Teen pregnancy rates drop; women postpone having children until ...
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TORONTO (CP) - For all those who toiled for the feminist movement in the 1960s and &#39;70s, one goal has come to fruition: reproductive freedom.
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The birth rate among American girls ages 10 to 14 has fallen to its lowest level since 1946, the government reported Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said
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Tall girls who receive estrogen therapy during adolescence to reduce their adult height are more likely to have fertility problems later in life.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- More women are waiting longer to have children as they pursue college degrees and careers or simply enjoy young adulthood without kids in tow.
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In an Oct. 11 story about a study examining global abortion trends from 1995 to 2003, The Associated Press erroneously reported that nine out of 10 women will have an abortion before age 45.
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Parents are cutting back their kids' schedules to make more time for family.
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By the age of 10, one out of every three South African schoolchildren would have already had sex. In addition many misguidedly believe that condoms do not prevent pregnancy and, even more startlingly, many
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Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low.
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OTTAWA - One-third fewer teenagers were pregnant in 2001 than three decades earlier, according to Statistics Canada. Pregnancies among women under the age of 20 fell from 45.
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The babies of teenage fathers are at higher risk for problems such as premature birth, low birth weight and neonatal death, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.
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The birth rate among adolescent and young teen girls in the United States fell sharply in the 1990s, hitting a 58-year-low in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Teenagers who are either underweight or obese are likely to have fewer children in adulthood, a study has found.
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Younger teens are staying away from sex more and when they do have sex, they are more likely to use contraception, U.S. government researchers reported Friday.
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Women who take multivitamins before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to premature babies, new study findings suggest.
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NEW YORK  - More than three-quarters of  children who were born before the 26th week of pregnancy are  affected by cognitive and neurologic impairments by the time  they reach school age, British researchers report.
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American teen-agers are waiting longer to engage in sexual intercourse and an overwhelming majority of those who are sexually active report using contraception
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WASHINGTON -- Fewer teens are engaging in sexual activity than in the past, and those that do are more likely to use contraceptives, the government said Friday.