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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Respect women's choice to have home birth: doctors In abortion debate, both sides point to Philadelphia trial Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers Algeria president shows no permanent damage from minor stroke: APS Algeria president in France for tests after minor stroke

Respect women's choice to have home birth: doctors  Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:09 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although hospitals and birthing centers are the safest places to have a baby, pediatricians said today that women who choose to give birth at home should be supported and that setting made as safe as possible, as well. Planned home birthing, they said, may be an option for healthy moms-to-be who are due to have a single, on-time baby. A certified nurse-midwife, midwife or doctor should be present and a previous agreement made with a nearby hospital in case transfer is needed, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement. ... Full Story	Top
In abortion debate, both sides point to Philadelphia trial  Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 09:04 PM PDT Full Story	Top
Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers  Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 04:11 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday. Detailing a decade of research, Oxford University political economist David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health. ... Full Story	Top
Algeria president shows no permanent damage from minor stroke: APS  Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 07:38 AM PDT By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was transferred to France for medical tests on Saturday night after suffering a minor stroke that Algeria's official news agency said had caused no permanent damage. Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had a "transient ischemic attack" or mini-stroke on Saturday. ... Full Story	Top
Algeria president in France for tests after minor stroke  Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 01:23 AM PDT By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was transferred to France for medical tests on Saturday night after suffering a minor stroke, Algeria's official news agency said. Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had an "transient ischemic attack" or mini-stroke on Saturday but his condition was not serious, the APS agency said, quoting the prime minister. ... Full Story	Top

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