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MATERNAL health services , *CESAREAN section , *DELIVERY (Obstetrics) , *PRENATAL care , *BREASTFEEDING - Abstract
The article offers world news briefs related to prenatal care in 2007. A new policy controlling the timing of elective cesarean sections in New South Wales, Australia, was issued in April. Some rural cities in Japan have adopted a system that examines pregnant women using real-time data transmitted to a physician's cellular phone. The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released new evidence that breastfeeding decreases the risk of having many short-term and chronic diseases.
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- 2007
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