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Twenty years ago, many doctors encouraged their patients to walk during labor. Then they started using electronic monitors on a regular basis. But the monitors, which measure the baby's condition during delivery, tethered the mother to a machine, making it impossible for her to walk. Physicians and nurses became...
--When AnnMarie Fischer, 39, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gave birth to her daughter Cassie four years ago, doctors discovered the baby had a hole in her heart. Chances were good that Cassie would eventually need surgery to fix the defect if it didn't close on its own. But Fischer...
If the fireworks you experienced last weekend had more to do with the acid in your stomach than the starbursts overhead, you probably blamed it on that one last hot dog you ate before reaching for a bottle of Maalox or a package of Pepcid AC. Most of the time...
Heartburn has nothing to do with the heart, of course. It occurs when acidic juices from the stomach gurgle their way past a doughnut-shaped valve and into the esophagus. Unlike the stomach, the esophagus has no protective lining against corrosion. Repeated bouts of reflux eat away at its inner...
PAMPLONA, Spain: Hemingway's favorite festival, the weeklong drinking-and-bullfighting binge known as San Fermin, has claimed yet more victims. One man died Thursday when he plunged off a wall; another is in serious condition after a bull trampled on his head; a third was gored in the leg...