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Book's Premise Has Potential Legal Implications
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 25th, 1999
Presenting the case that a lifetime of poor health -- from coronary artery disease and stroke to obesity and diabetes -- can start with poor conditions in the womb, Cornell University researcher and author Peter W. Nathanielsz, MD, PhD, imagines three futuristic scenarios resulting from publication of his latest book, Life in the Womb: The Origin of Health and Disease (Promethean Press, 1999):Pregnant women will be encouraged to take better care of themselves and their unborn children by avoiding nicotine, alcohol, and other drugs. Policymakers and society at large will bolster the health of future generations by ensuring adequate prenatal care, removing undue stress...
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