<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - womens-health</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/womens-health</link><description>Newsvine - womens-health</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:35:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 03:39:18 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>FDA: Silicone-gel breast implants 'safe and effective'</title>
<description><![CDATA[GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The Food and Drug Administration reaffirmed its position that silicone-gel breast implants are “safe and effective for their intended use,” an FDA official said Wednesday, although the agency is looking for ways to improve long-term follow-up of women who receive them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Rubin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rita Rubin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7545800-fda-silicone-gel-breast-implants-safe-and-effective</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/31/7545800-fda-silicone-gel-breast-implants-safe-and-effective</guid><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>breast</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>registry</category><category>studies</category><category>implants</category><category>womens-health</category><category>follow-up</category><category>maisel</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:31:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Antibiotics beat cranberries in UTI battle</title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to preventing recurrent bladder infections, cranberry capsules do not work as well as daily antibiotics, a new study shows. But the supplements do have a real upside: they are less likely to have side effects and to spark the growth of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. For women who are concerned about drug-resistant bacteria, the use of cranberry for the prevention of urinary tract infections may be the best approach, Dr. Marielle A. J. Beerepoot and her colleagues concluded in a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday. The new study followed 221 pre-menopausal women who reported having at least three urinary tract infections, or UTIs, in the previous year. Beerepoot, a researcher with the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, randomly chose 110 of the women to be treated with daily doses of an antibiotic, while the other 111 were treated with capsules containing 500 mg of cranberry twice a day for a year.By end of the study, there were more than twice as many UTIs in the c]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7162710-antibiotics-beat-cranberries-in-uti-battle</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7162710-antibiotics-beat-cranberries-in-uti-battle</guid><category>women</category><category>for</category><category>infections</category><category>antibiotics</category><category>womens-health</category><category>tract</category><category>cranberry</category><category>urinary</category><category>internal-medicine</category><category>academic-medical-center</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>perelman-school</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:45:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Older moms told to avoid estrogen pill postpartum</title>
<description><![CDATA[New government guidelines suggest that women who have recently given birth and are older than 34 or who had a C-section steer clear of certain types of oral contraceptives. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/07/7036822-older-moms-told-to-avoid-estrogen-pill-postpartum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/07/7036822-older-moms-told-to-avoid-estrogen-pill-postpartum</guid><category>blood</category><category>women</category><category>birth</category><category>guidelines</category><category>clots</category><category>estrogen</category><category>pills</category><category>womens-health</category><category>chen</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:09:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Most women with silicone implants need more surgery</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than one in five women who had silicone breast implants for cosmetic purposes and half of those who got the implants after a mastectomy needed surgery to remove the implants within a decade, according to a Food and Drug Administration report out Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Rubin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rita Rubin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6918025-most-women-with-silicone-implants-need-more-surgery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6918025-most-women-with-silicone-implants-need-more-surgery</guid><category>women</category><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>breast</category><category>drug-administration</category><category>implant</category><category>implants</category><category>complications</category><category>womens-health</category><category>silicone</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:19:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/breast implants fda review-237077490_v2.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/breast implants fda review-237077490_v2.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2001 file photo, a silicone gel breast implant is shown at Mentor Corp. manufacturing facility in Irving, Texas. Federal health officials sid Wednesday, June 22, 2011, the latest data on silicone breast implants show they are relatively safe, despite frequent complications that lead about one in five women to have the implants removed within ten years. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Year's passion spikes pregnancy panic</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forget the sequined bag and sky-high heels. In certain circles, the hottest New Year’s accessory appears to be a dose of emergency contraception. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JoNel Aleccia,  Senior Writer, NBC News]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/31/5743136-new-years-passion-spikes-pregnancy-panic</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/31/5743136-new-years-passion-spikes-pregnancy-panic</guid><category>health</category><category>emergency</category><category>contraception</category><category>linn</category><category>womens-health</category><category>progesterone</category><category>ella</category><category>unprotected</category><category>new-year�s</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/101229-New-Years-kiss-horiz-340p.photoblog400.JPG" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/101229-New-Years-kiss-horiz-340p.120;120;7;70;0.JPG" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Couple kissing at midnight on New Year's Eve, with moon, stars and fireworks above the city&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-101231-hlth-kiss-9a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-101231-hlth-kiss-9a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Couple kissing at midnight on New Year's Eve, with moon, stars and fireworks above the city&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why you shouldn't eat like Gwyneth</title>
