RICHVILLE, Mich. – A
woman wasn’t about to let a
little thing like childbirth stop her from voting.
The Bay City Times reports 25-year-old Andrea J. Maczik went
into labor Tuesday morning. By the time the Richville woman arrived
at Covenant HealthCare’s Harrison Campus in Saginaw, she decided
that she was going to cast her ballot anyway.
As Andrea Maczik’s contractions continued, her husband Thomas
searched the Internet for a solution. He found Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two television commercials for Bayer AG’s birth control pill Yaz give a misleading impression of its benefits, U.S. health regulators warned the company in a letter released on Tuesday.
The ads wrongly suggest the pills are approved for relieving premenstrual syndrome, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a letter dated October 3. The ads also minimize the drug’s risks, the agency said.
Bayer will stop running the Read the rest of this entry »

Peter H. Whincup, PhD
Samantha J. Kaye, MSc
Christopher G. Owen, PhD
Rachel Huxley, PhD
Derek G. Cook, PhD
Sonoko Anazawa, MD
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
Santosh K. Bhargava, MD
Bryndнs E. Birgisdottir, PhD
Sofia Carlsson, PhD
Susanne R. de Rooij, PhD
Roland F. Dyck, MD
Johan G. Eriksson, MD
Bonita Falkner, MD
Caroline Fall, DM
Tom Forsйn, MD
Valdemar Grill, MD
Vilmundur Gudnason, MD
Sonia Hulman, MD
Elina Read the rest of this entry »

If Samara Hines had health insurance, she’d deliver her baby in a hospital, away from the demands of her five other children and with help from nurses for the new little one.
But Hines’ husband is self-employed and the family can’t afford insurance nor the estimated $6,000 hospital fees, plus the cost of a nurse-midwife and prenatal care. So in August, the Provo woman will deliver her baby at home, where it will cost $1,900 for everything.
Spending Read the rest of this entry »

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Ask AP: Road salt and health, an in-flight birth
A baby’s citizenship usually has something to do with the country where she’s born, or the one where her parents are citizens. But what if she begins life on a trans-Atlantic flight, thousands of feet in the air?
That’s one of the questions in this edition of “Ask AP,” a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers’ questions about the news.
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October 26, 2008
TARZANA– Tarzana Medical will no longer be able to perform elective procedures that prevent future pregnancies. After buying the hospital in September, Providence Health System has implemented a policy that adheres to Catholic teachings that prohibit abortions and surgical methods of birth control on hospital property, according to reports.
The policy allows for the procedures if a patient needs one because health risks or emergencies. Read the rest of this entry »

Gift cards for birth control? Foes say bah humbug!
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christmas for many is the season of giving. At Planned Parenthood of Indiana, it’s about giving the gift of health care and contraception.
The network of 35 health centers across Indiana has begun offering holiday gift certificates for basic health care services “or the recipient’s choice of birth control method,” it announced this week.
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GAINESVILLE – Indigent childbirth demands childbirth assistance from qualified midwives at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, according to the head of obstetrics and gynecology at Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville.
Dr. Tommy Jenkins, Medical Director of Longstreet Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health, said midwives are no longer mere attendants at childbirth; midwifery has emerged into the 21st Century with highly trained and educated nurses who choose Read the rest of this entry »

What should have been a happy event for a California woman who last week gave birth to octuplets was soon eclipsed by questions from medical experts regarding in vitro fertilization.
The story of 33-year-old Nadya Suleman, who was already a mother of six children under 8 when she delivered eight more babies, six boys and two girls, continues to be the focus of media attention as well as medical experts, ethicists and pro-life activists who are questioning Read the rest of this entry »