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Is a Fast Birth a Safe Birth?
Though one might assume that a fast birth means a quick and complication-free experience, the reality can be quite different. The recent experience of a 33-year-old British pop singer demonstrated how birth complications can arise even amidst seemingly ideal birth conditions. The mother was about to give birth to her fifth child and everything seemed to be going according to plan. Once she asked for an epidural, things began to go awry. “It’s like I passed out but I never passed out. I could hear everyone else talking, it was really bizarre. I wish I hadn’t had the epidural,” said the mother. “They put her on my chest and something didn’t feel right.” The baby was not breathing. The birth occurred too fast for the baby to adjust to the outside world. The doctors “think she came out so fast [that] she reverted and went into delayed shock, and reverted…
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Should States Adopt Birth Injury Malpractice Funds
The Maryland obstetrics and gynecological (OB/GYN) community faces several million-dollar medical malpractice lawsuits for damages resulting from complications during birth. A new bill proposes the formation of a fund to pay for medical bills, lost earnings and other damages of families who have suffered birth traumas. The bill’s detractors claim that such a fund would absolve OB/GYNs of responsibility for their negligent care. “The best way for hospitals to reduce their financial burden is to prevent negligence,” said the founder of the Coalition for Patients’ Rights in Maryland. “A birth injury fund will only serve to remove accountability and thereby increase likelihood of negligence.” What Does A Birth Injury Fund Mean For Parents? After a birth injury or complication, instead of suing the doctor or hospital responsible for the injury, the child’s parents would apply to the fund. Families would then proceed through a bureaucratic process in which a judge…
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Report Links Plastics to Developmental Problems
According to an April 16, 2008 article in the LA Times, a report produced by a federal agency has discovered that a commonly used chemical in plastic may harm the development of children’s brains and reproductive organs. According to the article, The National Toxicology Program report found that fetuses, babies and children were at potential risk after reviewing some 500 experiments on laboratory animals. The chemical, widely used in plastic beverage containers, including baby bottles and food containers, is bisphenol A, or BPA. Panic Room movie download The Cottage trailer End of the Spear The Last Templar full movie Shallow Hal trailer The Olympic Champ move 30 Days of Night dvd Mask of the Ninja film Sheep Dog move Bootmen ipod download Memphis Belle movie Resident Evil: Degeneration movie download
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