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<title>Mother's mental health tied to child's development (Reuters)</title>
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<description>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Evaluating the emotional health 
and social connectedness of pregnant women may help determine 
if their children will need extra help to meet developmental 
goals later on, Canadian researchers say.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:59:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FDA defends safety of baby bottle chemical (Reuters)</title>
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<description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration said on Wednesday said it sees no reason to tell 
consumers to stop using products such as baby bottles made with 
a controversial chemical found in many plastic items.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Experts move closer to identifying best embryos (Reuters)</title>
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<description>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Australia and Greece 
appear to be moving closer to identifying genes that determine 
which test-tube embryos stand the best chance of implanting in 
the womb and growing into healthy babies.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Battling to take death out of birth in Africa (Reuters)</title>
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<description>JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Lying on a sagging mattress and 
wincing slightly, Anna Lado laughs at the idea that she should 
have been afraid of giving birth to her first child, now lying 
in a crib near her in a hospital in south Sudan.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:31:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Breastfeeding halves rheumatoid arthritis risk (Reuters)</title>
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<description>LONDON (Reuters) - Women who breastfeed their babies longer 
are less likely to get rheumatoid arthritis, Swedish 
researchers said on Tuesday.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 05:55:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Child safety seats should be centered in back seat (Reuters)</title>
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<description>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Positioning child safety seats 
in the center of the back seat could cut infants' and toddlers' 
injury risks by nearly half, a new study suggests.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Very premature baby survival not improving (Reuters)</title>
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<description>LONDON (Reuters) - There has been no improvement in the 
survival rate of babies born before Britain's 24-week legal 
limit for abortion, doctors said on Friday, ahead of an 
expected attempt by pro-life legislators to reduce the cut-off 
period.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:36:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Child virus fears spread to China's capital (Reuters)</title>
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<description>BEIJING (Reuters) - Fears of a virus that has killed at 
least 26 children in China gripped parents in Beijing as 
officials on Tuesday temporarily closed two kindergartens amid 
a spreading outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Philippines, Peru lauded for child health progress (Reuters)</title>
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<description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Philippines and Peru are doing 
the best job of vaccinating children and treating them for 
critical diseases compared to other developing nations, Save 
the Children reported on Tuesday.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When parents die, some children suffer doubly (Reuters)</title>
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<description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children who lose a parent suddenly 
may suffer a &#x22;double whammy&#x22; to their mental and physical 
health -- from the shock of the loss and because of inherited 
risks, researchers reported on Monday.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
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