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Apgar Wars ~ AJOG study claims 10-fold increase in zero Apgar @ 5 min for PHB midwives: Numbers only ~ 1st in series

by faithgibson September 18, 2013

LInk to the original article as posted on Medscape This is the first of series of rebuttal articles by me on this general topic. Today I’m providing a link to the original Medscape version of a journal paper that will be (maybe already is) published in the Am Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) The […]

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Book Review: A Good Birth: Finding the Positive and Profound in Your Childbirth Experience, by Anne Drapkin Lyerly

by faithgibson September 13, 2013

iStockPhoto Better Birth A Good Birth: Finding the Positive and Profound in Your Childbirth Experience. By Anne Drapkin Lyerly. Avery, 288 pages, $26.00. by Susan Hardy What is a “good” birth? UNC’s Anne Lyerly asked 101 women. In medical school, Lyerly had learned that all that mattered in birth was keeping the mother and baby safe. This approach never sat […]

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Protected: Commentary ~ SLATE.com article: TWO LIVES ~ The Disturbing & Shameful History of Childbirth Deaths

by faithgibson September 12, 2013

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Viva La EVIDENCE! ~ an extraordinary YouTube video on EBM made by an Canadian physician

by faithgibson September 7, 2013
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Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Science –> The Atlantic {Wax et al: Beware — they’ve got your number!)

by faithgibson September 4, 2013

This article in The Atlantic is available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lie… Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice?   … Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science. […]

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