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'Who's your daddy?' gets amusing answer in 'Starbuck' ★★★
"Starbuck" is a big, fat French-Canadian hug of a movie, a sperm-donations-gone-wrong farce that manages the occasional belly laugh but also offers moving takes on parenthood, family and what it means to grow up. David Wozniak (Patrick Huard) makes...
Tags: Patrick Huard, Oliver Platt, Starbuck (movie)
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3 Reasons to Plant Greens
HealthWarmer weather brings many sensual wonders: sounds of happy birds, warmth against our skin, and the scent of freshly turned over soil. Indeed, as I walked my dog through Emmaus this week, I caught a glimpse of one urban farmer after another. They were all... -
Epilepsy drug in pregnancy tied to autism risk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy are three times more likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder, suggests new research based on close to 700,000 babies born in Denmark. Previous studies...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Asperger Syndrome, Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Risk of complications rises, but pregnancy can be safe for women with high blood pressure
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 35 and have two children. My husband and I want more kids, but I had high blood pressure during both pregnancies and am now on medication to control it. Is it safe to get pregnant again? ANSWER: Having high blood pressure does...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Miscarriage, Pharmaceuticals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Blood Pressure
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Letters: The language of Justice Scalia
Re "Scalia's poison pen," Opinion, April 14 Bigoted as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's views on homosexuality seem, he makes a valid legal point by intimating that equal protection claims asserted to support gay marriage similarly support...Tags: Ethics, Values, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Gays and Lesbians
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Letters: Not so fast on Syria
Re "A 'red line' on Syria," Editorial, April 25 The lessons of our disastrous invasion of Iraq have been ignored. Syria presents no direct threat to the U.S., and yet the foreign policy elite and the media are increasingly saying we may have to...Tags: Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Robert Edwards dies at 87; Nobel winner for first 'test-tube baby'
About 10% of married couples suffer from infertility – the inability to conceive a child naturally. Through the better part of the 20th century, physicians considered this a minor and perhaps irrelevant problem, one that contributed overall to...
Tags: Cambridge (England), Medical Procedures and Tests, In Vitro Fertilization, Research, Science
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FDA approves an old drug for morning sickness
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a drug to treat the severe nausea and vomiting that some women experience during early pregnancy. The Canadian-made medication will be marketed as Diclegis. It is the only prescription medication...Tags: Morning Sickness, Heavy Engineering, Placebo, Vomiting, Pharmaceuticals
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Wetonka family takes steps to remember son who died hours after birth
Jackie Kessler doesn't want to anyone to forget about her son, Jacob. Her son died two hours after he was born on June 11, 2011, from a chromosome defect called Trisomy 13. She knew about the defect while he was in the womb and knew that he only had...
Tags: March of Dimes Foundation
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Woman uses taekwondo to combat her disabilities
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Alecia Danch has faced unusual odds on her path to learning taekwondo. The 22-year-old South Bend woman was born with mental and physical disabilities, and some things that most people take for granted are challenges for her. Walking can...Tags: Taekwon-Do
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Understanding the value of multivitamins
Premium Health News ServiceQ. I'm confused by conflicting reports about the benefits of multivitamins. Should I take one? A. What a simple, straightforward question! I wish I had a simple, straightforward answer. Here's the simple, uncomplicated part: Foods rich in the major...Tags: B Vitamins, Osteoporosis, Health Treatments, Vegan Diet, Folic Acid
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Air pollution linked to birth defects in San Joaquin Valley, study says
Researchers have linked air pollution and birth defects among pregnant women in the San Joaquin Valley, according to a study by Stanford University School of Medicine. The study looked at women between 1997 and 2006, including 806 whose pregnancies were...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Stanford University, Air Pollution
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