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Minority births outnumber whites for first time

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 3:54pm

The United States has reached a historic tipping point -- with Latino, Asian, mixed-race and African-American births constituting a majority of births for the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.

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Utah's Mormon population holds steady over 3 years

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:31am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's Mormon population has held steady for the past three years following about two decades of slow decline.

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(From left) Dan and Natalie Zundel, of Clinton, hold their triplets — Airalyn, Brecklin and Camli — while Erin and Nick Clark, of Layton hold their triplets — Gavin, Aidan and Jordan — on Wednesday at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Triplets times two at Ogden hospital

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 5:41am

OGDEN — The father of the triplet girls joked about looking forward to arranged marriages of his daughters to triplet boys, to get the weddings over with simultaneously.

Triplet births of the same gender are rare enough, yet here soon after came triplet boys born in the same hospital.

The neonatologist decided they needed to meet.

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The Bok Kai dragon Hong Wan Lung is coiled by the Beale airmen that carry it during the 132nd annual Bok Kai Parade in Marysville, Calif. on Saturday, February 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Appeal-Democrat, Nate Chute)

Does Year of the Dragon mean more 'dragon babies'

John Boudreau San Jose Mercury News

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:56am

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Brandon Li and Catherine Xi don't consider themselves superstitious. Both engineers, they have careers in Silicon Valley's tech industry. But the Santa Clara couple, like many other Asians in the Bay Area, are frantic to have a baby in the Year of the Dragon.

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Jennifer Graham poses for a portrait Thursday with her husband, Cory, and their 6-month-old, Scarlett, at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. Scarlett stopped breathing and turned blue at the hospital when she was only a few hours old, but using the Cool Cap lowered the baby’s temperature and helped to preserve her brain function. Scarlett is developmentally on track today, her mother says. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Cap improves survival rate of oxygen-deprived infants

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 7:18am

OGDEN -- Scarlett Graham entered the world just before 8 a.m. on July 13, 2011, and for the next nine hours, Cory and Jennifer Graham's newest bundle of joy was a happy, healthy newborn. Then Scarlett stopped breathing.

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Cesarean section, induced labor not always best choice

Shari Roan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 3:37pm

Cesarean sections are often performed when a baby is going to be born early. Likewise, sometimes labor is induced when a woman's water breaks too early in the pregnancy. However, two new studies suggest that these common practices may, in fact, not benefit babies.

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The dragon and tiger dance, celebrating the Lunar New Year, is performed at Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California, on January 23, 2012. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

The Year of the Dragon is also the Year of the Baby

Rosanna Xia Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 10:31am

LOS ANGELES -- Taiko and Gemma Chen may not celebrate all 15 days of the lunar new year, nor do they believe they are sweeping away prosperity by cleaning the house. But there is one centuries-old tradition the Asian-American couple still swears by: having a baby in the Year of the Dragon, considered the most auspicious year in the 12-year zodiac cycle.

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Home birth is making a marked resurgence in the United States, according to data released Thursday by the federal government.

Home births making a comeback

Shari Roan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:29pm

Home birth is making a marked resurgence in the United States, according to data released Thursday by the federal government.

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Women less likely to have children in bad economy

Taryn Luna Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 3:48pm

When the economy tanks, women are less likely to have children.

That's a conclusion of a new Pew Research Center study that found that states with the greatest economic declines in 2007 and 2008 -- calculated by per capita income, unemployment rates and several other indicators -- experienced the greatest birth declines in 2008 and 2009.

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Births

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, September 4, 2011 - 9:15am

Births

McKay-Dee Hospital

Armour -- Laurie and John, Roy, boy, Aug. 22.

Ashby -- Melissa and Shane, Brigham City, boy, Aug. 19.

Beckstrom -- Tandem and Dusty, Mountain Green, boy, Aug. 23.

Campbell -- Breann and Skylar, Layton, girl, Aug. 20.

Coleman -- Cassie and Louis Casias, South Weber, boy, Aug. 24.

Edgar -- Michelle and Michell, Brigham City, girl, Aug. 18.

Flitton -- Rebecca and Jared, Kaysville, boy, Aug. 24.

Linford -- Emily and Brandon Fajardo, Ogden, girl, Aug. 21.

McKenzie -- Shelly and Dave, Kaysville, boy, Aug.

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Early births linked to higher death risk

Lee Bowman Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 11:55am

Babies born too soon, even by a couple of weeks, face an increased risk of dying before their first birthday. Yet the proportion of early deliveries has been increasing at some hospitals, researchers have found.

Another recent study found that many moms, particularly first-timers, may take it upon themselves to induce labor.

The most comprehensive study was reported in May by scientists with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the March of Dimes. They analyzed birth certificate data from more than 46 million infants born between 1995 and 2006 and linked them to infant death certificates.

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