Pediatrics

Letting ‘Desert Flowers’ Bloom – RANZCOG Does NOT Support Female Genital Mutilation

by podblack on May 28, 2010

I was sent a link earlier today to a news article, which claimed the following:  Australian doctors are considering a controversial form of genital mutilation on baby girls — News.com: The practice involving cutting a girl’s genitals, sometimes with razors or pieces of glass, could be allowed in a clinical setting to stem illegal backyard [...]

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Thanks For Nothing, Jenny McCarthy…

by podblack on March 29, 2010

Ah boy. Well, I honestly can’t say that she’s responsible, but I’m head-desking all the same. Measles Outbreak Triggered by Unvaccinated Child – from Health Day: What began as a family trip to Switzerland in 2008 ended up as a public health nightmare in California. The family’s 7-year-old boy, who was intentionally unvaccinated against measles, [...]

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