Archive for April, 2009

The Shining Light of the Media – Family Law Week

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The Shining Light of the Media
Family Law Week, UK
“You shouldn't have to prove that there's been a miscarriage of justice before you're allowed to talk about it,” says Hemming. He says he knows of teenage children who are the subject of proceedings – who are keen to talk publicly, but cannot.

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Centers Fighting Teen Pregnancy Gain a Backer, but Lose Funding – Wall Street Journal

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009


CitizenLink
Centers Fighting Teen Pregnancy Gain a Backer, but Lose Funding
Wall Street Journal
By BETSY MCKAY Coretta Jamison rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected president and pledged to support teen-pregnancy-prevention programs like the one she runs in a poor rural community in South Carolina. Now, she is worried her program won't last
Abstinence-only sex education comes under scrutiny eTaiwan News
Sex Ed: Abstinence-only Versus Comprehensive — Which Is Most EmpowHer
Abstinence-only or comprehensive? KAIT
Medical News Today (press release) - CitizenLink
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The politics of Plan B – Baltimore Sun

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009


Straits Times
The politics of Plan B
Baltimore Sun, United States
That made little sense at a time when teen pregnancy rates were rising fastest among 15- to 17-year-olds. With the FDA's announcement this week, 17-year-olds will finally be able to purchase the drug without a prescription. The debate over Plan B was
Video: Teen Girls May Get 'Plan B' CBS
Morning-after pills now easier for teens to get Detroit Free Press
17-Year-Olds Given Access To "Morning After" Pill WREG
U.S. News & World Report - College News
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Saginaw County infant mortality rate above state average – The Saginaw News – MLive.com

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009


The Saginaw News – MLive.com
Saginaw County infant mortality rate above state average
The Saginaw News – MLive.com, MI
The main reasons babies died in 2007 were prematurity and low birth weight, complications of pregnancy and birth defects. Others died from unintentional injuries, including suffocation in an adult bed or while sleeping with others.

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UTSA, Health Science Center collaborate with Merck & Co. to develop – Genetic Engineering News

Monday, April 27th, 2009

San Antonio TX — The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Health Science Center) today announced an exclusive license and sponsored research agreement with Merck & Co., Inc., to read more

Pregnancy Calculator | Calculate Your Due Date

Monday, April 27th, 2009

A pregnancy calculator for you to calculate the age of your developing baby, conception date and your estimated due date. Useful to use in conjunction with our pregnancy calendar. read more

Incredible Baby Shower offers gifts, tips – Nashville Tennessean

Monday, April 27th, 2009

The Metro Public Health Department and the Tennessee Department of Health will sponsor on Thursday this year’s Incredible Baby Shower, a free event to help new and expecting parents experience a healthy pregnancy and raise a happy, healthy child. The read full article

Liverpool FC: Victims of the Greatest Miscarriage of Justice in … – Bleacher Report

Sunday, April 26th, 2009


Bleacher Report
Liverpool FC: Victims of the Greatest Miscarriage of Justice in
Bleacher Report, CA
by Andy Morris (Scribe) I am not a fan of Liverpool FC or a fan of Liverpool as a place. I am a Mancunian and I follow Manchester City. There is a long standing enmity between the two Northwest populations, to which I am not a fully paid-up member,

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Won’t abandon Iraq, Clinton assures nation – Arkansas Online

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton worked Saturday to reassure Iraqis that the U.S. won’t abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence. On her first visit to Baghdad as chief U.S. diplomat, Clinton read more

Direct intrabone transplant of unrelated cord-blood cells in acute – Xagena Medical News

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Intrabone administration of unrelated umbilical-cord-blood cells overcomes the problem of graft failure seen with intravenous administration and is associated with a low incidence of graft-versus-host disease, making the technique potentially useful read full article