<description><![CDATA[These days it’s not enough to dress and get plastic surgery like a celebrity. We have to eat like one, too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Helm, R.D.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Janet Helm, R.D.]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213191-why-you-shouldnt-eat-like-gwyneth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213191-why-you-shouldnt-eat-like-gwyneth</guid><category>new-york</category><category>diet</category><category>online</category><category>womens-health</category><category>demi</category><category>cleanse</category><category>detox</category><category>megan-fox</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>tweeted</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:17:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-100827-moore-horiz-145p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-100827-moore-horiz-145p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 01:  Actress Demi Moore arrives to the premiere of Lionsgate's &quot;Killers&quot; held at ArcLight Cinema's Cinerama Dome on June 1, 2010 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Around the world and a mother at last</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last Mother’s Day, I was a mom, but I’d never laid eyes on my son. Binyam, then 13 months old, was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and I was in suburban Seattle, folding baby clothes and stocking up on diapers. We were just weeks away from meeting our boy. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin Kalning]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kristin Kalning]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/07/4255339-around-the-world-and-a-mother-at-last</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/07/4255339-around-the-world-and-a-mother-at-last</guid><category>technology</category><category>boy</category><category>child</category><category>mom</category><category>parents</category><category>steve</category><category>parenting</category><category>womens-health</category><category>binyam</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>last-mother�s</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 20:42:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/2010/May/100504/100505-kalningMothersday-hmed-234p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/2010/May/100504/100505-kalningMothersday-hmed-234p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Readers recount how Pill changed their lives</title>
<description><![CDATA[What a difference a little pill has made in the lives of the thousands of woman who have taken oral birth control since it began available 50 years ago. When msnbc.com asked readers to share how the Pill affected them, some women said it allowed them to live their lives on their terms — to marry and have children because they  to, not because they to. Others say some men seemed to feel the pill absolved them of the responsibility of birth control and so if a woman became pregnant anyhow, she was on her own. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/07/4253569-readers-recount-how-pill-changed-their-lives</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/07/4253569-readers-recount-how-pill-changed-their-lives</guid><category>women</category><category>children</category><category>pill</category><category>woman</category><category>birth</category><category>womens-health</category><category>anyhow</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>absolved</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 12:44:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Staying power: Older moms aim to live longer</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Stacey Bartlett-Knettler decided to get pregnant at 38, she didn’t worry much about her age. She felt young and healthy, and ready to start a family. But by the time she was 42 and had given birth to her second baby, the Columbus, Ohio, executive was starting to worry about her own mortality. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/05/3717133-staying-power-older-moms-aim-to-live-longer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/05/3717133-staying-power-older-moms-aim-to-live-longer</guid><category>sports</category><category>life</category><category>her</category><category>health</category><category>she</category><category>moms</category><category>womens-health</category><category>older</category><category>says</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>when-stacey-bartlett-knettler</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:51:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091231-family-hmed-251p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091231-family-hmed-251p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stacey Bartlett-Knettler and her sons, 3-year-old Caelan and 5-year-old Makana&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More women choose do-it-yourself births</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Margulis thinks birth should be a private party — no doctors or midwives invited. So when her daughter Leone Francesca was born at home last month, only Margulis and her husband, James, were in attendance. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/04/3587343-more-women-choose-do-it-yourself-births</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/04/3587343-more-women-choose-do-it-yourself-births</guid><category>women</category><category>health</category><category>hospital</category><category>birth</category><category>births</category><category>pregnancy</category><category>womens-health</category><category>midwives</category><category>midwife</category><category>unattended</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>jennifer-margulis</category><category>leone-francesca</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:00:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091201-Jennifer-Margulis-hmed-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091201-Jennifer-Margulis-hmed-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jennifer Margulis &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Pill makes women pick ‘dad’ — not the ‘cad’</title>
<description><![CDATA[The birth control pill may have done more than just help liberate women, it may also have changed “the laws of attraction” between the sexes, according to a new study.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358187-the-pill-makes-women-pick-dad-not-the-cad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/07/3358187-the-pill-makes-women-pick-dad-not-the-cad</guid><category>women</category><category>pill</category><category>sex</category><category>research</category><category>news</category><category>fisher</category><category>hormones</category><category>men</category><category>pills</category><category>cad</category><category>ovulation</category><category>cycle</category><category>womens-health</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:44:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Slideshows-NBC_sports/Fantasy/Waiver Wired/Waivers_Week5/g-hlt-091006-birth-control-1p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Slideshows-NBC_sports/Fantasy/Waiver Wired/Waivers_Week5/g-hlt-091006-birth-control-1p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;LA JOLLA, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: This is a handout photo of a pack of Seasonale birth control pills.  Seasonal, an extended cycle oral contraceptive, enables women to have just four periods a year.  