The Pregnancy Blog

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “CBS To Air First Super Bowl Abortion Ad,” Elizabeth Gettelman, Mother Jones’ “Mojo”: Former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow “is taking televangelism to a whole new level” by appearing with his mother in a Super Bowl commercial sponsored by the antiabortion-rights group Focus on the Family, Gettelman writes… read full article…

Monday, Feb. 1 Volunteer training begins for Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteers: There is no specialized education or job experience necessary to be a CASA volunteer. Volunteer training includes approximately 30 hours of instruction over read more

Reuters

City gets its cord blood bank Times of India AP HYDERABAD: AP got its first cord blood bank facility with the launch of Cord Care near Mahindra Hills here. With this, umbilical cord blood repository, … PathCare Labs announces the launch of 'Cord Care' – cord blood stem cell bankIndia PRwire (press release) Reportlinker Adds Cord Blood Stem Cells – A Global Market OverviewPR Newswire (press release) Can Newborn Stem Cells from the Umbilical Cord Help Tiny Lungs Breathe?Ethiopian Review all 250 news articles »

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A 16-year-old girl was given a six-month probationary sentence Friday after she admitted she buried her stillborn fetus in the backyard of her former home off S.C. 544. The teen admitted to unauthorized removal of a body after she gave birth in her read full article

Trover Health System to be Featured in KET Special iSurfHopkinsCo Trover is working to educate expecting mothers on the causes of preterm birth and how they can increase their chances of having a healthy pregnancy. …

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It’s been almost three years since I started writing this column, and there are a few topics I’ve tackled more than once. Abortion is one of them. The definition of “rights” is another. Super Bowl commercials have graced this column a time or two. Lo read more

Tri State Defender

Teens and parents must have the sex talk Tri State Defender Sex and pregnancy aren't easy topics to discuss with adults, particularly parents, but topics that warrant discussion. Which of these is better: An …

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When you’re having trouble getting pregnant, there’s that dreaded word that looms closer and closer each month you’re unsuccessful: infertility. At what point are you infertile? Most doctors will tell you that for the average couple, after a year of trying to conceive with no contraception, you’re placed in that category, or at least you’re at the point where you should consider you might need help to make your dreams come true… read more…

Antiabortion-rights group Kansans for Life on Friday launched a campaign against the re-election of Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier because of majority opinions she wrote in 2006 and 2008 regarding abortion rights-related cases, the AP/Kansas City Star reports… read more…

When you’re having trouble getting pregnant, there’s that dreaded word that looms closer and closer each month you’re unsuccessful: infertility. At what point are you infertile? Most doctors will tell you that for the average couple, after a year of trying to conceive with no contraception, you’re placed in that category, or at least you’re at the point where you should consider you might need help to make your dreams come true… read more…