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This week, we're reading stories of humans in trying situations. A career-driven news reporter undergoes years of fertility treatments, while wishing she'd frozen her eggs decades earlier.  And in conflict-ridden South Sudan, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, a woman from a conservative, rural area faces an impossible choice: Should she listen to the advice of her husband or her doctor during childbirth? Read on and tell us in the comments: What did you read and love this week? 1. How South Sudan's Conflict Is Killing Women Far From The Battlefield -- The Huffington Post Ongoing conflict, compounded by a culture that mistrusts modern medicine and gives women little agency over their own bodies, has made South Sudan the most dangerous place in the world to be pregnant. Garang is only the ninth woman to have a C-section at the hospital. Arngod, the senior medical officer, has taken photos of each woman, and plans to hang them in a small hall of fame at the hospital once there are 10, in a tribute to the women's bravery. 'One day,' he said, 'they’ll be remembered as the very first 10.'   2. Spike Nation -- The New York Times Magazine In Syracuse, New York, synthetic marijuana, known on the street as 'spike' is cheap, deadly and almost impossible to regulate 'The first week or so of smoking spike, there’s no control over it,' he said. 'I’d smoke it and black out and come to three hours later, huggi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news