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Health Tip: Preparing Your Pet for Baby (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Bringing a new baby into your home where your family pet is already settled can be an adjustment for your furry family members.
Health Highlights: May 16, 2008 (HealthDay)

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Health Tip: Traveling During Pregnancy (HealthDay)

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you're planning to take a trip while pregnant, you should check with your doctor to be sure it's safe for you to travel. Unless you have complications with your pregnancy, most women can travel safely.
Baby subpoenaed for unpaid chiropractor bill (AP)

AP - A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill. Richard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill.
FDA defends safety of baby bottle chemical (Reuters)

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.
Obesity may start as early as baby's bottle: researchers (AFP)

AFP - Early exposure to chemicals used in the making of products such as baby bottles or plastic food wraps may lead to obesity, according to new research presented Wednesday.
Experts move closer to identifying best embryos (Reuters)

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.
DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos (HealthDay)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say DNA tests may be able to tell doctors which embryos tabbed for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are most likely to result in the births of healthy babies.
28 million women at risk of unwanted pregnancy (Reuters)

Reuters - Each year, half of American women who would rather not get pregnant will have an unplanned pregnancy, often because they failed to use their contraceptive properly or forgot to use it at all, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Battling to take death out of birth in Africa (Reuters)

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. "It's natural," she smiles.

Y! Health Pregnancy News

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Bringing a new baby into your home where your family pet is already settled can be an adjustment for your furry family members.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If you're planning to take a trip while pregnant, you should check with your doctor to be sure it's safe for you to travel. Unless you have complications with your pregnancy, most women can travel safely.

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.

AFP - Early exposure to chemicals used in the making of products such as baby bottles or plastic food wraps may lead to obesity, according to new research presented Wednesday.

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.

HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say DNA tests may be able to tell doctors which embryos tabbed for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are most likely to result in the births of healthy babies.

Reuters - Each year, half of American women who would rather not get pregnant will have an unplanned pregnancy, often because they failed to use their contraceptive properly or forgot to use it at all, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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. "It's natural," she smiles.