In Ricaurte, Colombia, more than 50 people suffer from the most common hereditary intellectual disability on the planet.

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I haven’t done this before — run a whole day of your responses to a single letter — but I’m doing so now because you got so ...

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Madurai: Madras high court has ordered 60,000 compensation to a woman who conceived after a failed sterilisation procedure ...

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Birth control is the use of different devices, sexual practices, techniques, chemicals, drugs, and/or surgical procedures to purposely try to prevent getting pregnant while having sex. There are ...

This minimally invasive surgery involves undergoing anesthesia, Dr. Haydanek explains. Once you're under, the surgeon makes an incision in your abdomen and inserts a thin tube that has a light and ...

Sterilization: Biological female sterilization entails "tying off" the fallopian tubes (tubal ligation) or creating a natural barrier within them (tubal occlusion). For biological males, a vasectomy ...

Mackenzie, who is at high risk during pregnancy due to diabetes, had a tubal ligation after the birth of Broncs seven years ago. The tubal ligation led her and Khesanio on their IVF journey.