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Pelosi's New Payroll Tax: A Whip for Socialized Medicine - HUMAN EVENTS. Pelosi's New Payroll Tax: A Whip for Socialized Medicine by 11/11/2009. (Human Events Online)
Keeping health care for already-born children Nov 14, 2009
They shouldn t be given short shrift just because they had the audacity to leave the womb ... We can debate at what point in the womb that reproduction becomes a child (conception, first heart beat, first brain wave, first reaction to sound, first thumb sucking, etc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Indonesian baby with two heads dies during delivery Nov 13, 2009
When emerging from its mother Siti Aminahs womb, the male baby was in good health and had the physical appearance of a one-year-old infant. Siti Aminah told reporters her pregnancy had lasted longer than normal, namely 12 months, and although during the period she had never consulted a doctor, she had no difficulty delivering the baby. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Heart Defects Touch Brothers' Lives Nov 13, 2009
But, both families found out their babies had congenital heart defects while still in the womb. Once in the outside world, they were thrown into a never-ending cycle of hospital stays and surgeries. (Click2Houston, TX)
Exercising To End Of Pregnancy Is Healthy For Baby And Mother, New Study Suggests Nov 13, 2009
High risk pregnancy specialists designed a fetal monitoring device that tracks a baby's position and movement in the womb, as well as baby and mother. . (Science Daily)
Pelosi's New Payroll Tax: A Whip for Socialized Medicine Nov 12, 2009
Joe Barton of Texas, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, set out a startling scenario in floor debate Saturday before the House approved the health care bill pushed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The bill would slap an 8 percent tax on the payrolls of employers who do not provide health insurance to their workers and pay at least 65 percent of the premiums for an employee who has a family insurance plan and 72. (Human Events Online)
Pollution's Toll on the Brain Nov 12, 2009
The most recent of these studies found that New York City five-year-olds who were exposed to higher levels of urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) while in the womb exhibited an IQ four points lower than those subjected to less PAH. Alarmingly, the drop was similar to that seen in exposure to low levels of lead, says epidemiologist Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children s Environ-mental Health and head author of the study, in which mothers... (Scientific American)
Smoking in Pregnancy Risks Psychotic Children Nov 12, 2009
The reasons for the link between maternal smoking and psychotic symptoms are not clear, but Zammit and colleagues suggested that exposure to tobacco in the womb might affect a child's impulsivity, attention or cognition. They said more research was needed to investigate how exposure to tobacco in the womb affected children's brains. (MEDLINEplus)
Health: Air pollution impacts young lungs Nov 12, 2009
"This study and others are underscoring the importance of preventing environmental risk to children, beginning as early as in the womb.". There are some things parents can do to protect their babies, Karr said. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Abortion: More hypocrisy on health care Nov 11, 2009
a woman is most a mother when the child is in her womb and most dependent on her ... a woman is most a mother when the child is in her womb and most dependent on her ... A lot of people believe that life begins at conception & that is OK. (In fact, if the fertilized egg does not attach to the womb, then the fertilized egg is aborted from the mothers body that s the way God made the human body, if you are at all religious). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Pete Dexter’s new novel, ‘Spooner,’ toys with farce Nov 11, 2009
As grounded in history as E.L. Doctorow s Ragtime and as wildly inventive as John Irving s The World According to Garp, it narrates the tragical and comical life of one Warren Whitlowe Spooner, whose misadventures begin in the womb and tumble on for nearly 500 pages, of which perhaps 11 are a little slow. Spooner is born in 1953 into a grieving, enervated family in the aggrieved, enervated South; Milledgeville, Ga. (Boston Globe)
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Obama: Your Loved Ones EndureTheir Memory Will Be Honored. Obama: Your Loved Ones EndureTheir Memory Will Be Honored An estimated crowd of 15,000 soldiers, family members, officials and residents listened Tuesday afternoon as President Barack Obama told the families of the 13 victims of deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage, Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. (KWTX.com, TX)
Letters for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (1015) Nov 11, 2009
If you look at the symptoms of autism, shutting themselves off from the world, wouldn t you if you had been bombarded by sonic waves from six weeks in the womb. Christine Kube, Kalaheo. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
