Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories abroad such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal-health care crisis in this country as part of a systemic violation of women’s rights.
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The Breast Cancer Gene: a Woman’s Dilemma
Cancer stalks the women in Anna Fisher’s family. Her grandmother died of “female cancer” — probably ovarian — in the 1940s
Study: More cases of autism in U.S. kids than previously realized
A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics indicates about 1 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have autism or a related disorder, an increase over previous estimates.