The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "A Pregnant Woman Is Not a Meth Lab," Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, American Civil Liberties Union's "Blog of Rights": According to Kolbi-Molinas, more than 20 Alabama women have been prosecuted in the past four years "for no other reason than that they tried to continue their pregnancies while struggling with addiction...
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Pregnancy Today
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Blogs Comment On Berwick Nomination, Birth Control Coverage, Other Topics
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Recent Releases In Global Health
Lancet Viewpoint Examines Malaria In Africa 10 Years After Abuja Declaration A Lancet Viewpoint examines the problems and prospects in malaria control since the Abuja Declaration was signed 10 years ago with the goal of halving malaria mortality in Africa by 2010...
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Risk Of Recurrence Of Gestational Diabetes Increases In Subsequent Pregnancies
There is an increased risk of recurring gestational diabetes in pregnant women who developed gestational diabetes during their first and second pregnancies, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
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Teenage Pregnancy More Likely To Result In Premature Babies
Pregnant women aged 14-17 years are at higher risk of preterm birth and of having a child with low-birth-weight, especially if they are having their second child. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth demonstrate this association and call for better health education and the promotion of contraception after a teenager has given birth for the first time...
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American, Canadian Officials Discuss Global Health Developments At Recent G8, G20 Summits
The recent G8 summit in Canada's Muskoka region took an important step forward in improving maternal and child health in developing countries, Canadian and American officials said at a forum Wednesday in Washington, DC...
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