When Is A Fetus Able To Survive Outside The Womb? Nov 11, 2009
When Is A Fetus Able To Survive Outside The Womb ... When Is A Fetus Able To Survive Outside The Womb ... Jacob Bar from the Wolfson Medical Center, couples mathematical models with information about a baby's physiology inside the womb. (Science Daily)
Does God Exist...Prove it! Nov 10, 2009
Outraged wrote on Oct 18, 2009 6:53 AM:" To Acadiana Christian:I will not die ALONE because JESUS will be there with me!!! And He was there with me before I was born!!! Jeremiah Chapter 1 verse 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you".What we decide to believe is indeed our business ALONE!!! ". old eagle wrote on Oct 17, 2009 8:20 PM:" ho hum ". (New Iberia, LA)
Abortion a Key Fault Line in Health Fight Nov 10, 2009
You equate war and killing our enemies with slaughttering innocent children in the womb ... "by Mortarman-29 You equate war and killing our enemies with slaughttering innocent children in the womb? That is crazy!". (CBS News)
Expectant moms, babies subjects of new Singapore study to prevent obesity and diabetes in adults Nov 10, 2009
Dr. Gluckman, who has a strong interest in how nutrition in the womb affects a baby's health for the rest of its life, advises the World Health Organization, U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank on public health measures to improve the outcomes of pregnancy. Knowledge gained from the study will be of immense importance to Singapore, said Associate Professor Kenneth Kwek, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator, GUSTO, DevOS.. (EurekAlert!)
Man Confesses to Killing Abortion Provider Nov 10, 2009
The moment it comes out of the womb into 'our' world it still requires its hosts interaction to survive"That makes it a PARASITE by slownewsday-05 November 10, 2009 1:05 AM EST Once again, it's sad to see the anti-choice crowd try to pass themselves off as "pro-life". At the most, they are "pro-birth". . by CaliforniaConservative November 10, 2009 1:17 AM EST Once again, it's sad to see the anit-life crowd try to pass themselves off as "pro choice". At the most, they are "pro abortion". Hmm,... (CBS News -- US)
Saletan: House Democrats Traded Abortion Rights for a Health Reform Bill Nov 10, 2009
Semi-Private WombSelling out abortion rights for health care reform ... Semi-Private Womb: Selling out abortion rights for health care reform. (Slate)
House Votes to Ban Abortion Subsidies Nov 9, 2009
If you see someone killing a child, please report it to the police" What is in play here is symantics. From the moment of conception I want you (or someone) to pick a point in the growth cycle that defines it a anything "other than" a human being. All things being equal if this brand new life is provided sustenance and no harm befalls it, It will not die until its alloted lifespan (deemed by genetics) is completed (0-120 years average). True or false??? If the answer is yes, then that Conceptual... (CBS News)
Frozen Embryo Adoptions Allow Mom To Carry Child Nov 9, 2009
Doctors planted the embryo in Karen's womb ... "She's so full of life. I always say she was frozen for so long she came out of the womb saying, 'Watch out world, here I come," said Karen Bates. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
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Byron W. wrote on Nov 6, 2009 6:25 PM:" waitingontheend wrote "Okay Byron what I am getting from you is it is not okay to kill a fetus in the womb but it is alright to kill a living breathing person ... " AMAZED wrote on Nov 6, 2009 8:57 AM:" Live fetuses in the womb have no choice over their life or death ... " waitingontheend wrote on Nov 6, 2009 7:53 AM:" Okay Byron what I am getting from you is it is not okay to kill a fetus in the womb but it is alright to kill a living breathing person. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Public option gives real choice (13) Nov 8, 2009
To those of us who believe in choice, it often seems that the other side considers a fetus - or unborn child - to be of infinite and incalculable value just as long as it is inside the womb. Once its born its just another illegitimate, poverty-stricken kid on welfare consuming taxpayers dollars. (Boerne Star, TX)
The health system 'headache' Nov 8, 2009
Steve sent me a form which delved into my every malady since emerging from the womb. I was reminded that there is one thing that health insurance companies absolutely hate - sick people. (BBC News -- Americas)
First U.S. Uterus Transplant Planned Nov 7, 2009
Now, doctors are planning the first womb transplant in the United States ... They note that thousands of women cannot bear children because they were born with a malfunctioning uterus or their wombs were damaged by cancer, accidents, pregnancy complications or other problems. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Babies have accents Nov 7, 2009
This suggests infants begin picking up elements of language in the womb, long before their first. Prenatal exposure. (Harper's Magazine)
