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Maternal deaths drop worldwide says Lancet

Maternal deaths have decreased nearly 40 percent worldwide since 1980, according to new research published in the journal The Lancet.
Many in the medical community were surprised when The Lancet published research results Monday that showed that the number of women who have died during pregnancy and childbirth each year has decreased worldwide, from 526,300 in [...]

Advance provision of emergency contraception not effective

Advance provision of emergency contraception was found to be ineffective at reducing unwanted pregnancy after review of several studies.
A collaborative effort of family planning researchers have concluded that providing emergency contraception in advance to large populations of women may not be as effective as believed.
The research, published in issue three of 2010’s Cochrane Database of [...]

More drop-side cribs recalled due to infant deaths

Another batch of drop-side cribs has been recalled in the US due to three associated infant deaths.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced yesterday a recall of all Generation 2 Worldwide and “ChildESIGNS” drop-side cribs. The cribs have caused three infant suffocation deaths between 2002 and 2007.
Generation 2, the company that manufactured the cribs, closed [...]

Conflicting reports emerge about China’s ‘one couple, one child’ policy

Reports have emerged that China may ease restrictions on its family planning policy, but China refutes the notion.
The Times Online is reporting that China’s capital, Beijing, has plans “yet to be formally implemented” for reducing restrictions on its family planning policies, allowing more people to have a second child.
China introduced harsh restrictions on families and [...]

NZ supermarkets ration baby formula due to Chinese buyers

New Zealand supermarkets are rationing baby formula due to Chinese-New Zealanders buying it in bulk and selling it online to worried parents in China.
Chinese living in New Zealand have been selling baby formula online to Chinese citizens for months, taking advantage of widespread fears of contaminated formula in China.
Many people in China are still wary [...]

Otty Sanchez Gets Jury Trial to Determine Competency for Decapitation Trial

A judge ruled Thursday that Otty Sanchez will get a jury trial to determine whether she is mentally competent to stand trial for decapitating her three-week-old baby.
Defense attorney Ed Camara believes his client was afflicted with postpartum psychosis.  Approximately one in 1,000 women with postpartum psychosis suffer dangerous delusions and desires to hurt their child.  [...]

Baby Trafficking Ring in China, 42 arrests after 52 children sold

Police in China have arrested 42 suspected members of a trafficking ring that sold children stolen or bought from their parents, usually from impoverished rural areas in the North.
The trafficking ring had sophisticated and seperate units to handle all aspects of the sale of children. Reportedly 52 children over two years were sold, 19 boys [...]

Mothercare set to expand in China

The Mothercare group, comprised of two well known retail brands, Mothercare and Early Learning Centre has announced plans to expand further into China.
Ben Gordon, Mothercare chief executive said: “Nineteen million babies a year (are born in China), so clearly the opportunity is huge.”
Plans are in motion to open six new stores in China in the [...]

Two year old baby could be the world’s youngest smoker

Tong Liangliang a baby of two years old from China was taught how to smoke by his father. Now smoking a pack a day after picking up the habit at 18 months old, Tong now and throws a tantrum if he can’t get his fix.
China Radio International reported, “The father wasn’t aware of how [...]

Chinese Birth Predictor

According to legend, this ancient Chinese birth chart was discovered in the tomb of a monk in Beijing. Archaeologists later found that the chart predicted the sex of an unborn baby.
Find the age you will be when you give birth, and then find the month you conceived. Where the two squares meet, you will discover [...]

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