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  • Hydration is key to alleviating eczema Monday, October 6, 2008 @ 10:55AMAs the temperature begins to drop and the moisture is seemingly sucked out of the indoor air, people who suffer from eczema need to start paying more attention to their skin, doctors say.
  • Television - Entertainment Monday, October 6, 2008 @ 6:00AMAngelina Jolie showed off her post-baby figure on the red carpet at the New York premiere of new film The Changeling on Saturday, in her first public appearance since giving birth to twins this summer.
  • Life Chain participants pray for end to abortion Monday, October 6, 2008 @ 3:24AMPLATTSBURGH -- About 140 people lined the southern portion of Smithfield Boulevard for an hour Sunday to show staunch support for the anti-abortion movement.
  • Today is: Monday, October 6, 2008 @ 12:59AMMonday,October 06,2008,Shawal 06 1429 A.H. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has said that deregulation and globalisation are bigger threats than World War III as over 500 million people have been pushed below the poverty threshold in the underdeveloped world.
  • School panel vote set Sunday, October 5, 2008 @ 1:15AMJust three days before the School Committee is to vote on whether to allow contraceptives to be distributed at Gloucester High School, a third member of the committee has joined Mayor Carolyn Kirk and chairman Greg Verga in supporting that action.
  • Emporium family hopes treatment will aid baby Saturday, October 4, 2008 @ 10:45PMEMPORIUM - Isaac Bricker is just 9 months old, but already he has had to deal with some difficult medical issues. Isaac has cortical visual impairment and epilepsy.
  • Utahns will be integral part of largest study of U.S. kids Saturday, October 4, 2008 @ 5:16AMThe largest study of U.S. children ever performed - aiming to track 100,000 from the womb to age 21 - will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January.
  • Local churches sign up for 40 Days of Life Campaign Saturday, October 4, 2008 @ 12:04AMMore than 20 local churches have signed on to participate in the 40 Days for Life Campaign which began Sept. 24. Pro-life advocates in Lufkin and outside Lufkin have begun standing outside the Planned Parenthood clinic to pray for the end of abortion and for women choosing abortion over other options.
  • Health study will track children from the womb to age 21 Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 7:15PM Posted: 5:39 PM- The largest study of U.S. children ever performed - aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 - will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. And Utah will follow next spring.
  • New Mothers Can Have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 4:24PMFew people realize post-traumatic stress disorder can be triggered by a long or complicated childbirth. Now, moms and medical experts want to spread the word.
  • Give teenagers the facts about sexual activity Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 6:39AMThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that teen pregnancy is on the rise for the first time in 15 years (December 2007), and Seventeen magazine says 50 percent of teen girls surveyed at the beginning of the year find it possible they will become pregnant in the next five years.
  • Abortion debate returns to valley Thursday, October 2, 2008 @ 1:01PMThe abortion issue has become more public in recent weeks and months in the region, including the start of a "40 Days of Life" campaign. Advertisement: GRAND FORKS SUBARU / KIA Check Our Inventory Online!
  • Public speaks out on teen pregnancy policies; forum continues tonight Thursday, October 2, 2008 @ 11:11AM Sleeping quietly in the front row of Wednesday evening’s Special School Committee meeting about teenage pregnancy, 12-day-old Cameron was cradled in the arms of his mother, Gloucester High School student Kyla Brown.
  • Parents, students speak out at hearing Thursday, October 2, 2008 @ 5:04AMResidents of a divided Gloucester issued passionate pleas last night both for and against offering contraceptives to students at the high school health center at a special public meeting on teen pregnancy that showed significant resistance exists among the community for offering birth control without parental consent.
  • Laws of Vanity Thursday, October 2, 2008 @ 2:38AMCall the November ballot the Rich Guy Relief Act of 2008: No less than six multimillionaires, from liberal George Soros to Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, are sponsoring and financing ballot initiatives for pet causes.
  • New mom being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder Wednesday, October 1, 2008 @ 7:45PMWhen you think of post-traumatic stress disorder, chances are you think of soldiers returning from Iraq or victims of sexual abuse. But few people realize it can also be triggered by a long or complicated childbirth.