Babies 'cry in mother's tongue' Nov 7, 2009
German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb ... The findings suggest that unborn babies are influenced by the sound of the first language that penetrates the womb ... Debbie Mills, a reader in developmental cognitive neuroscience at Bangor University, said: "This is really interesting because it suggests that they are producing sounds they have heard in the womb and that means learning and that it is not an innate behaviour. "Many... (BBC News -- Health)
Finger Length Hormone Key To Social Behavior Nov 7, 2009
7, 2009) Research at the universities of Liverpool and Oxford into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone levels in the womb ... It is also thought that prenatal androgens affect finger length during development in the womb. (Science Daily)
Babies' Language Learning Starts From The Womb Nov 6, 2009
The findings suggest that infants begin picking up elements of what will be their first language in the womb, and certainly long before their first babble or coo ... Artist's rendering of a human fetus growing inside the womb. (Science Daily)
Newborn babies cry in their native tongue Nov 6, 2009
Language patterns apparent from the start; babies pick up traits in womb ... This suggests infants begin picking up elements of language in the womb, long before their first. (MSNBC -- Health)
Click to read:Ft. Hood Suspect ID'd as Army Psychiatrist Nov 6, 2009
Ft. Hood Suspect ID'd as Army Psychiatrist - CBS News. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2009. (CBS News)
Emergency pill for Chilean girls Nov 6, 2009
It works by stopping or delaying ovulation, or by stopping an egg settling in the womb. SEE ALSO 12 May 04 | Americas. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Bad Behavior in Kids Nov 6, 2009
Boys exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb were more likely to have behavior and attention deficit problems, while girls with this exposure were more likely to experience behavior problems alone. Girls whose mothers quit smoking during pregnancy had a lower risk of behavior problems than girls whose mothers never smoked leading the researchers to conclude the mother's "the ability to quit" may be a characteristic of "restraint and easy temperament" that the daughters inherit. (MEDLINEplus)
Babies Cry With an Accent, Study Finds Nov 6, 2009
say the most exciting part of this discovery is not that infants recognize the melody of their language, but that the newborns may have the ability to use what they heard in the womb to then control their cries ... Were You Learning in the Womb. (ABC News)
Protesters swarm Capitol offices after anti-healthcare bill rally Nov 6, 2009
Your kind want only the hand out, you have no faith in God and have no problems with pulling a child partially from its mothers womb and executing it, but you would protest a seal being clubbed. You would be the first to send our military to places you would not have the balls to go yourself. (TheHill.com)
Foetal heart rate monitor warning Nov 6, 2009
An urgent ultrasound showed the baby had died in the womb and doctors believe the patient had been picking up her own heartbeat or placental blood flow with the device. Although the tragic death may have been unavoidable, the use of a foetal heart monitor certainly delayed the patient attending hospital, says Dr Abhijoy Chakladar, an anaesthetist at Princess Royal Hospital in Brighton, who treated the patient and highlights the issue in the BMJ article. (BBC News -- UK)
Jury to decide fate of man convicted of homicide Nov 5, 2009
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, but Mr. Yarbrough's defense team is fighting that, saying Mr. Yarbrough was a mildly retarded boy who suffered from years of neglect -- beginning in the womb -- by his heroin-addicted parents and relatives who didn't care for him. Ohio State University psychologist Dr. David Hammer told the jury of nine women and three men that Mr. Yarbrough had dozens of IQ and developmental tests from the age of 13 that placed his IQ below 70, at which point a person... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Former Planned Parenthood Director Telling Fishy Story Nov 4, 2009
Former director of Planned Parenthood's story doesn't add up. Wednesday, November 04, 2009. (Slate)
GE Global awarded $1.2M in stimulus funds Nov 3, 2009
Transducers are the devices placed on the abdomen of an expectant mother that transmit and receive signals that show real-time activity inside the womb. Transducers are the most costly and labor-intensive component of an ultrasound system. (Albany Business Review, NY)
eBay Halts Anti-Abortion Activists' Sale Nov 3, 2009
WICHITA, Kansas, Nov. 2, 2009. Auction Listings to Raise Funds for Accused Killer of Abortion Provider Removed From Site. (CBS News)
Nasa to irradiate monkeys for space voyage research... Nov 3, 2009
