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Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...


Study may pave way for treatments to delay early multiple births

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A treatment that prevents premature births in single pregnancies may be ineffective in women expecting more than one child, a study has shown.





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C-sections a critical factor in preterm birth increase

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created May 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cesarean sections account for nearly all of the increase in U.S. singleton preterm births, according to an analysis of nine years of national birth data.


Patients meet donors from largest-ever kidney swap (AP)

Patients meet donors from largest-ever kidney swap

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Thirteen patients with healthy new kidneys from what's believed to be the world's largest kidney exchange met the donors who made it happen Tuesday - including three who are sure to face the question, ...


Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of ...


Palm oil putting orangutans at risk

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 22, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Conservationists meeting at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago say growing demand for palm oil is putting Sumatran orangutans at risk of extinction.


Don't bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5

(AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that ...


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US newspaper owners are 'mad as hell'

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 40

US newspaper owners, their advertising revenue evaporating, their circulation declining and their readership going online to get news for free, are fighting mad.


Premature births linked to physical abuse

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created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Premature birth can have serious effects on the development and growth of children. In many parts of the world, preterm deliveries are increasing in frequency. In a study published in the February 2008 issue of the American Jo ...


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Children of working mothers less healthy: study

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new British study has found that the children of working mothers are less likely to eat right and exercise than children of mothers who stay home.


Researchers release most detailed global study of genetic variation

Researchers release most detailed global study of genetic variation

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created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 1

University of Michigan scientists and their colleagues at the National Institute on Aging have produced the largest and most detailed worldwide study of human genetic variation, a treasure trove offering new ...


Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilization

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Canada should extend universal health coverage to fund in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, writes Dr. Renda Bouzayen, Division Head, Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility, Dalhousie University ...



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