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Diabetic Pregnant Women Lowers Risk Of Complications Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 7:17PMContinuous glucose monitoring as part of antenatal care for women with diabetes improves maternal blood glucose control and lowers birth weight and risk of macrosomia (excessive birth weight in babies), according to a new study.
  • Focus on public health and sex education Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 11:45PMAccording to the Until There’s a Cure Foundation, it is estimated that 1 million people in the United States have HIV and 40,000 more are added to that number every year. We currently face a national public health crisis.
  • Abortion stances may take back seat on ballot Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 11:14PMThis year, the issue may be overshadowed by economic troubles and the Iraq war, but it could still impact voters in swing states, political analysts say.
  • A Proposition for You — Or 12, Actually Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 8:08AMA look at the 12 ballot measures California voters are facing this November.
  • Class Calendar Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 5:39AMNatural Childbirth Classes: Mondays 6:30 to 9 p.m. Group classes are held in Truckee. Four birth classes and one breastfeeding class. Birth workbook and breastfeeding workbook included in fee - $150.
  • Group support for giving birth Saturday, September 27, 2008 @ 11:14PMMoms-to-be take part in checkups, discussion sessions.
  • Arizona, 12 other states protest abortion refusal rule Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 6:55AMAttorneys general from Arizona and 12 other states on Wednesday protested a proposed Bush administration rule that would give stronger job protections to doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.
  • Taking Names Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 4:11AMBig bucks for lighting up
  • Flaxseed Oil Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 1:00AMFlaxseed oil is derived from the hard, tiny seeds of the flax plant. It has been proposed as a less smelly alternative to fish oil. Like fish oil, flaxseed oil contains omega-3 fatty acids, a type of fat your body needs as much as it needs vitamins.
  • Tarrant County wants a more comprehensive approach to infant mortality Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 12:42AMCommunity leaders have organized a summit for Friday to tackle what is one of the worst infant mortality rates in Texas.
  • Tarrant County wants a more comprehensive approach to infant mortality Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 12:11AMBy JAN JARVIS During her pregnancy, Nichole Henry ate nutritious foods, took her vitamins and got prenatal care. And still her son was born early, weighing only 1 pound, 12 ounces. "I did everything right, and it just happened," said Henry, 30. "He lived 19 days." Why babies — especially African-Americans — are dying in Tarrant County is a question that community leaders have been grappling ...
  • New Law Could Mean Money Saved For Teen Pregnancy Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 10:20AMCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new group is asking Ohio lawmakers to spend public dollars on birth-control services and education to save federal and state money for Medicaid, prenatal and newborn care. The Coalition for Family Health was launched yesterday.
  • Listeriosis struck woman despite precautions Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 3:56AM VANCOUVER - Public health officials have apologized to a Vancouver woman for using her case as an example of how uninformed doctors and their pregnant patients are about preventing listeriosis.
  • Bunn spends 30 years helping area teens and young women Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 11:29AMDeborah Bunn didnt plan it. I saw an ad in the paper. I thought this would be a good place to work and believed in ... (1 comment)
  • Pivotal Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Study Concludes That Early Detection and Intervention is Key to Delay Disease ... Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 6:00AM Actelion Pharmaceuticals Canada announced today that data presented at the recent European Cardiology Society meeting, and also published in The Lancet(1) show that, even in mildly symptomatic pulmonary arterial hypertension patients, the disease progresses very rapidly, such that patients can worsen to the most severe, WHO functional class III and IV in a short period of time.
  • Talking the talk Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 5:49AMShould parents have that "big talk" about sex with their kids, or a series of little ones? The Ney family likes that approach, and they do what experts advise: Start sooner rather than later.
  • What a tragically negative Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 2:29AM What a tragically negative and morose reflection on the miracle of birth and motherhood. My journey to motherhood began at the beginning of my pregnancy 15 months ago, when virtually every adult with whom I shared my thrilling news of an impending baby responded with unsolicited prophecies of doom and misery, spookily similar to Caro’s. Similar attitudes have been thrust upon me post-birth. ...
