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Daily News: Reuters Health News Headlines - Respect women's choice to have home birth: doctors

Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:09 PM PDT

Respect women's choice to have home birth: doctors 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:09 PM PDT
A pregnant woman touches her stomach as people practice yoga on the morning of the summer solstice in New York's Times SquareBy Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although hospitals and birthing centers are the safest places to have a baby, pediatricians said today that women who choose to give birth at home should be supported and that setting made as safe as possible, as well. Planned home birthing, they said, may be an option for healthy moms-to-be who are due to have a single, on-time baby. A certified nurse-midwife, midwife or doctor should be present and a previous agreement made with a nearby hospital in case transfer is needed, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement. ...
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In abortion debate, both sides point to Philadelphia trial 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:04 PM PDT
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Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 04:11 PM PDT
People hold umbrellas as they march with a banner during a protest against government austerity measures in BarcelonaBy Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday. Detailing a decade of research, Oxford University political economist David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health. ...
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Algeria president shows no permanent damage from minor stroke: APS 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 07:38 AM PDT
Algeria's President Bouteflika walks towards Spain's PM Rajoy during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in AlgiersBy Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was transferred to France for medical tests on Saturday night after suffering a minor stroke that Algeria's official news agency said had caused no permanent damage. Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had a "transient ischemic attack" or mini-stroke on Saturday. ...
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Algeria president in France for tests after minor stroke 
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 01:23 AM PDT
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika meets with Qatar's PM Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani in AlgiersBy Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was transferred to France for medical tests on Saturday night after suffering a minor stroke, Algeria's official news agency said. Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had an "transient ischemic attack" or mini-stroke on Saturday but his condition was not serious, the APS agency said, quoting the prime minister. ...
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