The support for birth rate, including for a third child, announced in 2021 by the Chinese Politburo, has not yet produced any real effect on demography.
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Is the UNFPA Report on Unintended Pregnancies Reliable?
Analysis – April 2022 The UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) report “Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy,” purports to: describe the extent of "unintended pregnancies" throughout the world discuss the...
California: Painful Imbroglio After Embryos get Switched
A California couple recently filed suit against the IVF clinic for switching their embryo for another prior to implantation. Here is what this most affected family went through. According to the New York Times, the clinic switched their embryo with another couple’s...
Preterm Babies: Hearing Mother’s Voice Alleviates their Pain
Recently, the journal Nature published the research from the University of Geneva, which scientifically demonstrates that hearing the mother’s voice significantly alleviated the pain preterm babies experienced when undergoing clinical procedures. Frequently, babies...
Outcomes at Age 5 for French Children Born Prematurely
In France, prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal mortality and is responsible for half of all disabilities of perinatal origin. It affects around 55,000 births each year, or approximately 7.5% of all births in the country. The British Medical Journal has...
Miscarriages: For a Better Care
Miscarriage is a common event which occurs in approximately 15% of all pregnancies and affects one in ten women. An estimated 23 million miscarriages occur every year worldwide, which is equivalent to 44 miscarriages every minute. In spite of this, the consequences...