Archive for the ‘Pregnancy / Obstetrics’ Category
Friday, April 11th, 2008
In Australia more than one woman dies every fortnight as a result of childbearing - some could be preventable - according a study in published by Wiley-Blackwell in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The paper entitled "Making Pregnancy Safer in Australia: the Importance of ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), also known as childhood neurotrauma or inflicted traumatic brain injury, is the leading cause of death from childhood maltreatment. Unlike many types of child abuse, the action that causes SBS is known, occurs quickly, and is, theoretically, largely preventable. An international symposium sponsored by the ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Childbirth is painful, yet scientists are still somewhat in the dark about what actually causes the pain. A new doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet now shows where this pain comes from and opens the way to the development of improved methods of pain relief. In ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
A study published online at bmj.comreports that the maternal health behaviors of women worsen afterimmigrating to the UK. Ethnic minority women who stay in the UK forlonger durations are more likely to smoke during pregnancy and give upbreastfeeding early.As immigration to the UK has increased over the last 50 years, ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Marijuana is among the most frequently used illicit drugs by women during their childbearing years and there is growing concern that marijuana abuse during pregnancy, either alone or in combination with other drugs, may have serious effects on fetal brain development. There is strong evidence that THC, the main psychoactive ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia has found that nearly half of Australia's teenage mothers smoke during pregnancy. Only one in 15 teenage smokers quits after they get pregnant, despite proof that smoking past the 20th week of gestation leads to a sicklier baby that weighs significantly ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion, which is the "political term for intact dilation and evacuation," does "nothing to prevent late-stage abortion," Karen Frantz -- policy and advocacy associate of the American Humanist Association -- writes in a Washington Post letter to the editor in response to a Post opinion piece by ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
More HIV-positive children and pregnant women are receiving treatment but there is still a long way to go before the promise of an AIDS-free generation is fulfilled, according to a United Nations report released. Children and AIDS: Second stocktaking report is a review of progress on how AIDS ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Commenting on the Government's white paper on pharmacies which was released, CCA Chief Executive, Rob Darracott, said: "The CCA welcomes the significant intent by Government to develop the role of the community pharmacist, as outlined in the White Paper published. We fully support as a priority area the development of ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Smoking while on birth control containing hormones like The Pill, Patch or Ring may increase the risk of serious health problems, such as blood clots, stroke and heart attack. A recent survey reveals that eight out of ten women smokers continued to do so even though they were aware of ...
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