Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s wife is not pregnant _ or angry. Jeanne Abdullah hadn’t been seen in public in recent weeks, and speculation was swirling that the first lady, who married the prime minister last June, was pregnant or that she was fighting with her husband. Most people had dismissed the pregnancy rumor because Jeanne is 54 years old, but others believed the couple had been quarreling. Vehicles carrying buckets of water, water guns and people aiming to splash passers-by will lose thei. By their final stages TV talent shows are full of nice people with laudable dreams and lovely voices. read more

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Wedding bells really did ring yesterday for Beyonce and Jay-Z. Apparently, the wedding buzz began when the couple hit a Scarsdale city hall for a wedding license. And,in retrospect, Beyonce has recently been dressing the way celebs do when they’re trying to disguise a beginner baby bump. Beyonce wore a black high-waisted shirtdress (photo above, on right) to the NBA All Stars bash in New Orleans on Feb. Then there’s toting a big purse like Nicole Richie did for a few weeks, and wearing a trench coat, Angelina Jolie ’s favorite cover-up during her first pregnancy. Beyonce did both the big bag and the trench in the photo above (on left) taken on Feb. read more

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being stressed out during the first half of pregnancy may be unhealthy, but it won't increase a woman's risk of developing a serious complication known as preeclampsia, Dutch researchers have found. Stress also didn't influence a woman's likelihood of developing a related condition known as gestational hypertension, in which blood pressure climbs to dangerous levels during pregnancy. But women who have a lot of work stress or other kind of stress should not be afraid of getting preeclampsia or gestational hypertension," Dr. Preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, known collectively as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, can harm the mother and fetus, Vollebregt and her colleagues note in their report, published in BJOG, an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The researchers found no relationship between a woman's level of job stress, anxiety, anxiety related to pregnancy or depression and her risk of developing preeclampsia or gestational hypertension. read more

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