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• Mom Says Hospital Fouled Childbirth - Twice

  What would you do if you thought your OB/GYN caused your baby irreperable harm during delivery? Would you go back? A mom from Queens returned to the hospital where she'd delivered her first son to deliver her second - and once again, she says the doctors "yanked" on her child, causing a debilitating nerve injury that may lead to permanent paralysis.  The boys, a year apart, are both suffering from ERB's palsy. It's a condition Annemarie Dhana's lawsuit claims is caused by malpractice at childbirth.  Read More... Posted Jan 17 2009, 02:15 PM by JeanneSager with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: insurance, childbirth, sick kids, health insurance, midwife, delivery, healthcare, OB/GYN, Jeanne Sager, sick children, paralyzed, The Baby Story, ERB's palsy

• Mother Blames Cervical Cancer Vaccine For Daughter's Paralysis

  The cervical cancer vaccine can’t seem to untangle itself of controversy. First, abstinence groups worked overtime to block its widespread use, arguing that it would encourage premarital sex. What it actually does is prevent girls from contracting four of the strands of HPV that are responsible for the majority of cervical cancer cases in the world. Yes, HPV is an STD, but the vaccine has almost nothing to do with premarital sex. Since HPV is so easily spread, it is entirely possible that a girl could wait until marriage to have sex and then contract HPV if her husband had had as much as one sexual encounter before the marriage. Read More... Posted Dec 15 2008, 06:20 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, mother, school, parents, vaccinations, girls, HPV, Gardasil, cervical cancer, UK, cervical cancer vaccine, shots, doctors, abstinence, STDs, vaccine, risk, safe sex, paralysis, paralyzed, safety concern, twelve year old, mandatory, ashleigh cave, cervarix, jabs, is gardasil safe?, cheryl cave

• British Parents Defend Son’s Suicide

  After becoming paralyzed in a rugby training session, Daniel James repeatedly reiterated his desire for death to his friends and family. Last month, the 23-year-old Brit traveled to Switzerland, where he died at an assisted suicide clinic. Read More... Posted Oct 17 2008, 04:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: parents, england, rugby, switzerland, suicide, grief, assisted suicide, respect, british, losing a child, end of life care, julie james, paralyzed, euthanasia, right to die, mark james, daniel james