Groundbreaking medical research completed by a team at the Institute of Cancer Research, a college of the University of London, working in conjunction with researchers in Japan, discovered that certain cancer cells can cross the placenta of an afflicted mother-to-be into her unborn baby.
Such a link had been suspected previously, with about 17 cases of [...]
Tags: cancer cells, placenta, Pregnancy, Research
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What is it like to spend nine-plus months carrying someone else’s baby? How can you not get attached to the baby growing inside you? How can you talk yourself through morning sickness, swollen ankles and back pain when you don’t get the ultimate payoff of holding your own precious baby when all is said and done?
I was very fortunate to speak [...]
Tags: Adoption, IVF, miscarriage, Mother, Pregnancy, surrogacy, surrogate
Posted in: Pregnancy
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned early on that pregnant women and young children may be especially susceptible to the H1N1 swine flu. This has been proven by the latest reports and moralities due to this flu epidemic.
The first confirmed death due to swine flu in Europe happened in Scotland [...]
Tags: fatalities, H1N1, Pregnancy, swine flu
Posted in: Health, Pregnancy
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The swine flu (now referred to as the Mexican flu or Novel H1N1 flu) has now spread to 41 states in the US with 642 confirmed cases (as of May 6) and 23 countries worldwide. The US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) has provided recommendations for the general public but also to specific [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, CDC, parents, Pregnancy, prevention, swine flu
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Pregnant in prison
A 20-year old British woman is sitting in a Laos prison waiting for her trial. If convicted of drug smuggling, she will be sentenced to die by firing squad, according to BCC. However, the story doesn’t end there. Four months after imprisonment in August last year, she became pregnant. How this happened is [...]
Tags: court decisions, execution, legislations, Pregnancy, prison, unintentional homicide
Posted in: Current Events, Pregnancy
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