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My Mommy Is My Daddy Is My Mommy
Stem cell research has the potential to change the standard gendered parental relationships by making it possible for women to produce sperm and eggs from stem cells say British researchers in the Globe and Mail. Better yet, a new Canadian "mockumentary" called The Baby Formula brings to the public's attention... (read the rest)
Botched Prenatal Test = Botched Knee Surgery? I Don't Think So.
But if you as Susan Wolf, professor at the University of Minnesota, she would tell you that suing for one screwed up procedure is no different than suing for another. Except for one small detail: when you screw up a prenatal test, the outcome can be that you have a... (read the rest)
Kids Having Kids...and Adults, Too
For the second year in a row the teenage birth rate has increased, reports the Washington Post. No one is certain as to the reason why, but many are pointing the finger at the abstinence-only sex education programs of the last eight years promoted by the previous Bush administration, stating... (read the rest)
Forget Condoms? Use Diet Coke!
I can hardly believe it myself--but yes, there are funded researchers who study whether Coca-Cola actually is an effective spermicide. But even more astonishing reports the LA Times is that America's favorite carbonated beverage actually is an effective sperm immobilizer. Better yet, Diet Coke is more deadly to men's... (read the rest)
Clean a Tooth--Save a Baby
Who would have thought there would be a correlation between healthy teeth and healthy babies? Well, it turns out that researchers at Aetna and Columbia University College of Dental University have found that women who receive dental care prior to or during their pregnancy are likely to have heftier tots... (read the rest)
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