This is what the parents of an unnamed baby will face today. "Parents battling to keep their seriously ill baby alive have failed to overturn a ruling allowing him to die. The nine-month-old boy has a rare...
A close friend of mine recently gave birth to very premature twin girls. At only 25 weeks gestation, they had IV’s, respirators, feeding tubes, and they needed to be in an isolette, like an incubator, until they were big enough to maintain their own body temperature. ...
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The front page story on the March 3, 2009 edition of The Now featured Jennifer Goosen, a 23-year-old welfare mother of 3, who took her four-month-old daughter Isabelle to Care Point Medical Centre for treatment of...
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A new study conducted by Health Canada has linked the highly controversial estrogen-mimicking chemical BPA to 96% of soft drinks, showing up in quantities below regulatory limits, but worrisome to some. A...
Once again, the stuff of science fiction has not only arrived but has been put into action with success. This time, it is being able to design your own baby. The science is called PGD or Preimplantation...
Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks led the induction of The Chief Minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation's on Sunday 1st March 2009, at the prestigious city centre based synagogue, Singers Hill. Over 500 people attended the event from across the United Kingdom, United...
Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...
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"Choosing the perfect name for your baby is definitely very important. It is perhaps one of the first big and most important decisions a parent will have. The name of your child will last a lifetime. "
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A coroner is warning parents against allowing their infants to sleep in car seats for prolonged periods because of the high risk of death by asphyxiation. Following the inquiry into the death of a two-month old...
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A leading company working in the field of Gene sequencing has said that every baby born after one decade will have their DNA mapped. The Human Genome Project, which published its first rough sequence of mankind's genetic code in 2001, cost an estimated $4billion...
A three month old baby boy was attacked by two of his grandmother's dogs while he was asleep in his basket at his grandmother's house. It was thought that he was asleep on lower floor of the house and although police have not said exactly how the baby was killed, it is...
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NIGERIA - The number of children who have died from a contaminated baby medicine has now risen to 84, from 34 in December. The poison has caused the death of 75% of the 111 children who have been sickened...
Erykah Badu and Jay Electronica have made some form of twisted, celebrity, hip-hop Twitter history (no, it's not "twistory") by posting live updates to their respective Twitter accounts — before, during (!), and...
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Daly City, CA - A Daly City couple is beaming, after having a beautiful, healthy baby boy with a rare case of polydactyly in perfect formation. "Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and...
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"If the pregnancy rumors that are swirling about Michelle Obama are true, then the new presidential couple have truly hit the recession with a trifecta punch." Is this true? It seems very unlikely. If...