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	A survivor's story Cervical cancer changes the lives of those it touches.			Mum tells kids HIV pills are just vitamins She suspects she may have received tainted blood from an Indonesian hospital, where she gave birth to her second child.

	I'll give birth only in Singapore Two complicated but successful births give foreign mum confidence. -tabla!		On pre-eclampsia This is a disorder that occurs only during pregnancy and the postpartum (after childbirth) period. It affects both the mother and the unborn baby and occurs in 5 to 8 per cent of all pregnancies.

	Mystery liver donor helps save new mum's life She gives two-thirds of organ to Hepatitis B sufferer in coma.		The fear of recurrence To many cancer patients, the fear of recurrence can be overwhelming. A lifelong ordeal has just begun.

	Two mums waiting for new hearts Both Tan Geek Koon and Chen Winnie are currently on mechanical hearts while awaiting compatible donor organs.		More women are living with HIV... And the leading cause of it is the practice of unsafe sex.

Move to check rising HIV rate among women 11 per cent rise in HIV infections among women in Malaysia since 1997, says minister.				HPV infection hits one in two women Persistent HPV infection can lead to cervical cancer, which causes a death every five days in Singapore.

	Mum's infection kills baby Not knowing about her condition, she passes it to newborn during childbirth.		5 things about GBS Should pregnant women be worried about this vaginal infection?

Let them drink milk: Ministers rule on breast-feeding workers Give employees time to pump their breast milk during work hours and the facilities to store it, says decree.				Caught in time Every year, about 200 women in Singapore are detected with cervical cancer and about 100 die from the disease.

	Anti-cancer jab is safe, say local docs Parents in Singapore worried after a 12-year-old girl was paralysed after getting a new anti-cervical cancer vaccination.			Everyday hero abandons website Drained by father's death, she stops work on Cancerstory.com and ends her role as a volunteer and advocate of patient rights.

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