New York Times, Health: CASPER, Wyo. — When Marie Scott, a child-care worker turned stay-at-home mother, found out she was pregnant again last year, she knew she wanted a traditional birth.
The search for the perfect combination of activities, techniques, rituals and routines that deliver the ultimate in family unity, harmony and productivity can be like searching for the Holy Grail. We’ve been told over the years precisely how it’s done —…
The House passed a bill on Tuesday (6/18) designed to eliminate and criminalize virtually all abortions occurring after 20 weeks gestation and duplicate laws already passed in about a dozen states across the country…
This story appeared in the New York Times Well blog the other day: Antidepressants Not Linked to Stillbirths. Countless women heaved a sigh of relief. It explained that research published…
In 2010, 5.9 million children were reported as abused or neglected in the United States. If you were a policy maker and you knew of a program that could cut this figure in half, what would you do? What if you could reduce the number of babies or toddlers hospitalized for accidents or…