New studies on maternal and infant deaths worldwide
From the New York Times: For the first time in decades, researchers are reporting a significant drop worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth, to about 342,900 in 2008 from 526,300 in 1980. The findings, published in the medical journal The Lancet, challenge the prevailing view of maternal mortality [...]
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On Birth and Fog
Mad Men fans have been chattering about Betty’s “dream sequences” in the latest episode, “The Fog,” and at the risk of sounding pedantic I am compelled to clarify at least one thing about Betty’s dreams: They really aren’t dream sequences. Not like Tony Soprano’s. Let’s break out the Childbirth 101: As Betty is depicted, fifty [...]
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