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Treating Cancer Is O.K. During Pregnancy

Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant.

Pfizer Birth Control Recall: Could Women Who Get Pregnant Sue?

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If women wind up pregnant from faulty pill packets, product liability lawsuits or “wrongful pregnancy” cases — reminiscent of medical malpractice — could be filed.

Gingrich Wants Scrutiny of IVF Clinics: Why That’s Not the Worst Idea

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When IVF creates excess embryos, women are faced with a choice: store them indefinitely, donate them to others or offer them to research.

Why Abortion Is Less Risky than Childbirth

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Abortions are considered high-risk, but new data suggest that the procedure is considerably safer than childbirth.

Boy or Girl? Why Dads Want Sons, but Moms Want Daughters

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Women strongly prefer daughters while men wants sons, a study finds. Could this lead to sex selection?

What Causes Stillbirth?

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When reality TV star Michelle Duggar announced last week that she’d learned at 19½ weeks that her baby-to-be no longer had a heartbeat, the very personal topic of miscarriage took a turn in the media spotlight.

Boot Camp, Part 1: An Exercise in No Pain, No Gain

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The words “boot camp” and “Bonnie” do not go together. I am one of the last people you’d ever envision willingly signing up for a 45-minute class, four days a week, that has as its goal exercising to the point of exhaustion.

Down Syndrome: With Breakthroughs in Testing, a Choice Becomes Tougher

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Perhaps the most important thing you need to know about Melanie Perkins McLaughlin is that she’s not pro-life or pro-choice or pro anything — other than pro-information.

The Healthland Podcast: Pepper Spray, Sleep Apnea, and How Long to Wait Between Pregnancies

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Welcome to our Thanksgiving edition. This week we discuss whether pepper spray is a useful tool or a form of torture. Also, we talk about the dramatic rise in diagnoses of sleep apnea. And we try to puzzle out the optimal period for a mother to space out her offspring. Listen immediately by clicking the [...]

Baby Boom? Moms Eager to Deliver on 11/11/11, the Coolest of Due Dates

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Expectant mom Julie Madayag first learned of her daughter’s auspicious potential birth date from an online due-date calculator: 11/11/11, the computer predicted.