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Cell Phones Boosts Health Care in Bangladesh With 24-hour Help Line
Recent mobile phone initiatives in Bangladesh are allowing patients to reach a health worker for advice at no cost 24 hours a day. They...
Ad Hoc Efforts Help Cut U.S. Healthcare Costs
There is a glimmer of hope in the U.S. health care system for cutting sky-rocketing costs. Innovative programs have helped reduce costs by millions...
Trouble-making Teen Transformed by New Daughter’s Birth
A California teen had already been in and out of three high schools and arrested once before he learned his girlfriend was pregnant. "I...
Dreams of His Mother: The Extraordinary Woman Who Shaped Barack Obama
If you want to understand what shaped our president, don’t look to his father’s disappearance. It was his unconventional mother who made him. In...
For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero’s Homecoming
They are the unlikeliest of folk heroes. But these once-obscure lawmakers — a dairy farmer, a former truck driver and a woman who is...
25 Percent Drop in Maternal Deaths for Sub-Saharan Women
The proportion of women in sub-Saharan Africa who died because of pregnancy fell by more than a quarter between 1990 and 2008, according to...
Obama Honors 13 Citizens for Their Good Deeds
This week, President Barack Obama awarded the 2010 Citizens Medal to 13 outstanding Americans who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country...
Omega Fats: Some Make You Happy, Some Make You Sick… What to Avoid
Here's a new dieting tip for producing happiness in the brain - eat more fat. It needs to be the right kind of fat,...
New Vaccine Could Prevent Breast Cancer
Imagine a vaccine for adult women that would prevent breast cancer, just like the vaccines received as children prevented polio. Cleveland Clinic researchers have...
Teen Pregnancies Plummet in Canada, US, England and Wales
The rate of teen pregnancies in Canada dropped 36.9 percent between 1996 and 2006, according to research released today by the Sex Information and...
Five-year-old Saves Mom and Unborn Twins With 911 Call
A month ago, Jasmine Mayers got into trouble for calling 911. Today, the 5-year-old is a hero for doing just that. ...
US Special Forces Apologize For Afghan Civilian Deaths With Sheep
ABC News- In the dusty Afghan village where U.S. troops killed two pregnant women and three other innocent civilians in February, a remarkable scene...
Argentinian Meets Son Stolen From Him in War 33 Years ago
The search is finally over for Abel Madariaga, whose pregnant wife was taken by Argentine security forces 33 years ago. After decades of...
Send a Net, Save a Life and Get Two Tickets to an NBA Game
On Monday, the NBA and the United Nations Foundation launched a promotion that gets you two free tickets to an NBA game if you...
Stimulus Money Helps Revive Summer Youth Jobs Programs
School’s out and young job seekers across the country have less than a 30 percent chance of finding work. For disadvantaged youth and high...
Natural and Alternative Remedies for Depression and Anxiety
Therapy and psychiatric medications are the most common treatments for depression and anxiety. Many people, however, prefer alternative, more natural remedies. These can...
Pre-Pregnancy Doses of Folic Acid May Reduce Pre-term Births by Half
Women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before they become pregnant may cut their risk of having a premature baby...
Building a Bridge to Save Lives
The Nithi River used to claim as many as 50 lives each year near the Kenyan villages of Kajuki and Mutino. But a...
Farm Animals Win Big in California Election
Voters in California chose overwhelmingly to pass a proposition that mandates better treatment for farm animals and requires larger enclosures for hens, pregnant pigs,...
New Method Of Managing Risk In Pregnancy Leads To Healthier Newborns and Moms
A NIH study has identified the healthiest method of obstetric care, the one that leads to lower neonatal intensive care unit admission rates, higher...