  • More American parents pondering cancer gene tests for kids Monday, September 22, 2008 @ 8:16AMCHICAGO - Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids?
  • Local, national rate of Caesareans rising Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 6:45AMThirty-six percent of women giving birth in Columbus hospitals in 2007 did so by Caesarean section.
  • Pertussis (Whooping cough): Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 1:30PMA preschool-aged boy with pertussis (whooping cough) produced thick, respiratory secretions during a severe coughing spell. Pertussis is most severe when it occurs in the first six months of life.
  • Uganda: Govt Approves Low-Cost Drug to Control Maternal Bleeding Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 3:30AMTHE Government has approved the use of a low-cost drug to treat and prevent excessive bleeding in mothers during childbirth to curb the high maternal mortality rates.
  • THOUGHTS FROM THE JOHN: Palin: Weapon against wolves, clean energy Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 3:20AMThe Republican campaign for president is shaping up like a bad episode of "I Dream of Jeanie," with John McCain as the Navy flyboy who finds a magic lamp and Sarah Palin as the quirky "Jeanie" who always manages to create hilariously improbable circumstances for her master.
  • The buzz about Palin started here Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 1:03AM The ballerina-pink Beehive Beauty Shop, in a 1,400-square-foot ranch house, is where Gov. Sarah Pali has visited over the last six years to refine her much-discussed updo.
  • Safe sex working for everyone else Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 11:51PMUnfortunately for some people, safe sex can indeed be practiced. The author spreads another one of his fallacious arguments straight out of a pamphlet from church. No comprehensive sexual education program tries to claim that condoms are 100 percent effective; they give realistic figures on the 98 percent effectiveness of pregnancy and STD transmission prevention when condoms are used properly.
  • Health Calendar: 09/18/2008 Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 8:55AMThe Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.
  • New Hope for the 20 Million Women Who Suffer from Incontinence(i) Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 8:37AM CHICAGO----Tasha Mulligan is a physical therapist, athletic trainer and mother of three. After giving birth to her first child, Mulligan’s pelvic floor began to weaken, which led to a grade three prolapse of her bladder.
  • Column: Politically Fueled Sexual Education In Sorry State Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 6:20AMIn America, we have a bad habit of politicizing issues we shouldn?t ? and that?s especially true when it comes to our approach to sex education in public schools. Last weekend, I attended a conservative voters? conference in downtown Washington D.C., which gave exhibit space to several abstinence-only education organizations.
  • The Other Side: Politically fueled sexual education in ‘sorry state’ Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 9:43AMIn America, we have a bad habit of politicizing issues we shouldn’t — and that’s especially true when it comes to our approach to sex education in public schools.
  • Mark Nickolas: Bye Bye Bounce -- National Tracking Polls Show Race Shifting Back To Obama Over Past Four Days Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 6:24PMThe anxiety and bed-wetting that many Democrats have been feeling about the state of the presidential race over the past few weeks should be subsiding...
  • 9 secrets to a healthy diet through the decades Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 4:52PMNutritional needs change with age. Dietitian Elizabeth Somer shares a plan to tailor basic good-eating habits to meet specific needs for each stage of life. 
  • Leg pain may signal deadly blood clot Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 2:22AMAssociated Press WASHINGTON — Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time.
  • The Truth About Teen Girls Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 3:45AM The Truth About Teen Girls
  • Co-ed Campus Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 12:54AMSafe sex has always been one of the biggest issues with sexually active young adults. I hear many students say that sex without condoms feels much better than sex with them. To be honest with my opinion, I am not going to disagree. Not using condoms during sex feels more natural and can stimulate better sensations more easily than if you were to use them.
  • Lucas County tries to reverse climbing teen pregnancy rate Sunday, September 14, 2008 @ 4:16AMAfter having her third child, then-17-year-old Tiffany Cunningham realized just how much responsibility she had amassed in three years. Ms. Cunningham was 14 when she had her son, Tacarie Marshall, but the Toledo teen quickly adjusted to caring for a child about the same age as her youngest sister. Tacarie was walking when daughter Deborah Marshall was born, so Ms. Cunningham was able to carry ...