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  • August 2008

    • Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill

      Washington Post  |  Aug 22, 08 5:32 AM CDT

      Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill

      (Newser) - Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers would have the right to refuse to provide abortion services, contraception or even information on preventing or ending pregnancies under a controversial new regulation issued by the Bush administration. The proposed rule would force hospitals, clinics and other health care providers to accommodate employees' moral objections or lose federal funding, reports the Washington Post .   More »

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      abortion  • contraception  • conception  • Plan B  • Health and Human Services  • bioethics  • Mike Leavitt

  • April 2008

    • Moms Go Bananas to Conceive Boys

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 7:27 AM CDT

      Moms Go Bananas to Conceive Boys

      (Newser) - Women who want to conceive boys should eat potassium-rich bananas as part of a high calorie, high protein diet, according to the latest British research into influencing gender at conception. Scientists found that 56% of mothers on a high calorie diet conceived boys, compared with 45% of those on a low calorie diet, reports the Guardian . More »

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      diet  • gender  • childbirth  • Oxford University  • conception  • Exeter University

    • Teen Pregnancy Down in US, Feds Say

      Reuters  |  Apr 14, 08 6:48 PM CDT

      Teen Pregnancy Down in US, Feds Say

      (Newser) - Teen pregnancy is down and more unmarried 20-somethings are getting pregnant in America, Reuters reports. A 2004 federal study also shows that more unmarried women are keeping their babies, except among blacks. Why the drop in teen pregnancies? "There is some evidence that contraceptive use was increasing among teenagers through 2002," one researcher said. More »

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      abortion  • teen pregnancy  • contraception  • condom  • conception  • single parenting  • single women

  • February 2008

    • 'Toxic Sperm' Linked to Child Ills

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 19, 08 2:50 AM CST

      'Toxic Sperm' Linked to Child Ills

      (Newser) - Men who smoke or drink heavily may transmit genetic abnormalities through their damaged sperm, leading to child health complications, miscarriages or stillbirth, researchers have found. The effects of environmental toxins on paternal health—long held to be far less important than that of mothers—may play a crucial role in explaining birth defects, a researcher told a conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston. More »

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      health  • alcohol  • smoking  • childbirth  • toxin  • sperm  • conception  • fatherhood  • genetic abnormalities

  • August 2007

    • UK Weighs Revolution in IVF Rules

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 1, 07 6:38 AM CDT

      UK Weighs Revolution in IVF Rules

      (Newser) - Legislation pending in Britain proposes sweeping changes to fertility laws, including requiring birth certificates to note whether a baby was conceived through in vitro fertilization and an easing of restrictions on so-called "savior siblings." Parents choose to have such children in part because their blood or bone marrow could be used to treat a brother or sister's disease. More »

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      Great Britain  • health  • children  • family  • fertility  • in vitro fertilization  • conception

  • March 2007

    • Fat and Fertility Do Mix

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Mar 1, 07 4:29 PM CST

      Fat and Fertility Do Mix

      (Newser) - Eating ice cream may help expand your waistline in more ways than one: consuming full-fat dairy products may actually boost fertility, according to new Harvard research. In an eight-year study of women suffering from anovulatory infertility—infertility due to lack of ovulation—greater intake of full-fat dairy products directly correlated with a higher rate of conception.   More »

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      pregnancy  • fertility  • fat  • nutrition  • conception  • dairy  • waistline

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