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Reduced Fertility After Cesarean Delivery Is Often Voluntary
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Women are less likely to bear another child following a cesarean delivery than after a vaginal birth, according to Norwegian epidemiologists. However, lower fertility after a c-section is "probably to a large degree voluntary and not related to the indication, nor to any physical consequence, of the cesarean delivery," they suggest. Reuters Health Information
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Nonrandom X Chromosome Inactivation Seen in BRCA1 Mutation Carriers
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Skewed inactivation of the X chromosome is more frequent among carriers of a mutation in BRCA1 than among the general population, according to a study by Australian researchers published in the November 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reuters Health Information
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Syringe Scare Sparks Search for Canadian Patients
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Public health officials in Alberta are looking for 2,700 former patients of a small hospital in the western Canadian province, after staff there reused syringes to administer medication through intravenous lines. Reuters Health Information
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Heart Rate Variability Useful in Management of Fetal Growth Retardation
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Short-term fetal heart rate variation (STV) appears to be helpful in detecting fetal compromise and for timing delivery of severely growth-retarded fetuses, Spanish and UK researchers report in the August issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information
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