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Closures of Maternity Units across Grampian Arouses Concern

...ces at four rural hospitals in the area, fears for expectant mothers and their unborn babies have been raised./...iament." Ms Lawson called attention to the risks expectant mothers would face in having to travel from remote areas to have their babies delivered in Aberdeen....

Watchful Waiting Effective for Low Risk Prostate Cancer

...over treatment. According to Wei's team "initial expectant management need not be a permanent treatment choic...te curative therapy after a period of asymptomatic expectant management." They therefore recommend "active surveillance with delayed intervention as an appeali...

Most Women Unaware of Nutrient Needed for Babies’ Development During Pregnanc

... alike, it is possibly the most important nutrient expectant mothers don’t know about. If taken during pregnancy, it may help lower the risks of pre-term birth and even post-partum depression. DHA Omega-3 is also important for ongoing health throughout life. What to Expect When They’re Expecting? Apparently ...

Peek Before Birth

Most expectant parents eagerly wait for the first ultrasound sight of the baby to be born in six months' time//. It is often the first proof that all is well and the pregnancy is on track. This is often the only view they get to see of their child until the day o...

Helping Hand Needed for New Dads

New and expectant fathers are equally at risk of suffering depressio...me aware of the importance of meeting the needs of expectant and new fathers with specific interventions. Various strategies have been initiated across differe...

Flu vaccine for pregnant women

...the risk of leukemia. According to the JCVI, the expectant mothers should get vaccinated in the second and th...the government, the vaccine would be given free to expectant mothers during the flu season. Seasonal influenza poses high risk of morbidity and mortality in pr...

Botswana: Infants can now be screened for HIV

...vided at no cost for the citizens of Botswana. The expectant HIV positive mothers can also avail drugs to inhibit the transmission of infection to their unborn children. The novel infant screening mechanism will provide timely diagnosis, as early as six weeks after birth, for babies in the risk category, by ...

Moms to be, beware of meth - It can hamper growth and development in your babies

...lusive evidence that the drug is conveyed from the expectant mother to the unborn child. According to the obs...f exposure to meth for the unborn children through expectant mothers is unknown to many, but off late insights have shown that it can lay siege on growth and int...

Periodontal Disease Not a Cause for Premature Delivery

A novel study has found that gum disease in an expectant mother does not play an important role in triggering premature delivery or delivering a low-weight baby.// Since one in ten babies are born before term or are low birth weight, that makes them prone to a host of health problems, that includes enhanc...

The secrets for a healthy progeny: Mother’s diet during pregnancy

... conducted by researchers, supplements consumed by expectant mice were seen to impact generation of offsprings. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To quote the researchers,” Although researchers have long known that there is a connection between a mother's diet and her...

The Healthy Start Scheme Promises Toddlers A Healthy Start

...nursing mothers from low-income households and all expectant mothers below 18. The Healthy Start scheme offers vouchers, which provide ￡2.80 worth of fresh fruit and vegetables, vitamin supplements, milk or infant formula. Households with children under one year, will get two vouchers every week. 'Poor die...

Octogenarians Are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery

...erapy, radiation therapy, cryotherapy, surgery and expectant management (“watchful waiting”). JAMA reported in 2000 that urologists typically offer a radical prostatectomy to patients with more than 10 years of life expectancy, and do not offer this surgical option to patients older than age 70 to 75. Another ...

Underweight Moms: Weighed Down by the Risk of Miscarriages

..., relatively decreased the risk of miscarriages in expectant mothers. Statistics show that one-fifth of all pregnant women suffer miscarriages annually in Britain. More than quarter million women are thus affected. Advance in age of pregnant woman, previous history of difficulty in conception or a previous ...

Madhya Pradesh to Implement New Nutrition Programme for Children

...rs are in full swing in the 59,324 anganwadis. The expectant and nursing mothers will also benefit," said an official of the women and child welfare department. The menu will be a mix of cereals, vegetables, soya, lentils, fruit and milk. "Food items would be chosen by district collectors as per protein an...

Coffee Addicts With Baby, Take Heart

Coffee if drunk in moderation offers no harm to an expectant mother, in terms of baby weight or gestational period, say researchers.// This study performed by researcher Dr Bodil Hammer Bech and team from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and published online by the British Medical Journal. The study ...

Risk of Hemorrhage Increased in Vaginally Born Babies

...ects of ICH in infants, but Dr. Gilmore noted that expectant parents should not rule out vaginal delivery because of these findings. "Obviously, the vast majority of us who were born vaginally and may have had these types of bleeds are doing just fine," he said. "Humans have been born vaginally for a very l...

New Approach to Routine Prenatal Genetic Testing

...ing technique will have significant benefit to all expectant mothers, especially on the heels of new guidelines...xcellent alternative to amniocentesis and may give expectant parents peace of mind." Through technology licensing agreements with clinical laboratories, Sequen...

Parents Bank Kids' Umbilical Cord Blood

...cancer-triggering genetic defect. The report has expectant parents calling Advocate Hope Children's Hospital ...egislation to try to increase the information that expectant parents receive about their cord blood choices: store it, donate it, or discard it. It's no differ...

Pregnant Smokers Raise Their Child's Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

...gnancy," he said. "This is just another reason for expectant mothers not to smoke." This is the first study in which researchers have dealt with this issue. Uiterwaal said further evidence should come from additional studies that show similar results. Source-Eurekalert SRM...

Down Syndrome Testing for All Mums?

...wn-syndrome screening - that is, screening for all expectant mothers, regardless of age. Recommended screenin...g is less costly than no screening at all.” