A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Giving Birth at Home
Some data to follow up on our story last week about a home birth gone wrong.
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Next-Generation Prenatal Genetic Tests Are Turning Fate Into Choice
As a new non-invasive technology makes prenatal genetic tests more common, many more pregnant women will have to choose whether or not to have a disabled child.
Beijing Babies Show the Importance of Clean Air
The Chinese government's pollution-cutting efforts for the 2008 Olympics improved birth weights in the city, a new study finds.
Dads Don’t Speak Parentese
A preliminary study indicates that dads speak in the same tones with kids as they do adults.
Doctors Seem to Schedule Births So They Can Make It Home for Dinner
And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Designer Babies Aren’t Coming Anytime Soon
Genetically engineered babies raise a host of disturbing, science fiction-worthy ethical questions, but we have a more mundane and much more urgent issue to consider: safety.
How to Bounce Your Way Into a Baby’s Heart
Babies provide more help to adults who bounce in-sync with them along to music.
The Placental Microbiome Looks Very Similar to That of the Mouth
The bacteria may be crucial to early feeding.
The Frozen Children: The Rise—and Complications—of Embryo Adoption in the U.S.
More efficient than in vitro fertilization and cheaper than traditional adoption, embryo adoption, which also provides parents with the experience of carrying a child, is becoming more popular. But our legislature is still struggling with serious legal issues surrounding the practice.