Health

Doctors at UVA Children’s Hospital reviewed newborn bathing practices. They discovered a lack of standards for newborn skin care and professional advice for parents. NORFOLK, Virginia – For Meghan and Antonio Hopkins, it took about a month to juggle a routine with their young children, Lincoln, 3, and August, 3 months. These days August gets … Read more

Two pink lines appeared on a pregnancy test after exactly three minutes of waiting, which changed my life forever. It was two days before I was supposed to start my period and over the next 24 hours I bounced back between treating, crying, screaming in secret arousal, and planning a way to surprise my husband … Read more

In January 2021, I sent a letter to all lawmakers in Massachusetts telling them about the difficult death my mother went through even though she had excellent hospice care. My mom was diagnosed with ALS in May 2019 and was told she had about a year to live. She did not want to die at … Read more

Jessica Aldama, a homeless woman who was found dead with her newborn this fall in a Boulder camp, has died of complications in childbirth, according to an autopsy released Tuesday. The baby was stillborn, according to the report, found in a blanket next to Aldama. Aldama, 33, was found by Boulder police in a tent … Read more

Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday ordered chief medical officer Ganderbal to have a minor rape victim immediately examined by a team of doctors and to make a decision on the termination of the unwanted pregnancy that the child carries on the base on the advice of the Council … Read more

Princeton, where a student committed suicide while studying remotely last spring, has seen a 15% increase in demand for services, a record. “More and more students were reporting various cases of homesickness, where they felt really lost not having their parents with them,” said Calvin R. Chin, director of counseling and psychological services at the … Read more