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Sacking of pregnant women raises concern

An increasing number of women are complaining to the Human Rights Commission about being sacked because they're pregnant. The commission says it's received 84 complaints in the past two years from women who have been sacked or tre [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Language skills linked to time in sun

Mothers with low vitamin D levels during pregnancy are twice as likely to have children who experience language difficulties requiring clinical treatment, Australian scientists have found in research that reignites the debate on whether a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant With Breast Cancer: Tough Choices, New Hope (Watch ...

Zoila Leiva was 4 ½ months pregnant with twins when her doctor delivered the devastating news: She had breast cancer. And it was advanced. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Ten months earlier, Leiva was [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Teen pregnancy rates in US drop to 40-year low, study shows

Teen pregnancy rates in the US have hit a 40-year low, according to a new study. However, black and Hispanic teens experiencing pregnancy and abortion rates two to four times higher than their white peers, according to the study by the Gu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy was a factor in firing, says panel

A woman who was fired after telling her bosses she was pregnant will get more than $15,000 in compensation. The Human Rights Commission ruled Tuesday in favour of Alison MacKinnon’s complaint against Inn on the Hill after she was fi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant and high: the disturbing truth about addiction

It's a problem that's killing more Kentuckians every year. Today Governor Beshear introduced new legislation aimed at cutting down on the problem of prescription pills. Here in Lexington. one program sees first hand the effects of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant women told to get whooping cough booster

The government’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices released its updated 2012 immunization schedule for older kids and adults today based on changes that were approved at its annual meeting last October. The schedule was p [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions

A recent study published in the Lancet by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organisation shows that reductions in overall abortion rates have stalled. Simultaneously unsafe abortion rates are increasing while contraceptive upt [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant & playing mas

Can you play mas if you are pregnant? According to obstetrician/gynaecologist Dr Sherene Kalloo, there is no easy yes or no answer to this question but a combination of factors that moms-to-be should be mindful of when partying on the ro [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Toppenish teen's book shares her story of fake pregnancy

Nine months after revealing to classmates that she had faked her pregnancy for a senior-class project, a Washington state teenager is promoting a new book that details the experience and explores her reasons for taking on the project. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnant moms look forward to the "Year of the Dragon"

Grand Rapids Twp, Mi (WZZM)- It's an exciting year for the Chinese as they celebrate the year of the dragon. It only comes around every 12 years and has many Asian mother's trying to get pregnant in 2012. At Meadowbrook Element [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Abortion ends one in five pregnancies worldwide, study finds

The numbers of abortions performed annually worldwide has held steady in recent years, but the proportion of abortions that are considered unsafe is rising, according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Orga [...]

Posted On : Jan, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Caring for women before pregnancy is critical for healthy ba...

When she was the state's maternal child health epidemiologist about a decade ago, Pamela Xaverius recalls being disturbed by the poor birth outcomes in parts of the state and feeling helpless because she could do nothing to improve th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Gestational Hypothyroidism Higher Than Estimated

Nearly one in six pregnant women who are tested suffer from gestational hypothyroidism, but less than a quarter of pregnant women undergo screening, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & [...]