Birth Right

Home--our birth right.

In April, a new North American territory achieved formal recognition. Comprised of vast tracts of sub-arctic tundra and snowy north Atlantic and Arctic islands, Nunavut becomes Canada's largest but most sparsely populated territory. About 85 percent of the 25,000 inhabitants are Inuit. Nunavut means "Our Land" in Inukitut, the official language. The Canadian government, honoring a unique cultur...

Religious right or irreligious right

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Does a pharmacist have the right to refuse to fill a prescription for birth control?

Vascular assessment of the right internal jugular vein in low birth weight newborns.

OBJECTIVE To determine the dimensions and depth of the right internal jugular vein (RIJV) in low birth weight newborns by ultrasound and assess the differences in weight and determine the relationship of the vein with the carotid artery. METHOD We performed a vascular assessment of the RIJV in 100 low birth weight newborns. The subjects were divided into three groups, low birth weight (LBW) n...

The fat and water content of the left and right liver before and after birth.

Asymmetrical foamy-celled change in the right lobe of the liver in newborn infants was noted by Gruenwald (1949), and we have described (Emery, 1952) a rapid degeneration of the left physiological lobe of the liver following birth. These asymmetrical changes in the liver are associated with the different blood supply to the right and left physiological lobes in utero and are probably of great i...