Archive for the ‘Pregnancy / Obstetrics’ Category
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The results of a comprehensive shake up of council targets and priorities are published today. Helping troubled teenagers will be the prime focus for local areas in the North East over the next three years - from tackling teenage pregnancy to reducing the numbers of young people who are outside ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Some medical specialties have expressed concern over the effects of the decrease in junior doctors' working hours as a result of the Working Time Directive (WTD). The WTD will restrict junior doctors' work hours to 48 hours each week from 2009. The report Children's and Maternity' Services in 2009: Working ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Some women or health professionals may elect to have a scheduled C-section, rather than attempt a vaginal birth. The SOGC is concerned that there may be an emerging trend towards more scheduled childbirth and routine medical intervention. In Canada: -- Though the impact of the preferences of women and health ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Women who have had a previous C-section are more likely to require a repeat Cesarean for subsequent births, and the percentage of women and health professionals opting to try a vaginal birth after C-section is declining. The result is that rising C-section rates can be self-reinforcing, and that the decision ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Pregnant women who receive treatment for substance abuse early in their pregnancy can achieve the same health outcomes as pregnant women with no substance abuse, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the Journal of Perinatology.The study, which is the largest to date, examined 49,985 women in Kaiser ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician group, voted at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new policy.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that maternal mortality rates in the U.S. are at the highest in decades, with the maternal mortality rate among African American women ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Lamaze International launched a new weekly pregnancy e-mail newsletter for expectant parents. This free weekly e-mail, entitled Lamaze...Building Confidence Week by Week, features trustworthy information, practical tips and inspirational stories to help guide women and families through pregnancy and beyond. Based on a woman's calculated due date, Lamaze...Building Confidence ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
A new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found that, contrary to the findings in other recent research, a previous caesarean section does not increase the risk of stillbirth in the second pregnancy. The researchers, from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, investigated ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
A recent review found that only 17 medications for maternal health are in development worldwide, and many advocates say that the "drought" of new medications to treat pregnant women is unlikely to change any time soon, USA Today reports.The review was written by Nicholas Fisk, an ob-gyn and director of ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia released new alcohol guidelines for pregnant women, stating that 'no drinking is the safest option'. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been associated with increased risks of miscarriage, stillbirth, intrauterine growth restriction, pre-term birth and low birth-weight. However, the best known adverse ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Tobacco, alcohol and cannabis are substances with the highest prevalence in pregnancy and can increase the likelihood of pregnancy complications as well as harm to the fetus. The study collected data from 748 pregnant women from two South Australian hospitals and finds that the use of alcohol and cannabis by ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
The study provides information on the smoking habits of Hong Kong Chinese couples during pregnancy and finds smoking during pregnancy to be an emerging health issue among Chinese women. Smoking significantly increases the fetal risks and neonatal hazards. Although the Chinese women had a higher cessation rate during pregnancy than ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
During labor, the continued presence of a doula - an experienced non-medical female companion who provides continuous labor support - has significant beneficial effects for middle- and upper-class women in childbirth, even when they have their male partner or other family member with them, according to a new study ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Medically unnecessary caesarean sections might be contributing to an increased rate of premature single births in the U.S., according to a study to be published in the June issue of the journal Clinics in Perinatology, the New York Times reports. The study, conducted by researchers from the March of Dimes ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
Friday, May 30th, 2008
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled 5-2 on Friday that a Lancaster County, Pa.-based midwife was not practicing medicine without a license by assisting at home births, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ruling lifts a cease-and-desist order from the State Board of Medicine against midwife Diane Goslin. State officials initially charged ...
Posted in Pregnancy / Obstetrics | No Comments »
