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A free-standing birth center in Florida has a problem with delivering dead babies. Rosemary Birthing Home in Sarasota, Florida has multiple mothers claiming that inadequate care by midwives during labor resulted in the deaths of their babies. Late last month, another baby died after the mother started her labor at the birth center. Despite families and hospital staff filing … [Read more...] about Birth Center Accused of Killing Babies Due to Substandard Care

"Complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM), now more frequently referred to as "integrative medicine" by its proponents, consists of a hodge-podge of largely unrelated treatments that range from seemingly reasonable (e.g., diet and exercise) to pure quackery (e.g., acupuncture, reiki and other "energy medicine") that CAM proponents are trying furiously to "integrate" as … [Read more...] about Tai Chi for osteoarthritis: How exercise is “rebranded” as complementary and alternative medicine

Freebirth is when a woman goes through an entire pregnancy with no prenatal care, no ultrasounds, no testing, and gives birth without a doctor or midwife at home. Freebirth is an offshoot of unassisted childbirth. In unassisted childbirth, women have babies at home with backup medical plans for an emergency. Recently a freebirther shared her story online of having an unassisted … [Read more...] about Mother Decides to have an Unassisted Childbirth and Kills Her Baby

Conservatives are eager to see Brett Kavanaugh placed on the Supreme Court in the hope that they can overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal (with restrictions) across the U.S. But Roe is a mirage, and conservatives should avoid being taken in by the deception.Overturning Roe allows the states to regulate abortion. Red states would likely … [Read more...] about Roe Is a Mirage: Conservatives Wrongly Think No Roe Means No Abortion