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My First Child Has a Genetic Syndrome. Can I Use I.V.F. to Spare My Second?
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (166+ words) The previous question was from a reader who wondered whether he was obligated to stay friends with someone who had helped him through a hard time. He wrote: In his response, the Ethicist noted: (Reread the full question and answer…...
Surrogate sues Chinese parents of 26 she claims duped her: ‘Tell me the truth about the baby I carried’
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1096+ words) A Nevada-based surrogate mother thought she was helping a Chinese couple "longing for a miracle baby," when she delivered a child for them. Now she's one of a number of surrogates fighting for answers after 21 children were removed from the…...
The Evolutionary Brilliance of the Baby Giggle
1+ week, 3+ day ago (507+ words) For me as a mother, this was delightful, but as a developmental psychologist, I was perplexed. Despite my Ph.D., I'd never come across research on infant laughter or humor. While psychologists and parenting experts had extensively researched early skills like…...
Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (415+ words) It was a brutal, brutal year," Rohr says. But it was all for a greater purpose. I need to be focused on giving my body building blocks. Because right now, it's a huge, pivotal time to be giving it what…...
I learned I was pregnant a week after signing on to an AI startup. I shipped up until I gave birth — here’s how I ma
1+ week, 5+ day ago (848+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rachael Fuller, a 31-year-old product engineer at Replit, who lives in San Francisco. It's been edited for length and clarity. I'm married to my high school sweetheart. We met in standardized…...
House Speaker Mike Johnson suggests he was nearly aborted by his teenage parents: ‘Eternally grateful’
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (306+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested at a pro-life rally in Washington Friday that his teenage parents nearly aborted him, which is why he is staunchly against the procedure." "We all have a reason that we believe so strongly in…...
Will ‘Psychiatry’s Bible’ Add a Postpartum Psychosis Diagnosis?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1775+ words) Emily Sliwinski got home from the hospital after giving birth to her first child three years ago, and almost immediately began spiraling. Her thoughts raced; she was unable to sleep; she began hallucinating that her dog was speaking to her....
Raging Trump unleashes dubious medical advice to pregnant women in strange rant
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (175+ words) President Donald Trump raged against a popular medication and certain vaccines on Monday in a strange Truth Social post. "Pregnant Women, DON'T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON'T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON," the post…...
Doctor Blasts Trump’s Aspirin Regimen as ‘Nonsense’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (355+ words) A top cardiologist isn't buying the rationale behind President Donald Trump's high-dosage aspirin regimen. Jonathan Reiner, CNN's medical analyst and Dick Cheney's former heart doctor, said Trump's theory that aspirin prevents him from having "thick" blood "makes no sense," and…...
Doctor Disputes Trump’s Aspirin ‘Superstition’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) A cardiologist isn't buying President Donald Trump's rationale behind his high-dosage aspirin regimen. Jonathan Reiner, CNN's medical analyst and Dick Cheney's former heart doctor, said Trump's theory that aspirin prevents him from having "thick" blood "makes no sense," and questioned…...