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Medical Costs, Shortage of Doctors Fuel Midwife Trend
June 30, 2009Midwives are growing in popularity as the caregivers of choice among expectant mothers, with the number of midwife-attended births in the United States doubling between 1991 and 2008. Fueling the trend is the shortage of obstetricians and the low...
New Documentary Slams US Food Industry
June 30, 2009By Penelope Poulou Food Inc., a new documentary by director Robert Kenner, points an accusing finger at the U.S. food industry - a corporate monopoly, it says, that treats livestock inhumanely and grows genetically modified crops with fertilizers and...