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With No Easy Answers, Research to Continue
Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request:
Yea or Nay? |
| By Belle Waring |
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Panel chair Dr. Mary V. D'Alton,
Columbia University's director of
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An independent panel of experts assembled by
NIH has determined that there is not enough quality evidence to
fully evaluate the risks and benefits of caesarean delivery on
maternal request (CDMR) as compared with planned vaginal delivery.
More research, they said, is needed.
The panel also found that until sufficient evidence becomes available, "any
decision to perform a CDMR should be carefully individualized and
consistent with ethical principles."
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Making Memories
Smiling Security Guard Spreads Early Morning Cheer |
| By Jan Ehrman |
"I never forget a face. But in your case, I'd
be glad to make an exception," the wise-cracking Groucho Marx remarked
in one of his comedies from over half a century ago.
In the case of Damien Staten, however, it's no joke. He truly never
forgets a face. Or makes an exception. In fact, the affable NIH
security guard can line up the proper mug with the appropriate
name of some 100, 200 or perhaps as many as 300 NIH employees who
pass through the Wilson Drive entrance each morning on the way
to work. How does he do it? And with a cheery countenance that
lights up the morning for staffers fortunate enough to come vis-à-vis
with him?
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