The Power of Birth Order
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Parents insist that how kids turn out depends on when they were born. More and more, science agrees
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A user guide to Britain's new ruling class
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http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1042 3886&fsrc=RSS Looking for the right man SIR â My husband and I enjoyed your article on spousal selection and its finding that women have better choices the higher the ratio of males to females (âA buyers' marketâ, December 15th). But there may be limits to this. We travelled to Alaska ten years ago and read several [...].
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Last week I came across Godwin's Law. Many of you may already be familiar with it. For those of you who aren't, Godwin's Law, according to wikipedia, states:  As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.  read more
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It's critical to have a will in place, even if you're young.
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NEW YORK  - The weight of the mother before pregnancy, as well as additional weight gained during pregnancy, are often excessive and blood sugar abnormalities are common, in women of Mexican descent who are living in the U.S., researchers report. These factors help explain the high infant birth weights seen in this group, according to the study findings published in American Journal of Public Health.
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Italys new restrictive law on assisted reproduction, introduced in March this year which made it illegal for doctors to carry out pre-natal genetic diagnosis of embryos has created a diaspora of couples seeking ...
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NEW YORK  - A longer interval between the age a woman first begins to menstruate and her age when she first gives birth is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests.
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RALEIGH, N.C. - If a pregnant Stephanie Green asks for a ride to the hospital, beware: she has a history of giving birth in cars. For the second time in 17 months, Green had a baby Tuesday while en route to a hospital. Doctors planned to induce labor Thursday, but baby Zaria had other plans.
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NEW YORK  - Results of a new study show that pregnant African-American women deliver their babies before term not only more often than white women, but also earlier in their pregnancies and in multiple pregnancies.
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Your baby's finally here, and you're thrilled - but you're also exhausted,  uncomfortable, on an emotional roller coaster, and wondering whether you'll  ever fit into your jeans again. Childbirth classes helped prepare you for  giving birth, but not for this.
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Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the hospital with jaundice or dehydration
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By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  About this series "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors," somebody once said, "we borrow it from our children." We didn't always think that way, of course.
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Â· Mother's move prompted by girl's fertility disorderÂ· Ethics committee approved procedure
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NEW YORK  - New research hints that the   lower the birthweight, the higher the blood pressure as an   adult -- and the link becomes stronger with age.
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NEW YORK  - A woman who has had one successful vaginal birth after cesarean delivery is even more likely to succeed during subsequent trials of vaginal birth, new research suggests.
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The birth of 13 Italian children from frozen eggs has marked a step towards routine use of the reproductive approach. Egg freezing, along with ovary freezing, promises to help women preserve their fertility