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Haiti's Abortion Crisis

...  abortion crisis Marie, 20, arrived at MSF's emergency obsterics center in Delmas suffering from a perforated uterus, excessive bleeding and loss of fluids following an abortion performed by a non-licensed doctor known as a "charlatan." She spent two months… Continue reading

A Brain Gone Bad

...  Brain Gone Bad Tucked into the seventh floor of the Boston University School of Medicine, the center had welcomed 52 retired football players like him over the past six months, each racked by a single question: Had their brains… Continue reading

Effects of Drugs on Embryonic Development?

...  whose signatories included Emmalee Bandstra, MD, director of the University of Miami School of Medicine’s Perinatal Chemical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Program; Dr. Marjorie Beegley, professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School, Mary Behnke, MD, professor of… Continue reading

How Much Does It Cost to Take Care of a Meth Baby Weather Its Hospital Bills or Medications?

...  whose signatories included Emmalee Bandstra, MD, director of the University of Miami School of Medicine’s Perinatal Chemical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Program; Dr. Marjorie Beegley, professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School, Mary Behnke, MD, professor of… Continue reading

Signs of Cocaine Use During Pregnancy

Special Needs of Cocaine Abusing Pregnant Womencocaine prenatally can develop symptoms which are similar to withdrawal signs including In addition, literature indicates that cocaine use during pregnancy is associated with low … Fetch Here Cocaine And PregnancyBabies of mothers who… Continue reading