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Medically Aided Conceptions Linked to Defects

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Nurse who got impregnated by mental patient loses license

A nurse formerly employed at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will lose her licence after she admitted to having sex with a patient while she worked there, a disciplinary panel ruled this morning.

The nurse admitted that "she sexually abused the patient by engaging in sexual intercourse... among other things" during the man's inpatient and outpatient treatment, according to an agreed statement of facts presented today at her disciplinary hearing. She was fired in 2007 when the affair came to light.

The five-member panel was required by law to revoke her licence and order a formal reprimand by the College of Nurses of Ontario. She had no previous disciplinary record.

Lawyer Kate Hughes, who represents the nurse, told the panel her client is "extremely remorseful" and intends to cooperate fully with the college. The nurse did not attend the hearing.

According to the statement, the man was admitted to CAMH in 2004 in connection to criminal charges, but found not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder. He was discharged and treated as an outpatient in 2006, then readmitted in December of that year. The nurse was not among his primary caregivers, but participated in weekly meetings about his treatment.

In late 2005, the patient started showing romantic interest in the nurse, buying her coffee and flowers on several occasions, and later telling staff members she was his girlfriend. During that time, a manager asked the nurse if she was having difficulties with the man's "boundary issues." She said no.

The centre launched an investigation in February 2007 after the patient left the manager a voicemail message stating that he and the nurse "have been sleeping together" and "have been a couple a long time." The inquiry led to the discovery of a DVD sex video featuring the patient and the nurse.

She was fired and later admitted to unprofessional conduct.

The nurse and CAMH are also the subject of a civil law suit alleging they were negligent in their treatment of the patient. The suit was filed this summer by the patient and taken up by his family after he killed himself in July.

In the suit, he identifies himself as John and the nurse as Jane, to protect the identity of their child - she had told him she was pregnant. It is not known if she gave birth.A nurse formerly employed at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will lose her licence after she admitted to having sex... more

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Ovary storage as a way to delay motherhood?

Egg freezing has been heralded as the solution for women who refuse to make the choice between having a high-powered career and... more

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Uighur woman, six months pregnant, faces forced abortion

CDT tells the story of an Uighur woman, a member of China's largely Muslim minority, who is facing a forced abortion 26 weeks... more

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Thomas Beatie Pregnant Man Again

Thomas Beatie Is First and only transgender man in the world who had given a birth to the baby girl, Susan on June 29. Now he is... more

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TV sex linked to high rate of teen pregnancy

Teenagers who watch television programs with high sexual content double their risk of being involved in a pregnancy, according to... more

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Pregnant Man Expecting A Second Child

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Four preserved fetuses found in Austrian home

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"Pregnant man" pregnant again

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Grandmother gives birth to triplet granddaughters

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Catholic bishops plan to forcefully confront Obama

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Quintuplets painting wins award

"Quints", a painting by artists Lottie Davies has won the National Portrait Gallery's photographic prize. The... more

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Sexy TV can make you pregnant study says

Sexual content on television is strongly associated with teen pregnancy, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows. ... more

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Doctor accused of poisioning pregnant woman

Edward Erin, a London doctor, has been charged with three counts of administering poison with intent to induce miscarriage. He has... more

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Sex-Laden TV Linked to Teen Pregnancies

Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and... more

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Sisters give birth in same hospital under an hour of each other

Lisa Reeve, 31, and Louise Bedford, 29, ran into each other at the maternity ward while Louise was preparing to undergo a C... more

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UK couples choose baby gender at clinics abroad

A growing number of British couples are choosing the sex of their babies at clinics overseas, the BBC has learned. A BBC... more

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Light drinking 'no risk to baby' New Brit study finds...

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Turned away, pregnant woman dies

Seven Tokyo hospitals turned away a pregnant woman who complained of headaches and vomiting, and who died three days later of a... more

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Depression during pregnancy linked to preterm delivery

Depression in pregnant women could help explain the growing problem of preterm delivery, scientists suggest.

While post-partum depression "has long been recognized as a serious public health problem," Kaiser Permanente researchers write in an article published Thursday in the journal Human Reproduction, "depression during pregnancy has not been well-studied." It's not clear how common depression is in pregnant women and how it affects their babies, the authors write.

"Depression during pregnancy is really under-diagnosed, both by women and by obstetricians," lead author De-Kun Li, a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research in Oakland, said in an interview.

Li and his co-authors screened women for depression about 10 weeks into their pregnancies. More than 40% reported having significant depressive symptoms, and half of those women reported having severe depressive symptoms.

A total of 791 women completed the screening and delivered a live baby. Women who, after being screened, went on to miscarry — defined as a pregnancy loss before 20 weeks' gestation — were excluded from the analysis.

Overall, after accounting for other factors that might play a role, women with significant depressive symptoms were nearly twice as likely to deliver a baby preterm — or before 37 complete weeks' gestation — than those without significant depressive symptoms. The more severe the women's depression, the greater their risk of delivering preterm, the study found.

The authors speculate that depression during pregnancy might interfere with placental hormones that help maintain a healthy pregnancy and ensure that labor doesn't start too early. In addition, they write, their study suggests that low education level and stressful events could exacerbate the effect of depressive symptoms on the risk of preterm delivery.

Few women studied were prescribed antidepressants while pregnant, which the authors call a strength of their research, because some studies have suggested a link between antidepressants themselves and preterm delivery. But, Li said, "overall, the safety of antidepressant use during pregnancy is uncertain."

Non-drug approaches, such as "reaching out to other pregnant women, family and friends, asking for the care and connections they need," is often enough to improve pregnant womens' mood, says obstetrician/gynecologist Tracy Flanagan, director of women's health at Kaiser Permanente, who was not involved with the study.

"Antidepressants are usually not a first-line treatment" in pregnancy, Flanagan says, "but antidepressants are very useful for people who have severe depression and even moderate depression, in some cases."

Depression in pregnant women could help explain the growing problem of preterm delivery, scientists suggest. While post-partum... more