by APFLI | Jul 23, 2009 | Human Development
Human Fetuses Found to Have Memories, Say Researchers: They weigh less than 3 pounds, usually, and are perhaps 15 inches long. But they can remember. The unborn have memories, according to medical researchers who used sound and vibration stimulation, combined with...
by APFLI | Aug 6, 2008 | Abortion - Archive, Human Development, Prenatal Surgery
As people in India join a national abortion debate following an appeals court’s rejection of a couple’s request for a late-term abortion, the issue of fetal pain is coming into play. One aspect of the debate revolves around whether or not unborn children...
by APFLI | Mar 26, 2008 | Human Development
Renee Mirkes has good news for couples who suffer from infertility: treatment is available that upholds their dignity and the dignity of the children they desire. That treatment, called NaPro TECHNOLOGY, was the main topic of discussion at an October 07 Health Care...
by APFLI | Mar 20, 2008 | Human Development
Researchers at a cancer center in Seattle have confirmed what previous studies have shown: women who bear children have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer. They say fetal cells “transplanted” to the mother before birth are a source of this...
by APFLI | Oct 28, 2007 | Human Development
Prenatal Partners For Life– http://www.prenatalpartnersforlife.org/ Trends in Folic Acid Supplement Intake Among Women of Reproductive Age QuickStats: Infant Mortality Rates* for 10 Leading Causes of Infant Death The Obstetric Fistula Fallacy Majority of...
by APFLI | Aug 8, 2007 | Human Development
SURGERY FOR THE UNBORN PROVES IMPRESSIVELY SUCCESSFUL Babies with a severe congenital spinal cord defect (called a “myelomeningocoele”) are at high risk of developing permanent brain and spinal cord damage, if the defect is not repaired soon after birth....
by APFLI | Jul 21, 2007 | Human Development
I Know I Am Loved by Dolores Mize and photographer Angela Talentino is “one of the most touching publications available celebrating the birth of a new baby”. This 48-page book which includes and involves the father of the baby, lovingly depicts “the...
by APFLI | Apr 19, 2007 | Human Development
Percentage of All Live Births by Caesarean Delivery. Preliminary data for 2005 indicate that 30.2% of all live births in the United States were caesarean deliveries, marking the highest U.S. total cesarean rate ever reported. Since 1996, the total caesarean rate has...
by APFLI | Feb 4, 2007 | Human Development
New research from scientists in Australia questions the old adage that a woman who contracts breast cancer should wait at least two years before becoming pregnant. The study shows that, as is the case when a woman considers having an abortion, a pregnancy has a...
by APFLI | Jan 3, 2007 | Human Development
Perinatal Hospice: A Gift of Time Perinatal hospice is for families who wish to continue their pregnancies with babies who likely will die before or shortly after birth because of a terminal prenatal diagnosis. www.perinatalhospice.org/...
by APFLI | Dec 10, 2006 | Human Development
Babies' First Act May Resolve Stem-Cell Moral Dilemma Dr. Gerry Sotomayor, an obstetrician with an office in Tucker, established the Babies for Life Foundation in March02. The mission of the foundation is "to unite, educate and inform the public"...
by APFLI | Dec 1, 2006 | Human Development
PRENATAL SCREENING NOT SO ACCURATE AS ONCE THOUGHT. “Normal” Children Killed as “Defective”? Scientists conclude there is really no such thing as “normal” in genetic inheritance. New research has found that more genetic differences...
by APFLI | Nov 29, 2006 | Human Development
Despite clear evidence that newborns feel pain, most premature infants are given no analgesics in hospitals, even though they are regularly subjected to painful procedures, a new study reports. Writing in the current Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,...
by APFLI | Nov 29, 2006 | Human Development
Preliminary data suggests that magnesium sulfate, given intravenously to women about to deliver extremely premature babies, helps reduce brain damage and death among the infants, researchers report. Children born before 30 weeks' gestation, about two months early,...
by APFLI | Nov 17, 2006 | Human Development
WOMEN RISK PASSING INFERTILITY TO CHILDREN IF THEY DELAY MOTHERHOOD Pregnant pause: women who delay motherhood until after age 30 risk bequeathing infertility to their daughters. A new study suggests older mothers may bequeath a devastating legacy by passing on...
by APFLI | Oct 13, 2006 | Human Development
I was thrilled beyond words when my pregnancy test was positive. My first thoughts were to tell all my family: my six year old daughter first, I wanted her to tell her daddy; then our two year old and then the rest of our family. My second thought...
by APFLI | Sep 10, 2006 | Human Development
Interview With Dr. Carlo Bellieni During its gestation the fetus is "already a member of the family, and company for the mother even before being born," says neonatologist Carlo Bellieni. Dr. Bellieni [Department of Neonatal Intensive Therapy...
by APFLI | Sep 6, 2006 | Human Development
Lower back pain during pregnancy can interfere with work, daily activities and sleep. More than one-third of women suffer from lower back pain while pregnant; in 10% – 15% of those cases, the pain develops into a chronic condition. A recent study in the Journal...
by APFLI | Sep 5, 2006 | Human Development, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
London-based researchers, working with medical teams in New York and Budapest, have developed a technique for providing a transplanted womb with a reliable blood supply. Women born without a uterus or who have undergone an emergency hysterectomy would be among those...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2006 | Human Development
Maternal smoking linked with severe tic disorder Women who smoke during pregnancy appear to have a very strong risk of having a child with severe symptoms of Tourette's syndrome and the risk of having obsessive-compulsive disorder is also increased in these...