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National Adoption Campaign Gets Under Way
Stuart Shepard in Family News In Focus reports: There are a lot of kids in foster care waiting to be adopted — but not enough parents to take on the job. Some think they…
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Teen Parents Who Stay at Home Stay in School
Alison McCook in reports: Young mothers of very tiny, premature babies who opt to live at home with adult family members are more likely to stay in school during the first two years of…
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Can Acupuncture Help You Conceive?
The Saturday Early Show reports: It’s estimated that after a year of trying to conceive, 10 percent of American couples are unable to get pregnant on their own. The vast majority of them turn…
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Birth control goes beyond pill, offers women choice of patch, shot, others
Rebecca Deusser in Sentinel and Enterprise reports: Several new methods for taking hormonal contraceptives have hit the market in recent years, offering women more choices and better success for preventing pregnancy, said local doctors…
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Home mortgage rates historically low again
Gail MarksJarvis in Sea Coast Online reports: People who want to buy or refinance homes have been given a reprieve on mortgage interest rates. Fixed-rate 30-year mortgages now average about 6 percent, after hitting…
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Low hormone in obese women linked to cutoff in breast-feeding
Lee Bowman in Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: Overweight and obese women tend to have a weaker biological response to their babies suckling, which might be the chief reason that such mothers are more likely to…
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Teen Pregnancies Not All Accidents
WGAL reports: Though most adolescent pregnancies are accidental, a substantial number of girls want to get pregnant, according to a new study. Susan L. Davies, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham led a…
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Doctors take away baby from mother
I found this story to be quite disturbing. A woman had her newborn child taken away from her, because she couldn’t afford to pay the hospital for her caesarean. Vinod Kumar Menon in Mid-Day…
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ABCs shouldn’t be all about computers
East Valley Tribune reports: There’s no shortage of sites and software aimed at very young kids and even toddlers. Noggin.com has games and virtual coloring books for preschoolers. A Crayola licensee makes handheld video…
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Avoid conflicts in your health insurance plan
Colin Burch in the Sun Herald reports: By taking the time to look at a few specific things at the start of a policy, consumers can save themselves future shocks, she said. There is…