc

News.com.au -- AN Indonesian clinic is keeping a baby until his poor parents pay the bill for his delivery, a report said Thursday... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon May 21, 2007 @ 1:07pm neoform

BBC News -- Children of mothers who eat plenty of apples during pregnancy are less likely to develop asthma, research suggests. The University of Aberdeen project quizzed 2,000 mothers-to-be on their eating habits, then looked at their child's health over five yea.. Read More

HEALTH / OPINION Thu May 17, 2007 @ 9:26am neoform

Alter Net -- While raising a child more naturally does involve buying more organic and nontoxic products, it's also about fostering the kind of instinctive bond that's so easily lost in our high-stress, pre-packaged world. Raising a natural baby in a chemical world.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 7:46pm neoform

CNN -- Extra vitamin supplements can reduce the risk of having an underweight or undersized baby, and all pregnant women in developing countries should get them, researchers said Wednesday. But the team, reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine, said.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Apr 2, 2007 @ 3:53pm neoform

CNN -- Donna Ducker started panicking within minutes of her son Evan's birth. "They said, 'There is something we need to tell you about your baby,'" she remembers. "So many things raced through my mind, the last thing that I ever thought about was a birthmark.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 10:46am neoform

ABC News -- An apparent surge of infanticide across Germany has prompted some city councils to promote so-called baby-klappe, or baby-drop, centers. The reports are also spurring others to question if enough is being done about the problem. First installed at a ho.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 11:58am neoform

ABC News -- Alessandro Palermo was watching TV in his home in Riomaggiore on Italy's famous Cinque Terre coast, when the photo of Giovanni caught his eye — the baby's tiny mouth, big cheeks and bulging blue eyes went right to his heart. An American baby of Itali.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Feb 19, 2007 @ 7:30pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The world's most premature living baby, born at 21 weeks and six days, is headed home after spending four months in a neonatal intensive care unit, Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami announced. "It was hard to imagine she would get this far. But now.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 11:24am neoform

Washington Post -- The muscles surrounding my pregnant belly were tightening with ominous regularity as I waited for my asthma doctor to check my wheezy lungs. I have a small frame, and it looked like I had stuffed a dinosaur egg under my shirt. Now, at 25 weeks, it looked.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 11:46pm neoform

MSNBC -- Jyoti Dave is pregnant, but when the 30-year-old gives birth in March the baby will not be taken home to bond with her other child, but will instead be handed over to an American couple unable to conceive... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 8:26am neoform

FOX News -- Researchers have identified a brain defect they think is a major contributor to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)... Read More