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	Drugs in Labour - by Beverley Lawrence Beech
	Childbirth is a normal physiological event. However, since the advent of universal hospitalisation, for the majority of women childbirth has been transformed into a medical event where labour is processed, monitored and controlled by the medical profession from beginning to end.
	E-News 3:49 - Effects of Labor Drugs
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	Misoprostol (Cytotec) for Labor Induction: A Cautionary Tale - by Marsden Wagner, MD, MSPH
	The experimental use of misoprostol (Cytotec) to induce labor is putting an increasing number of pregnant women at risk without their knowledge or consent. Cytotec, a cheap prescription drug for ulcers, is not FDA approved for labor induction and has been linked to uterine rupture and fetal tachycardia.
	Cytotec Induction and Off-Label Use - by Marsden Wagner, MD, MS
	Without adequate testing of Cytotec (misoprostol) for labor induction, obstetricians simply began to use it on their birthing women. They were taking advantage of a huge loophole in our drug regulatory system.
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	Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm - by Marsden Wagner
	Cesarean section can save the life of the mother or her baby. Cesarean section can also kill a mother or her baby. How can this be?
	E-News 2:36 - Cytotec
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	E-News 3:50 - Omnium Gatherum
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	E-News 2:34 - Drugs in Labor
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	E-News 1:24 - Educating the Public
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	E-News 11:7 - Over-the-counter (OTC) Drugs in Pregnancy
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	E-News 10:16 - HIV
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	E-News 4:35 - HIV & Breastfeeding, an Update
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	Adverse Events Following Misoprostol Induction of Labor - by Marsden Wagner, MD, MS
	Off-label use of misoprostol (Cytotec) for labor induction has been steadily increasing for 10 years, even though this use is approved neither by the U.S. [FDA], other national drug regulatory agencies, the pharmaceutical industry, the Cochrane Library nor a number of national obstetric organizations
	E-News 10:11 - Meconium
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	E-News 2:37 - Herbs
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	Preventing Complications with Nutrition - by Amy V. Haas
	Nutrition in pregnancy—a no-brainer, right? Who would think it was so controversial? Disagreement over a healthy diet during pregnancy continues to rage, with one side saying that what a woman eats will have no effect on her pregnancy and the other saying it has an enormous impact. So what's a woman to eat?
	Just Say No to Drugs - by Esther Marilus
	The author explains how conclusions from a study of early versus late epidurals are flawed and what the study really shows.
	E-News 5:14 - Postpartum Hemorrhage
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	E-News 5:3 - Terbutaline
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	Editorial: Drugs in Labor - by Jan Tritten
	My soul is flooded with grief. My frustration overwhelms me. I cry for countless mothers and babies—for the births that could be. I am overwhelmed because I have felt the strong light of a powerful birth.
	Midwives and Cytotec: A True Story - by Marsden Wagner MD, MSPH
	Midwives must find the strength and courage not to be sucked into practicing a more interventionist type of care-resist the temptation to become a 'medwife.'
	Cruci/Section: My Baby Was Cut Out with a Knife - by Leilah McCracken
	Trying to write about the c-section I had 10 years ago with my second child is difficult.
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