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Pregnant American man Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl. After going into labour early on Sunday, the former sex-swap patient had his daughter by Caesarean section at a hospital in Bend, Oregon, according to a U.S. television network. 'She's really cute, really pretty,' a source told ABC news. A hospital source said: 'The baby girl is healthy and ...

Finley Crampton really shouldn't be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn't take the risk. After all, their first son had died of the condition and the second was born with serious kidney damage. So when Finley's mother, Jodie Percival, became pregnant while on the ...

The nation's largest organization of registered nurses, the California Nurses Association/ National Nurses Organizing Committee, today endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. In announcing its endorsement, the 80,000-member CNA/NNOC (AFL- CIO), which has members in all 50 states, cited "a stark distinction between Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain on major fundamental issues facing the American people today, especially in ...

"I feel fantastic," he said. "I cannot wait to see my baby's face." In a tender and intimate moment, Thomas shares a cuddle with wife Nancy—before telling the News of the World of his secret hopes for the future. With four weeks to go, he sensationally reveals the couple are ready to have more babies after the birth of their daughter. ...

Linda Wilkins' job title is nurse, but you might want to call her "mom" for how she works with her young pregnant charges. She helps the students finish high school, discover their career goals, find jobs and prepare to mother their babies. Wilkins and three other nurses in the new-to-Utah prenatal program called Nurse-Family Partnership will work with the women from ...

How eager are Memphis-area hospitals to find nurses? A $5,000 signing bonus awaits people who qualify for some specialized nursing jobs at Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said Marilyn Kerkhoff, the hospital's interim chief nurse. And to keep up with local competitors, the government bumped up pay earlier this year for all Memphis VA nurses. Now, a nurse with a two-year ...

LUFKIN, Texas — A former nurse accused of intentionally injecting bleach into two patients at a dialysis center was arrested Friday, police said. Two witnesses said they saw Kimberly Clark Saenz, 34, draw bleach into syringes and inject it into two patients' dialysis lines at the DaVita Dialysis Center on April 28, Lufkin police said in a statement. Both patients survived, ...

A boy of 11 killed in a road accident has given the gift of life to five people. Calvin Leary's heart, two kidneys, liver and pancreas were used in life-saving operations across the UK. As friends and family gathered at his funeral yesterday, his father Pete said: "It was a hard decision to donate his organs. "But as soon as we ...