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		<title>SOGC fact sheet: Adjuvant Versus Non-Adjuvant H1N1 Vaccine for Pregnant Women</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this fact sheet is to clarify the difference between an adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted vaccine and whether or not pregnant women should receive one or the other.
THE FACTS

An adjuvant is a substance that helps stimulate the body’s immune response; it helps boost and speed up the body’s ability to fight a virus. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=308&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OBGYNs back H1N1 vaccine for pregnant women</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AOL News Canada
Source: CBC News Posted 10/22/09 4:25 PM
Both forms of the H1N1 vaccine are safe for pregnant women, a group of Canadian doctors said Thursday.
On Wednesday, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the approval of the adjuvanted swine flu vaccine. An adjuvant is a substance that stimulates the body&#8217;s immune response.
Canada has also ordered about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=305&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: Safety of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 October 2009
Safety
Are pandemic vaccines safe?
Outcomes of studies completed to date suggest that pandemic vaccines are as safe as seasonal influenza vaccines. Side effects seen so far are similar to those observed with seasonal influenza vaccines.
What about safety for pregnant women?
To date, studies do not show harmful effects from the pandemic influenza vaccine with respect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=302&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One embryo is best, in vitro fertilization study finds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using double the embryos increases the odds of twins &#8212; a riskier proposition &#8212; but scarcely improves the chances of a healthy baby.
Los Angeles Times  By Karen Kaplan October 29, 2009
When couples with fertility problems turn to in vitro fertilization, they often assume that they can double their chances for a healthy baby by transferring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=300&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giving birth to womb transplants</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[08:27 GMT, Thursday, 22 October 2009
By Clare Murphy
Health reporter, BBC News

British doctors say they are a step closer to carrying out the first ever successful womb transplant. Is this really feasible, and indeed desirable?
It is not the first time that doctors have declared a functioning womb transplant is within our grasp, but a surgeon from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=298&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Birth Plan: Obstetrician&#8217;s Disclosure Sent One Mom Running</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pregnant woman posted a document she received from her obstetrician to a forum on AllNurses.com prefaced with the following:
I’m 26 weeks with my 3rd (1st 2 were hospital births) and at my last appointment my OB folding a piece of paper in half and handed it to my husband. He told us it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=295&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diet changes helpful for pregnancy diabetes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBC News Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 &#124; 6:54 PM ET 
Treating mild diabetes that develops during pregnancy helps prevent serious problems that can occur when an infant gains too much weight, a new U.S. study suggests.
Women with gestational diabetes — temporarily high blood sugar levels during pregnancy — have a higher risk of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=293&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooling babies appears to reduce brain damage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Thursday Oct. 1, 2009 2:48 PM ET

Cooling down the bodies of babies who suffer a lack of oxygen at birth may save their brains, according to new research from the U.K.
When babies lack oxygen at birth, it can lead to cerebral palsy, brain damage, or even death. Now, researchers have found that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=290&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twin parental benefits appealed by commission</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBC News Last Updated: Thursday, October 1, 2009 &#124; 2:30 PM ET
The Canada Employment Insurance Commission is challenging a decision to let both parents of twin baby girls claim parental benefits.
 
Christian Martin, the Ottawa father involved in the case, learned Thursday that the commission is appealing a ruling by its board of referees in September, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pregnancynews.wordpress.com&blog=3737000&post=286&subd=pregnancynews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CBC Island Morning: Maternity Care Interview with Michael Klein</title>
		<link>http://pregnancynews.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/cbc-island-morning-maternity-care-interview-with-michael-klein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Island Morning interview with Dr. Michael Kleinborder=&#8221;0&#8243; /&#62;
CBC Island Morning interview Michael Klein &#8211; CBC Island Morning
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