" There are people who steal animals to sell them to research labs, who knowingly buy them. As a Humane Society volunteer, I can tell you that there are people who, with their children in tow, show up wherever someone has advertised in the paper for free animals, or animals free to good homes. Those people who stand at the grocery store and hand out their unwanted puppies, kittens and rabbits no doubt choose to give no thought to the lives ahead for those animals. What can we expect from a... (The Drudge Report)
Male pregnancy: the sex life of seahorses Nov 2, 2009
For mammals, there is only one contender for who is best suited to do the childcare: the female nurtures young inside her womb, leaving the male pacing about with few options to help except fending off predators, and bringing them food. Female fish, however, usually carry out external rather than internal fertilisation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Sting nets 10 looking for prostitutes Nov 2, 2009
Libertarian wrote on Oct 29, 2009 8:33 AM:" There is no evidence any of the "johns" were seeking out sex with minors. There is a good chance that some of these men were not married or in commited relationships. Should sex between consenting adults be a crime? Women in our society have the legal right to terminate life within the womb but we tell them they cannot have sex for profit. Kill a baby at will but don"t sell yourself to help pay the rent. What hypocrisy. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
A woman's right to choose a losing candidate? Nov 1, 2009
" You see, Judy is an embryo -- a virtual talking embryo with her very own YouTube channel. "One out of four of us don't make it," she explains from inside her mother's womb. Then, out of nowhere, what looks to be a machete is wielded before her, which causes Judy to yell: "Oh no. What's that. (Salon)
'Lie still' for pregnancy boost Oct 31, 2009
A total of 390 couples undergoing intrauterine insemination - which involves placing sperm in the womb after stimulation of ovulation or during natural ovulation - were included in the study. Although immobilisation takes more time and occupies more space in busy rooms, the intervention will be economic in the long run, as pregnant patients will not return in subsequent cycles. (BBC News -- Health)
Are your tweenagers trick-or-treating without you? Oct 31, 2009
Why not just put your kid back in the womb and take him out at college graduation for crying out loud people ... Put your kid back in your womb release upon marriage and then hover. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Video: Rutgers senior C Hamady Ndiaye Oct 30, 2009
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BABIES WITHOUT MEN OR WOMEN Oct 29, 2009
Defects in sperm and egg development are the biggest cause of infertility but, because many of the key stages occur in the womb, scientists have struggled to study the process in detail. Researcher Rita Reijo Pera, of Stanford's Centre for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, believes new fertility drugs are just five years away. (The Drudge Report)
Yikes! Newt Gingrich making sense!?!? Oct 29, 2009
Little known medical fact: Chuck Norris invented the Caesarean section when he roundhouse-kicked his way out of his monther s womb. Normal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Stem Cells Make Precursors For Sperm, Eggs Oct 29, 2009
"Ten to 15 percent of couples are infertile," said senior author Renee Reijo Pera, PhD. "About half of these cases are due to an inability to make eggs or sperm. And yet deleting or increasing the expression of genes in the womb to understand why is both impossible and unethical. Figuring out the genetic 'recipe' needed to develop human germ cells in the laboratory will give us the tools we need to trace what's going wrong for these people." Reijo Pera is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology... (Science Daily)
Hoping for the best Oct 29, 2009
ONH is described as a condition in which the optic nerves do not develop as well as they normally would while the baby is still in the womb. Because of this, it can leave some children with limited or no vision at all. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
KevinArmstrongInside College Basketball One-armed hoopster Kevin Laue is making the most of college. Oct 28, 2009
Doctors surmised that he had been able to survive in the womb because his left arm had wedged between the cord and his throat. That stunted the development of the arm -- which is fully formed to the elbow -- but it kept him alive. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Tiller Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty Oct 28, 2009
It's amazing that some people believe that a feutus that's moving around in the mother's womb isn't a living baby ... Just like all of us were babies in our mother's womb 1 day, 1 week, 1 month before we were born ... At first I thought you were talking about the disgustingly cowardly act of hacking apart an unarmed, unborn child inside the supposed safety of the mother's womb. (CBS News -- US)
Maternal High-Fat Diet Has Serious Implications For Brain Development Of Offspring, Mouse Study Finds Oct 28, 2009
