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Surrogacy still stigmatized, though attitudes changing among younger women

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although younger people are becoming more positive towards surrogate mothers, current day attitudes to surrogacy are still broadly negative, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human ...





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Indian women carry children for foreigners

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 11, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Some Indian women are turning to a new way of making money -- carrying children for others as surrogate mothers.


How do doctors really feel about surrogate decision making?

How do doctors really feel about surrogate decision making?

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A growing number of hospitalized adults are incapable of making their own health decisions, but little research has explored how doctors feel about making medical decisions with a patient's surrogate decision ...


Spouse might not become medical surrogate

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created Jul 26, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say one-third of married individuals choose someone other than their spouse as a surrogate for medical decision-making.


Teaching captive gorillas the ropes

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created Nov 13, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Columbus Zoo in Ohio uses humans as surrogate mothers to baby gorillas so the babies can learn nurturing and become caring parents themselves.


Smoking pregnant increases baby's asthma risk: study

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smoking during pregancy increases the risk of a baby developing asthma up to sixfold, said a Swedish study published at the European Respiratory Society's annual congress on Monday.


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Children of working mothers less healthy: study

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(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.


Mothers, but not fathers, follow their own moms' parenting practices

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 09, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

When it comes to how they raise their children, mothers today tend to follow the same practices their own mothers did, according to a new study that looked at parenting practices across two generations.


Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust ...


Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV-1 infection are less likely than untreated mothers to transmit the virus to their newborns through breastfeeding, according to a new study. The findings, ...


Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.



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