It is the first and only FDA approved extended cycle oral contraceptive and will be available by perscription to women at the end of October 2003. (Photo by Barr Laboratories/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Puzzling disparities found in childbirth injuries</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new government study turned up some unexpected and puzzling disparities in injuries to women and babies during childbirth. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/23/2960075-puzzling-disparities-found-in-childbirth-injuries</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/23/2960075-puzzling-disparities-found-in-childbirth-injuries</guid><category>people</category><category>women</category><category>her</category><category>she</category><category>weight</category><category>fat</category><category>overweight</category><category>womens-health</category><category>says</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>kellylyn-hicks</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/PROJECTS/Illustrations/PhantomFat.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/PROJECTS/Illustrations/PhantomFat.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-090624-maternity-injury-524p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="220" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-hlt-090624-maternity-injury-524p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Side profile of a mother lying with her newborn baby girl on a bed msnbc stock photography&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Some women driven to ‘baby addiction’</title>
<description><![CDATA[While it was once common for American families to have six, seven or even more children, today the sight of such a large brood makes many people stop and ask a seemingly simple question: Why?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacqueline Stenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacqueline Stenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/13/2430748-some-women-driven-to-baby-addiction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/13/2430748-some-women-driven-to-baby-addiction</guid><category>health</category><category>children</category><category>baby</category><category>babies</category><category>peterson</category><category>womens-health</category><category>says</category><category>suleman</category><category>octuplets</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:39:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Octuplets backlash: From celebration to boos</title>
<description><![CDATA[It didn’t take long for the story of the California octuplets to get ugly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/06/2402009-octuplets-backlash-from-celebration-to-boos</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/06/2402009-octuplets-backlash-from-celebration-to-boos</guid><category>sports</category><category>her</category><category>babies</category><category>fisher</category><category>womens-health</category><category>says</category><category>suleman</category><category>octuplets</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nadya-suleman</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Octuplets: Cautionary tale not triumph, say experts</title>
<description><![CDATA[As the world marvels over the miracle  in California, medical ethicists and fertility experts argue that the media is sending the wrong message with its focus on the creation of an instant Brady-Bunch like family. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/29/2368847-octuplets-cautionary-tale-not-triumph-say-experts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/29/2368847-octuplets-cautionary-tale-not-triumph-say-experts</guid><category>technology</category><category>babies</category><category>fertility</category><category>womans</category><category>womens-health</category><category>multiples</category><category>fertilization</category><category>vitro</category><category>octuplets</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:23:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Shaky economy means 'bye-bye baby' for some</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forget about cutting back on cable and pricey cappuccinos. For some couples, a shaky economy means putting plans to grow or start a family on hold. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Schorr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Melissa Schorr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2309949-shaky-economy-means-bye-bye-baby-for-some</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2309949-shaky-economy-means-bye-bye-baby-for-some</guid><category>rates</category><category>child</category><category>health</category><category>baby</category><category>fertility</category><category>birth</category><category>womens-health</category><category>says</category><category>afford</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:23:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/090113/Grid_Baby_Finance.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="279" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/HEALTH/090113/Grid_Baby_Finance.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="84" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Moms' bizarre ritual is hard to swallow</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the first few days of her baby’s life, Devorah Shalev was weepy. Then giddy. Then stressed. Then hungry. But mostly, overwhelmed — the 31-year-old mom from Las Vegas was hit hard with a case of the baby blues. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melissa Dahl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Melissa Dahl]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/05/1155024-moms-bizarre-ritual-is-hard-to-swallow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/05/1155024-moms-bizarre-ritual-is-hard-to-swallow</guid><category>her</category><category>health</category><category>baby</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>womens-health</category><category>placenta</category><category>ingesting</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:17:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mass. Wal-Mart Must Stock Emergency Pill</title>
<description><![CDATA[The state pharmacy board ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/14/96947-mass-wal-mart-must-stock-emergency-pill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/14/96947-mass-wal-mart-must-stock-emergency-pill</guid><category>health</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>mart</category><category>us-news</category><category>contraception</category><category>public-health</category><category>pharmacy</category><category>womens-health</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:59:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/MACS10502142014.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/MACS10502142014.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Plaintiffs in Wal-Mart lawsuit, Julie Battel, left, Katrina McCarty, center, and Rebekah Gee, right, who were denied emergency contraception at Wal-Mart pharmacies in the Greater Boston area, are seen during a news conference in Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006.  The state board that oversees pharmacies ordered Wal-Mart on Tuesday to stock emergency contraception pills at its pharmacies in Massachusetts, making the Bay State the second in the nation to require the world's largest retailer to carry the drug. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>