Slightly more than 4% of babies born via assisted reproductive technology, in vitro fertilization (IVF), may have major birth defects, such as heart, urinary, and genital tract malformations, according to a new study.
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Sometimes a look back in history can tell us a lot about the state of the economy state of parents health and contributing factors. It can also give us an insiight as to when doctors became in spired to make changes for the better to the nhs health system and what accidents took place in the discovery of new drugs, procedures and cleanliness to stop unecessary deaths of newborns at birth.Here is what we found.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is again changing its policy on ritual female genital cutting (FGC) after advocacy groups protested the academy’s recently revised policy statement regarding the excision of girls’ external genitalia, which some African, Middle Eastern, and Asian cultures perform as a rite of passage.
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According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent. German researchers followed nearly 20,000 people over eight years, sending them several questionnaires about their diet and exercise habits. They found people who had an average of six grams…Read the Rest of Article
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