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And baby comes too: rehab for mothers in crisis

On the outskirts of Bristol, set back from a wide road, half hidden by a high hedge, Naomi House looks like any other house – and to neighbours and passers-by that’s all it is. Step inside, though, and it’s clear th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Stop drug crisis from engulfing more babies

The impacts of the region’s prescription drug abuse plague continue to mount. The terrible toll on families extends to the most innocent of victims -- babies. Florida is the epicenter of the nation’s fastest-growing drug dilem [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Doctors Need Midwives: Ina May Gaskin on the U.S. Maternity-...

Ask your average American what a midwife is and you'll probably get a puzzled stare in return. Midwife? Isn't that a kind of witch doctor, discarded by society with the dawn of modern medicine? Do midwives still exist today? Th [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Health Care in Crisis - The Cure for Health Care?

This is the epilogue of a five-part series on the health-care crisis. President Obama recently said of his plans to reorganize health care in America: "I want to get it right, but I also want to get it done promptly." In thi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Care crisis looms as two thirds of foster parents near retir...

A crisis in the care system is looming with two thirds of foster parents being near or beyond retirement age, a charity warns today. It found that 65 per cent of foster carers were aged 50 or over. The average age of a foster mother is 53 [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Baby Talk Leaders must tackle worsening child care crisis

Parents and child care advocates have been screaming "help" for years, but government, business and economic development leaders seem unable to hear them. Otherwise, they would have responded long ago to the fact that parents ha [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Raising Great Kids: Handling Crisis Information

It's one most every parent worries about. However, we're going to start with a bit of a push-back question. If you're talking about preschoolers, why aren't you able to shield them from these catastrophic images? Most of what you're probabl [...]