(May 13, 2005) There is emerging evidence that the diet that our mothers consume while we are in the womb and also when breast feeding may lead to health risks associated with. (June 17, 2008) A high-fat diet during pregnancy and nursing may lead to the child having an early onset of puberty and subsequent adulthood obesity, according to a new animal. (Science Daily)
Mothers Pass Problems With Obesity ... Oct 28, 2009
They theorize that a woman who is overweight and pregnant sends signals in the womb that cause changes in the brain of her unborn child, causing the child's body to increase its production of cells that store fat. The researchers also analyzed obese women who had surgical bypass surgery to see if the procedure affected the suspected link between childhood and obesity. (Suite101.com)
'End of darkness' Oct 28, 2009
Prof Gordon Williams, medical director at the Hamlin Hospital, says women in rural areas are often stopped from eating much during their pregnancy, and are worked extra hard in the belief it will stop the baby from growing too big in the womb. It does not. (BBC News -- Africa)
The abortionist and his No. 1 foe Oct 28, 2009
Medical professionals generally define it as an abortion performed at 24 weeks or beyond, a time in pregnancy when a fetus can survive outside the womb. What part of wanting to save a baby's life is so bad that it makes people hate me. (CNN)
Preemie worry: Induced labor rules tightened Oct 27, 2009
But recent research shows a troubling link between elective inductions and these so-called "late preemies." These aren't the dire too-small babies that the word premature conjures, but near-term babies who nonetheless are at higher risk of breathing disorders and other problems than babies who finish their very last weeks in the womb. "It was an 'aha' moment for me," recalls Dr. Bryan Oshiro of his visit to a Utah intensive care nursery several years ago, where neonatologists pointed to babies... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Does God Exist...Prove it! Oct 27, 2009
Outraged wrote on Oct 18, 2009 6:53 AM:" To Acadiana Christian:I will not die ALONE because JESUS will be there with me!!! And He was there with me before I was born!!! Jeremiah Chapter 1 verse 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you".What we decide to believe is indeed our business ALONE!!! ". old eagle wrote on Oct 17, 2009 8:20 PM:" ho hum ". (New Iberia, LA)
Hospitals to crack down on induced labors Oct 27, 2009
But recent research shows a troubling link between elective inductions and these so-called "late preemies." These aren't the dire too-small babies that the word premature conjures, but near-term babies who nonetheless are at higher risk of breathing disorders and other problems than babies who finish their very last weeks in the womb. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Girl Born With Rare 'Mermaid' Condition DiesBorn with her legs fused together, Shiloh Pepin defied the odds until the end. Oct 27, 2009
Doctors believe that blood circulation doesn't develop normally and the womb, kidneys and other organs don't form as they should. Related. (ABC News)
Pre-Birth Exposure to 1918 Flu Raised Heart Risks, Study Finds Oct 27, 2009
THURSDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- People exposed to the deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic while still in their mother's womb were about 20 percent more likely to have heart disease 60 years later, a new study has found ... Why exposure to flu in the womb has this effect is not known, Finch said, but he added that it's "a likely outcome of maternal stress." ... Moreover, men who'd been exposed to the 1918 Spanish flu while in the womb were slightly shorter than men born just a year later or a... (MEDLINEplus)
Preventing preemies: New rules limit induced labor Oct 27, 2009
These aren't the dire too-small babies that the word premature conjures, but near-term babies who nonetheless are at higher risk of breathing disorders andother problems than babies who finish their very last weeks in the womb. "It was an 'aha' moment for me," recalls Dr. Bryan Oshiro of his visit to a Utah intensive care nursery several years ago, where neonatologists pointed to babies there simply because they'd been induced too soon. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Kids who can't even be hugged Oct 25, 2009
KYLIE GIBSON knew there was a problem with her son Joshua when the skin on his tiny ankles peeled away where he was pulled out of the womb by doctors at his caesarean birth. There was skin missing from his fingers, where he had sucked on them in utero. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Cocaine Exposure During Pregnancy Leads To Impulsivity In Male, Not Female, Monkeys Oct 25, 2009
24, 2009) Adult male monkeys exposed to cocaine while in the womb have poor impulse control and may be more vulnerable to drug abuse than female monkeys, even a decade or more after the exposure, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine ... "We're looking for ways to predict which individuals are going to take drugs during their lives. It was very surprising to see that, even more than a decade after the prenatal cocaine exposure, the monkeys ended up... (Science Daily)
