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Unclear if fetal deaths occurred in Md., Cecil prosecutor says
Cecil County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he withdrew murder charges against two abortion doctors because he lacked definitive evidence that the fetuses at issue were terminated in Maryland.
"We know what the doctors did. We just don't know where...Tags: Abortion, Abortion Issue, Justice System, Elkton, Hospitals and Clinics
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Flying while pregnant hinges on due date
Who wants to deliver a baby on an airplane?
Answer: No one. Not the mother-to-be and not the flight attendants, pilots or passengers.
That's why most airlines have fairly strict requirements for women who travel near the end of their pregnancies. Even...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Morning Sickness, United Air Lines, Concourse, U.S. Airways
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For too many, still no room at the inn
"Women are not dying because of disease we cannot treat; they are dying because societies have yet to make the decision that their lives are worth saving." — Dr. Mahmoud Fathalla, author of the "World Report on Women's Health" A young woman, large...Tags: Demographics, Women's Health, Christmas, National Government, Cesarean Section
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Nor shortage of reasons for oral contraceptives
Rush Limbaugh is an attention-hogging, obnoxious and ignorant loud mouth ("Rush to judgment on birth control," March 7). His crudeness sicken me. The controversies about oral contraceptives are passe. Yes, insurance companies have to make them available...Tags: Diabetes, Menopause, Hormones and Metabolism, Eating Disorders, Mouth
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Obama's Plan B decision puts girls at risk
A society is at its worst when it leaves its most vulnerable citizens exposed so that its most powerful can hide from ugly realities. In the case of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' ruling to reject the Food and Drug Administration's...Tags: Health Organizations, Ibuprofen (drug), Kathleen Sebelius, HIV, Diseases and Illnesses
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Plan B is overruled
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision this week to overrule the Food and Drug Administration commissioner and refuse to authorize girls under age 17 to have over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive pill known as...Tags: Abortion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, Abortion Issue, Diseases and Illnesses
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Catonsville native's Peace Corps service means holidays away from home
At about 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, as Brian Holler walked down a dirt road in a small village in Turkmenistan, a heavy, rumbling noise made him pause for a second during the long-distance phone conversation he was having with a reporter.
"I'm walking...Tags: Bagels, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Safety at School, Baltimore County, Foods and Beverages
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A pregnant woman with HIV, and the cost of U.S. foreign aid cuts
When I met a woman I'll call "Mary" in Luwingu, a remote district in northern Zambia, she had already seen three of her children die. She did not know that she had contracted HIV until she arrived at the clinic where for the past few months I had been...Tags: HIV Treatment, HIV, Conservation, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Doctors in botched Elkton abortion face murder charges
Two doctors who Maryland authorities say botched an abortion last year in Elkton have been indicted on murder charges — in what appears to be the first use of the state's fetal homicide law involving a medical professional performing surgery. "We'...Tags: Abortion, Justice System, Abortion Issue, Behavioral Conditions, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Jean Marbella: On health care, freedom for or from religion?
I once met a smart and delightful young woman who was making her way through a demanding college program despite being a single mother of two. From what I could tell, she was quite a loving mom and her kids seemed happy. But just watching her juggle...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Flu, Hospitals and Clinics
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hCG diet leaves some hungry for less
When Lynn Patterson resolved to lose weight early this year, she took a hormone normally associated with pregnancy, not dieting.
The 53-year-old Catonsville nurse went on the hCG diet, named for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that is produced...Tags: Skype, Famines, Placebo, Hormones and Metabolism, Foods and Beverages
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Woman gives birth to baby at BWI
A woman gave birth to a baby boy at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Sunday afternoon, shortly after stepping off an incoming flight, an airport spokesman said. Maryland Transportation Authority Police and the airport's...Tags: Concourse, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Glen Burnie
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