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Multiple births make for multiples of joy, in and out of season - Daily Comet

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:44:26 GMT

Multiple births make for multiples of joy, in and out of season
Daily Comet, LA - 24 Dec 2008
Multiple births have been the norm rather than the exception in the Delhaye household, which is home to Helen and her husband, Eddie. ...


We mix so well ... the four Durrant girls - The Sun

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:03:18 GMT

The Sun

We mix so well ... the four Durrant girls
The Sun, UK - 30 Dec 2008
This means the genes that define each child’s skin colour can be different, Jane Denton of the Multiple Births Foundation said. ...


New parents welcome quintuplets - Times and Transcript

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:01:34 GMT

New parents welcome quintuplets
Times and Transcript, Canada - 12 hours ago
Fertility treatments have made multiple births more common in recent decades, but quintuplets remain rare. The federal government's National Center for ...


Multiple births support plan - Manawatu Standard

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:14:42 GMT

Manawatu Standard

Multiple births support plan
Manawatu Standard, New Zealand - 23 Dec 2008
By LAURA RICHARDS - Rangitikei Mail | Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Marton woman Claire Sewell, who is the mother of twins, wants to starts a multiple births ...


Assisted reproduction leads to 27 live births for every 100 IVF ... - The Canadian Press

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:05:16 GMT

Assisted reproduction leads to 27 live births for every 100 IVF ...
The Canadian Press, TORONTO - 15 Dec 2008
The 2006 data show that 70 per cent of babies born with the help of IVF were singletons and of the multiple births, 95 per cent were twins. ...


Rising pre-term births in Western world cause concern - Hindu

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:25:42 GMT

Rising pre-term births in Western world cause concern
Hindu, India - 11 Dec 2008
Toronto (IANS): With the Western world witnessing an increasing number of pre-term babies and multiple births, a Canadian researcher has warned that this ...


MODERNITY AND MULTIPLES - Canada.com

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:40:44 GMT

Canada.com

MODERNITY AND MULTIPLES
Canada.com, Canada - 8 Dec 2008
At Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, which claims the country's highest rate of twin deliveries, the demands of multiple births often force the ...


Triple whammy: Three little girls born to mum who was on the Pill - Daily Mail

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:34:14 GMT

Daily Mail

Triple whammy: Three little girls born to mum who was on the Pill
Daily Mail, UK - 28 Dec 2008
There is no history of multiple births in the couple's families. Mr Wilson is so full of praise for the care his family have received that, having recently ...


No benefit from multiple steroid injections in preterm births: study - CBC.ca

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:45:53 GMT

No benefit from multiple steroid injections in preterm births: study
CBC.ca, Canada - 18 Dec 2008
Giving many courses of steroids to women at risk of giving birth prematurely increases the risk of having a smaller-sized baby, a Canadian-led international ...
Study clarifies steroid benefit in pre-term births Reuters
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In Vitro Fertilization Increasingly Common After 30 Years - Voice of America

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:14:52 GMT

Voice of America

In Vitro Fertilization Increasingly Common After 30 Years
Voice of America - 11 Dec 2008
Researchers say the most serious concern is the widespread birth of twins, and sometimes triplets or higher multiple births. This happens because physicians ...