Archive for the ‘Pregnancy / Obstetrics’ Category
Friday, August 8th, 2008
"Mother Support: Going for the Gold!" is the theme the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action selected for Breastfeeding Awareness Month, August 2008, to tie breastfeeding in with the Summer Olympic Games. As every country sends its best athletes to compete, the importance of offering each child a healthy start ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Senate Democrats on Monday failed to advance legislation (S 3297) that combined 34 bills that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has blocked, CQ Today reports. The package included disease specific research measures, environmental protection legislation and measures aimed at bolstering foreign economies. Language from a measure (S 1375) that would encourage ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Lamaze: Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, the magazine for expectant families, published by Rodale Custom Publishing in partnership with Lamaze International, was awarded recently with four 2008 Magnum Opus Awards and an APEX 2008 Award, two of the publishing industry's most prestigious awards.Magnum Opus Awards recognize "corporate and custom publications that ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Researchers from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute are set to conduct a world-first trial into the link between prenatal vitamin D levels and schizophrenia prevalence. Funded by the NHMRC and led by QBI's Dr Darryl Eyles, a team of four researchers will study blood spots taken from newborn babies ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
After weeks of bed rest during pregnancy, new mothers need to rebuild muscles and strengthen their stamina. Now a group of women will test new interventions in aiding that recovery during a pilot study at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing."Putting people in bed is not ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
On Monday, USA Today examined the rate of smoking among pregnant women and the success rates of various programs to help such women quit. According to Tom Glynn of the American Cancer Society, about 45% of pregnant smokers are able to quit, compared with a rate of about 10% to ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Lamaze: Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, the magazine for expectant families, published by Rodale Custom Publishing in partnership with Lamaze International, was awarded recently with four 2008 Magnum Opus Awards and an APEX 2008 Award, two of the publishing industry's most prestigious awards.Magnum Opus Awards recognize "corporate and custom publications that ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
The Christian Science Monitor on Tuesday examined the debate over whether "childbirth is a natural bodily function or a medical event necessitating hospitalization." The Monitor profiled the case of midwife Diane Goslin, who practices in an Amish area of Lancaster County, Pa. Goslin was ordered last fall by the Pennsylvania ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Maternal obesity has been associated with diabetic complications in theresulting offspring, according to experiments in mice reported recentlyby researchers at the University of Louisville. Obesity is presently a worldwide health issue, and it is commonlyconsidered a risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, andstroke. When a pregnant woman is obese, her ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
One in every two pregnant Australian woman still consume alcohol during pregnancy, according to a study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The responsibility of providing accurate information about the harmful effects of alcohol and its lifelong effects on the child falls on obstetricians and ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
One in five women who gives birth in the U.S. is obese, and physicians are seeing a greater number of pregnant women who are morbidly obese -- weighing 400, 500 or 600 pounds -- the New York Times reports. According to the Times, excess weight can cause obese women to ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Women taking antiepileptic drugs and planning a pregnancy are advised to prepare well ahead of conception to reduce the risk of birth defects, according to an article in the current edition of Australian Prescriber. Associate Professor Cecilie Lander, Department of Neurology at the University of Queensland, states in the ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The Healthcare Commission will urge the NHS to redouble efforts to improve maternity services by enhancing the quality of clinical care and the experiences of women. It will publish a national report on maternity services, containing conclusions and recommendations from a major review involving 150 NHS trusts in England. Sir ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
An American Medical Association resolution stating that "the safest setting for labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period is in the hospital" or an accredited birth center "falls flat" because of a lack of "credible research" to support the claim, Jennifer Block, author of "Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Using ultrasound to measure the height of a woman's uterus is a good way to predict whether or not she is at risk of having babies born prematurely if she becomes pregnant with twins after IVF, according to new research presented at the 24th annual meeting of the European Society ...
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