in response to the debate on "Good Morning America"

The Art of Doing "Nothing" Well: What Makes Midwives Different. Results of a Delphi study by Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FACNM

Documentary from October 23, 2000 on PBS.

Does it really matter how we are born and what happens to us around the time of birth? Coming from me or any midwife, this is of course a rhetorical question. Of course it matters.

Did you know that no improvement has been made since 1982 in reducing the maternal mortality rate in the United States?

Recommended daily calcium intake and food content table

Fact: A woman who has intercourse without using contraception has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant in a year.

Emergency contraceptives is a term that refers to methods of preventing pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse.  "Plan B," one brand of hormonal emergency contraceptive, was approved for OTC sales to women 18 and older on August 24, 2006.  Women younger than 18 will still need a prescription to acquire the product.  The FDA announcement follows:

A new publication on menopause

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