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| Hospital Practices Affect Long-Term Breastfeeding Success - Only 1 In 5 Mothers Experience All Breas
August 30, 2007 09:00:00Breast milk and breastfeeding are recognized to be the ideal choices of nutrition and feeding for infants. Breastfeeding is the normal method of feeding infants, and provides many benefits to both infants and mothers. In addition to receiving essential nutrients, breastfed infants have lower rates of ear infections, gastroenteritis, asthma, obesity and diabetes. Benefits for mothers include decreased incidence of breast and ovarian cancer. National goals in the U.S. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| New fpa Course For Professionals Working With Teenage Parents, UK
August 30, 2007 08:00:00A New Promoting Choices training course for professionals working with teenage parents from national sexual health charity fpa is being rolled-out across England. As part of the initiative to reduce teenage pregnancy, Positive Choices focuses on reducing repeated unplanned pregnancy in the under 18s. Promoting Choices splits into two separate events. The first is a one-day course for health professionals such as midwives, health visitors and nurses. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| European Experts Recommend Pregnant And Nursing Women Take More DHA - Every Day
August 30, 2007 07:00:00More than 50 nutritional experts from a European Union (EU) committee now recommend pregnant and nursing women supplement their diets on a daily basis with a large amount of DHA, an essential omega-3 fatty acid. Clinically proven in numerous studies to offer a growing array of health benefits, nutritional supplementation of DHA is now being associated with healthier pregnancies. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Maternal Mortality Rate In U.S. Highest In Decades, Experts Say
August 29, 2007 10:00:00The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is the highest it has been in decades, according to statistics released this week by CDCs National Center for Health Statistics, the AP/Washington Post reports. According to the figures, the U.S. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Proteomic analysis of human amniotic fluid
August 26, 2007 12:30:00Researchers report in the August issue of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics the most complete list so far of proteins present in the human amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy. - [Read more] |
| Study Links Non Stick Chemicals To Low Birth Weight
August 24, 2007 11:00:00Babies exposed to chemicals used in non stick cookware and other consumer products while in their mothers womb were born at a significantly lower body weight, according a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Designing Better Markers For Pregnancy-Associated Pathological Conditions
August 24, 2007 11:00:00Researchers report the most complete list so far of proteins present in the human amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy. The new information may be used to develop new or improved markers of pregnancy-associated pathological conditions, such as preterm delivery, intra-amniotic infection, and chromosomal anomalies in the fetus. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| New Link Between Estrogen And Breast Cancer
August 24, 2007 09:00:00The female sex hormone estrogen turns on a gene linked to breast cancer, according to new research by Brisbane scientists. The cancer biology team from UQs Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, believe their finding will help explain the link between breast cancer and high levels of estrogen. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| NPR Examines Hospitals That Prohibit Vaginal Births After C-Sections
August 23, 2007 12:00:00NPRs "All Things Considered" on Monday reported on hospitals that are barring women who have had previous caesarean sections to have planned vaginal births. Citing rising c-section rates and studies that found vaginal births after c-sections were a safe option for some women, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Designing Better Markers For Pregnancy Associated Pathological Conditions
August 23, 2007 07:00:00Researchers report in the August issue of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (http://www.mcponline.org) the most complete list so far of proteins present in the human amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds a fetus during pregnancy. The new information may be used to develop new or improved markers of pregnancy-associated pathological conditions, such as preterm delivery, intra-amniotic infection, and chromosomal anomalies in the fetus. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Hemorrhoids tips
August 22, 2007 18:03:00Are you tired of the itch and burn of hemorrhoids? While its a fairly common condition, many patients may be too embarrassed to talk to their doctor about it. - [Read more] |
| Researchers Develop New Technique To More Quickly Detect Down Syndrome In Fetuses
August 22, 2007 16:00:00A group of physicians from Singapore and the United Kingdom recently developed a new test that can detect within two hours whether a fetus has Down syndrome, Singapores Business Times reports. The new FlashFISH test is a modified version of the existing Standard FISH test, which provides results in 24 to 48 hours. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
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