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Mississippi aims to curb teen pregnancy with umbilical blood law

By Emily Le Coz JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi will require doctors to collect umbilical cord blood from babies born to some young mothers, under a new law intended to identify statutory rapists and reduce the state's rate of teenage pregnancy, the highest in the country.

Mississippi aims to curb teen pregnancy with umbilical blood law

By Emily Le Coz JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi will require doctors to collect umbilical cord blood from babies born to some young mothers, under a new law intended to identify statutory rapists and reduce the state's rate of teenage pregnancy, the highest in the country.

Baby rescued from toilet in China released from hospital

Beijing, May 30 (EFE).- The baby boy who was rescued after being thrown into a toilet in eastern Zhejiang province was released from the hospital, the Chinese press said Thursday. The newborn has been reunited with his relatives, according to media outlets who, however, did not specify whether the baby is now with his father or his grandparents. The story began last Saturday, when a woman reported the presence of a newborn infant in the drainpipe of a toilet. Later, she admitted being the child's mother.

Blood test could predict postpartum depression

Pregnant women could soon take a blood test to determine whether or not they are at risk for postpartum depression, scientists say.

300,000 day-old babies die each year in India

More than 300,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said Tuesday, blaming a lack of political will and funding for the crisis. India accounts for 29 percent of all newborn deaths worldwide, according to the charity Save the Children which published the findings at the launch of its annual State of the World's Mothers report. The report on 186 countries showed South Asia -- which accounts for 24 percent of the world's population -- recording 40 percent of the world's first-day deaths.

Worlds first womb transplant woman is pregnant

The first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor, is two-weeks pregnant following a successful embryo transplant, her doctors said on Friday. The 22-year-old Derya Sert was revealed to be almost two-weeks pregnant in preliminary results after in vitro fertilisation at Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey's southern province of Antalya, her doctor Mustafa Unal said in a written statement. "She is doing just fine at the moment," Unal said.

Researchers find unprecedented cache of 200 dinosaur eggs

Dinosaurs grew in the egg in a similar fashion to modern birds, a study suggests. Scientists made the discovery after examining a cache of more than 200 fossilized bones from embryonic dinosaurs.They were found strewn among fragments of eggshell and are all believed to belong to the same species, the 26-foot long-necked sauropod lufengosaurus.

Egg white may help lower blood pressure: study

Scientists offered new evidence on Tuesday that a component of egg whites, already popular as a substitute for whole eggs among health-conscious consumers concerned about cholesterol in the yolk, may have another beneficial effect in reducing blood pressure.Their study was part of the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, which continues in New Orleans through Thursday."Our research suggests that there may be another reason to call it 'the incredible, edible egg,'" said study leader Zhipeng Yu o

New birthing station opens in Pampanga town

A P5-million newly-constructed birthing station that would cater to the pregnant women and their newborn babies at the Sta Lucia Resettlement in this town was formally inaugurated on Thursday.Governor Lilia Pineda, during the inauguration, said the new birthing station would greatly help in preventing cases of maternal and child deaths as the facility will serve as forerunner of medical services to pregnant women in the area."No mother should die for giving birth and this is the reason why we have been pushing for the construction of more birthing stations and renovation of d

After 55 years, Ohio's Easter Eggshelland comes to an end

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - After more than 50 years, loyal fans have one last chance to visit the Easter bunny and other Easter-themed mosaics made of thousands of brightly coloured eggs on a lawn in an eastern suburb of Cleveland. The displays have drawn thousands of visitors each year to the sprawling lawn of Betty and Ron Manolio in Lyndhurst, Ohio, but the 55th annual event this year will be the last.
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