Profiles in Medicine Is my baby okay?
THE HEALTH staff at Kingston's busy maternity centre, the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) delivers nearly 12,000 babies every year. About 30 per cent of the pregnant women seen there each year are classified as high-risk pregnancies and must receive... 
Birth control in a patch
A CONTRACEPTIVE patch made by Johnson & Johnson's Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. is proving to be just as safe and effective as the contraceptive pill in preventing pregnancies. The patch - the Ortho Evra - is awaiting approval by the U.S. Food...
Your Baby's Teeth
ALTHOUGH COMMONLY called temporary or baby teeth, the first tooth usually is not lost until age six and some primary molars must function well into eighth grade at High School. Primary (baby) teeth are necessary for - chewing, speech, aesthetics... | 
