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2 groups support Catholic school teacher fired over in vitro
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Two national groups are supporting a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former Indiana parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization. The American Society for...
Tags: Lawyers, Roman Catholicism, Employment, Social Issues, Career and Workplace
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Teacher says Catholic school fired her over IVF
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana teacher who says she was fired from a Roman Catholic school for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant is suing in a case that could set up a legal showdown over reproductive and religious rights. Emily...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism, Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief
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Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived...Tags: Urinary System, Cleft Lip and Palate, Genes and Chromosomes, In Vitro Fertilization, Human Body
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Diocese wants fertilization suit dismissed
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial schoolteacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. The...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Employment, Roman Catholicism, Career and Workplace, Religion and Belief
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Study: Dads less likely to die of heart problems
Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are. The study — by the AARP, the government and...Tags: Demographics, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Research, Health, Stress
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Indiana House backs greater abortion restrictions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Both houses of the Indiana Legislature have now approved bills that would restrict access to abortions. The Indiana House voted 72-23 on Wednesday to require that women seeking an abortion be told that human life begins at...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Elections, Breast Cancer, Physical Conditions, Indiana Legislature
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Doctors aim to save fertility of kids with cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The treatment beating back 9-year-old Dylan Hanlon's cancer may also be destroying his chances of fathering his own children when he grows up. Upset that doctors did not make that risk clear, his mother, Christine, tracked down...Tags: Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Pittsburgh
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READER SUBMITTED: Bilingual Integrative Medical Practice Opens in Farmington
FarmingtonSald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...Tags: Medical Specialization, Education, Naturopathic Medicine, Lyme Disease, Drugs and Medicines
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A Woman's First Mother's Day
Channel 2 NewsLeah Campbell's life has been quite the emotional roller coaster. When she was 25 years old, she decided to start a new life in Alaska. She wanted to start a family, so she drove up solo from San Diego. Doctors told her she'd be able to have children, but...Tags: In Vitro Fertilization, Mother's Day
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Woman's fight against cancer adds meaning to Mother's Day | Op-Ed
Hearing the words “you have cancer” was a life altering experience. Hearing it twice was devastating. For anyone, a cancer diagnosis is difficult to bear. For me, as an actress and singer, the effects of my diagnosis were amplified as I...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Social Issues, Environmental Issues, Breast Cancer, Conservation
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Plan B not as safe as you think
Apparently Steve Chapman (“Science, sex and birth control,” Columns, April 10) left one party out of his “We have two anti-science parties” theory: himself. Plan B and other morning after drugs have documented medical risks....Tags: Prostate Cancer, Social Sciences, Culture, Breast Cancer, Family Planning
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Robert Edwards dies at 87; Nobel winner for first 'test-tube baby'
About 10% of married couples suffer from infertility – the inability to conceive a child naturally. Through the better part of the 20th century, physicians considered this a minor and perhaps irrelevant problem, one that contributed overall to...
Tags: Values, Science and Technology, Cambridge (England), Religion and Belief, University of Cambridge
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