International Business News - Birth http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif One in eight babies--well over half a million a year--are born premature, a toll that's risen steadily for two decades with no sign of stopping. The government this week begins an unprecedented push to figure out why, with special aim at preterm births that may be lowered: so-called late preemies, those born weeks, not months, early. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/surgeon-general-meeting-aims-to-lower-preterm-birth.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:00 EDT "Entertainment Tonight" aired a story about the birth of Angelina Jolie's twins despite being repeatedly told beforehand that the report was based on information from someone impersonating Jolie's assistant, according to documents and two people with knowledge of the exchange. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/63973-media-jolie-birth.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/jolie-confidants-et-knew-twins-source-fake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/jolie-confidants-et-knew-twins-source-fake.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:36:35 EDT The birth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins is turning into the type of mystery that might make a good movie one day. The executive producer for "Entertainment Tonight" said Monday that she wanted to "see how this story plays out" before retracting a report that the twins had been born, despite a denial from Pitt's manager and a claim that someone might be posing as Jolie's personal assistant to fool reporters. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/61727-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitt.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/entertainment-tonight-backs-jolie-twins-story.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/entertainment-tonight-backs-jolie-twins-story.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:07:57 EDT In the world of celebrity news, prematurely declaring the birth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins is like calling an election before enough votes are counted. That was the problem facing the TV show "Entertainment Tonight," which on Monday would not discuss its report that Jolie had given birth, even though Pitt's manager and other news organizations had declared it untrue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/entertainment-tonight-mum-on-jolie-twins-snafu.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:17:44 EDT A woman in a northern Australian city gave birth to a healthy baby girl after a rare full-term ectopic pregnancy, a hospital official said Friday. Meera Thangarajah, 34, had no symptoms or complications during her pregnancy, so doctors performing a routine Caesarean section Thursday were shocked to find that the baby had developed in the ovary rather than the uterus. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/baby-born-after-rare-ovarian-pregnancy.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 17:06:25 EDT Spanish twins who were separated at birth through a hospital error--then reunited as adults through a fluke--are suing for millions in damages, as is a third woman who grew up thinking, erroneously, that she was one of the twins, a lawyer said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/twins-who-were-separated-at-birth-sue-for-damages.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 15:12:00 EDT A consumer advocacy group petitioned the government Thursday to pull the birth-control patch off the market, calling it far riskier than the pill. "Ortho-Evra is a poor choice for women," Dr. Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen wrote the Food and Drug Administration. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/group-asks-government-to-end-use-of-birth-control-patch.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 12:45:29 EDT A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord. "I was just a little nervous" when the labor began, Xochitl Parra said Friday from St. Mary Medical Center as she cradled her 8-pound, 3-ounce son, Alejandro. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43822-teen-birth.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/california-teen-gives-birth-in-shower-walks-to-hospital.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/california-teen-gives-birth-in-shower-walks-to-hospital.htm Sat, 03 May 2008 22:14:44 EDT Pharmacists asked the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday to overturn a rule forcing them to dispense emergency contraception over their religious convictions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/pharmacists-fight-emergency-pill-rule.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:51:03 EDT A Sumatran tiger that gave birth last week at the San Francisco Zoo was hiding quite a surprise: triplets. Zoo officials announced last Friday that Leanne had given birth to one cub. Since then, video and audio were used to observe the mom and her newborn from a distance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080314/san-fran-zoo-tigers-litter-actually-3.htm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:14:29 EDT Amy and Jim Albert's truck handled a special delivery when it broke down on the way to a hospital. A pregnant Amy was having painful contractions when the couple left their home on Wednesday. But they had to pull over about 45 minutes from the hospital when their truck died. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/baby-born-in-truck-after-it-breaks-down.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:30:06 EDT The San Francisco Zoo, which lost a tiger on Christmas, is celebrating the arrival of a newborn cub. The cub born Friday belongs to Leanne and George, two Sumatran tigers on loan from a zoo in San Antonio and an aquarium in Denver. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080308/san-francisco-zoo-welcomes-tiger-cub.htm Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:34:42 EST It was the perfect gift for someone born on Feb. 29 _ a Leap Day grandchild. As Julie Austin of Galesville prepared to observe her Leap Year birthday on Friday, she was hoping to share the special day with the latest addition to her family. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080301/wis-baby-leaps-into-family-history.htm Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:43:49 EST