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USA: TEXAS: WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO OCTUPLETS UPDATE
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The world has welcomed the first known surviving set of octuplets.
Nkem Chukwu delivered five girls and two boys by Caesarean section on Sunday in Houston, Texas.
Another sister from the same group was born two weeks ago....
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USA: NEW RESEARCH INTO SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
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It has been widely known that smoking during pregnancy can prove fatal to fetuses and infants - now there are startling numbers to prove it.
Two researchers reviewed nearly one-hundred studies conducted over a 40-year period...
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A New York hospital is taking steps to offer the nation's first uterus transplant, experimental surgery that could give new hope to women who cannot bear children.
HEADLINE: Womb transplants could mean new hope for moms
CAPTION: A New York hospital is taking steps to offer the nation's first uterus transplant, experimental surgery that could give new hope to women who cannot bear children. (Note:...
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CHINA: BEIJING: UNICEF REPORT ON THE STATE OF WORLD'S CHILDREN
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Despite China's rapid economic growth, the lives and future of (m) millions of Chinese children are still threatened by malnutrition, illness, inadequate health services and poor sanitation, according to UNICEF.
Releasing a...
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World Breast Feeding week begins
New Delhi, India, July 29, 2011
1. Mid of new born baby
2. Mid of woman seated with baby in her lap
1. Wide of mother breast-feeding
2. Close of new born baby sucking at mother''s breast
3. Mid of women in clinic with infants
4. Close of...
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Adriana Lima, Lily Aldridge, Tamar Braxton, Charlie Wilson react to Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy announcement
AP Entertainment
Santa Monica, California, 14 May 2013
1. Wide Victoria's Secret models pose for photographers
2. Medium tilt up Victoria's Secret models pose for photographers
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Lima/Model - on Angelina...
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Sharon Lewis was already a mother of two when she found out she was pregnant again. This time it was with triplets - at the age of 47, and without fertility treatments. (May 6)
Sharon Lewis was already a mother of two when she found out she was pregnant again. This time it was with triplets - at the age of 47, and without fertility treatments.
"Now the tears rolled because it was unexpected," she said Tuesday,...
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The White House says women should make their own health care decisions, rather than the bosses of for-profit companies. The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that profit-seeking businesses don't have to provide contraceptive health care coverage. (June 30)
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
The justices' 5-4 decision is the first...
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Maternal mortality prevention project in Bangladesh
Matlab, Chandpur (central Bangladesh), November 28th 2008
1. Wide of village thoroughfare
2. Pan of rural houses
3. Wide of woman and child washing at the river
4. Mid shot of child washing pots
5. Wide shot of Najma Begum sweeping...
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Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White House
HEADLINE: Women's activist sends alarm on health issues
CAPTION: Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White...
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Faced with cervical cancer at a young age, Emily Jordan underwent a radical hysterectomy in 2010. She thought she and her husband would never have their own children. Then her mother made a surprising offer.
HEADLINE: Grandma to give birth to her grandchild
CAPTION: Faced with cervical cancer at a young age, Emily Jordan underwent a radical hysterectomy in 2010. She thought she and her husband would never have their own children. Then her...
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Protests as Northern Ireland's first abortion clinic opens
1. Wide of protest against new Marie Stopes abortion and sexual health clinic
2. Mid of protesters carrying placards reading (English) "Stop abortion" and "Protect the unborn child"
3. Protester carrying placard reading (English)...
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A day after a federal appeals court allowed most of Texas' new abortion restrictions to take effect during a legal challenge, about a third of Texas' clinics were barred from performing the procedure. (Nov. 1)
SOUNDBITE: Brian Mitchell/ Pro-Life Protester
"We have been working for years to change the supreme court decision on abortion, and we are making a little progress in Texas. We've just had some good news this week."
SOUNDBITE:...
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AP's Quarles tells about fashion event to raise awareness about women's heart disease
HEADLINE: Celebs go red to fight heart disease
CAPTION: The AP's Alicia Quarles talks to designer Betsy Johnson and 'American Idol' contestant Katherine McPhee at the Red Dress Collection fashion show, raising awareness about heart...
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USA: STUDY INTO VITAMIN A AND PREGNANCY
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Researchers at Boston University believe they have discovered a link between excessive Vitamin A taken early in pregnancy and a variety of birth defects.
The study concludes that, with some brands, just two or three multi...
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In an interview with the Associated Press, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says the agency soon will update guidance for pregnant women on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood but won't require mercury labeling. (May 30)
The Food and Drug Administration is updating its advice for pregnant women on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood but Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Friday that it won't require mercury labels on seafood packages.
In an...
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Controversial female genital mutiliation on slow decline in Sudan, say activists
Sudan has had one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the world, at nearly 90 percent, according to government figures.
But activists campaigning against the practice, also known as female circumcision, says...
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Baby feeding dilemma for parents ++REPLAY++
London, United Kingdom - 23 July 2013
1. Close up of door, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, coming out with their newborn son, walking over to media
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) William, Duke of Cambridge:
"He's got a good...
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New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
HEADLINE: New advice on women's cancer tests
CAPTION: First mammograms. Now, in an apparent coincidence Pap smears. New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap...
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Clinic to help mothers in Uganda prevent their babies contracting HIV
Malaba Village, Kenyan border - Recent
1. Various of woman (Apaderet Immaculate)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Apaderet Immaculate, Mother of four children :
"I became pregnant and I visited the natal hosptial when I was four months with...
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Kelly Ripa helps raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer (Sept. 16)
HEADLINE:Ripa raises awareness for ovarian cancer
CAPTION:September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and talk-show host Kelly Ripa is helping to spread the word. (Sept. 16)
SHOTLIST(including transcript):-
Associated Press Television...
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Texas Abortion Clinic Regulations Struck Down
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus058241The Supreme Court has struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.The justices voted 5-3 Monday in...
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Texas Abortion Clinic Regulations Struck Down
The US Supreme Court has struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.The justices voted 5-3 Monday in favor of Texas clinics that protested the...