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Figleaf's Real Adult Sex (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
If the “pro-life” community was really “pro-life” instead of just anti-abortion then you’d expect them to give a rat’s ass about, oh, say, pre-natal care. As a movement they don’t. You’d expect them to care about infant mortality. As a movement they don’t. You’d expect them to care about stilbirth. As a movement they don’t. You’d...
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Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
For mothers-to-be in remote villages of Uganda bringing a baby to the world can be very difficult. Walks can be long to any hospital, so the thought of receiving any prenatal care is out of the question, let alone going to the hospital for the delivery itself. Besides, who could afford any of the care or supplies the hospital would charge you? An article in All Africa today examines a new voucher program...
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A child born in the U.S. is an American citizen, even if his or her mother is an undocumented resident. That's a given under the Constitution. Since anti-choicers and those willing to put extra restrictions on health insurance based on gender, like those who voted for the Stupak Amendment, believe life begins at conception, how can they justify a health care bill that denies coverage, particularly...
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Jaltcoh (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
"Premature births are the chief reason the U.S. ranks 30th in the world in infant mortality, with a rate more than twice as high as infant mortality rates in Sweden, Japan, Finland, Norway and the Czech Republic." The AP lists possible reasons suggested by "experts": - Fertility treatments and other forms of assisted reproduction probably play a role because they often lead to twins,...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In the quest to expand access to high quality prenatal care to communities with limited healthcare services, GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), has been awarded a two-year, $1.
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Slog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy Scott Whiteaker, a spokesman for the campaign to stop Eyman's pernicious Initiative 1033 , points out that it mirrors Colorado's Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR). That measure devastated Colorado's funding for education, heath care, vaccines, and other state obligations. "The only time TABOR passed, in Colorado, the results...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the quest to expand access to high quality prenatal care to communities with limited healthcare services, GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), has been awarded a two-year, $1.2 million project under the federal stimulus program from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of...
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e-Patients.net (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
A signal moment in the history of this blog was the arrival in late summer of a new ally, the birthing movement, represented by Amy Romano, the blogger at Science and Sensibility, the Lamaze International blog. Amy gets it: participatory medicine is not just about the internet – it’s about being empowered and engaged. Her first [...]
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Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Aisha Crawford Oct 29th 2009 3:20 http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-10-29-voa55.cfm Every year, half a million pregnant wo men in third world countries die of complications during childbirth, and about six million children are stillborn or die within a week of birth. In Ethiopia, people live in very rural areas that are located far from medical facilities. Women have to travel on foot for...
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Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
by SARAH NELSON , Contributing Writer War and political instability destroy the infrastructure of a nation, leaving the most vulnerable citizens to suffer the collateral damage. This week, reports were released that reveal 77 orphans died in Sudan's main orphanage in Mygomo during the month of September. This shockingly high death rate has lead UNICEF to launch an investigation. On average, the orphanage...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Todobebé and Molina Healthcare, Inc., announced today the release of three new public service announcements (PSAs) designed to improve health education among Spanish-speaking families and their children. The PSAs feature a series of health education tips related to important issues that include: childhood asthma, childhood obesity and prenatal care. The PSAs...
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Being a Mummy (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Recently, I have been told by a few people to try and look at the Silver Lining to the little cloud that rests upon my head a lot of the time. This is good advice, and it is something that I do regularly. One of the things I do when I am thinking how hard my life is, is to think about how women coped with what life had to throw at them in the past. I guess this comes from me being an archaeologist...
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ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Yesterday the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals heard oral argument in a case challenging the discriminatory punishment and incarceration of a pregnant woman, Amber Lovill, who violated the terms of her probation when she tested positive for drugs. Attorneys for both sides agreed that they would not have found themselves before Texas’ highest court for [...]
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Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
From NY1 : New York is one of a few states with a safety net system in place to provide coverage for immigrants who are here legally and those who are not. The Prenatal Care Assistance Program or PCAP provides coverage for all pregnant women regardless of their status. The State Children's Health Insurance Program does the same for kids. Through a complicated mix of grants, contracts and reimbursement,...
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The Fry Side (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The final draft: My idea for reforming health care: government health insurance for all children. Anyone under the age of 18, plus through their final compulsory day of secondary education, is covered. All prenatal care is included. Why concentrate on covering children? For all citizens to have equal opportunity in life, they need to start on [...]
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