Europes doctors grapple with infant viability
Europes trend toward mothering at a more mature age is contributing to a new wave of ethical challenges for doctors in the delivery room.
Medical researchers in Norway, Belgium and other countries say doctors are facing increasingly difficult questions about the limits of post-delivery care for extremely premature babies.
Along with parents, doctors find themselves grappling with questions about how and when to withdraw or withhold care for those newborns whose chances of survival are slim.
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Clarkes tears and Europes triumph
IT was a team win but one mans triumph. The happiness and heartache of Hole 16 will go down in Ryder Cup history as the moment that sank hard men swifter than the best can sink a birdie.
Darren Clarke, who lost his 39-year-old wife Heather to breast cancer just last month, had putted to win his third match of three, a crowd of thousands had erupted in olé, olé, olé and there was a sea of arms raised in victory and outstretched in embraces.
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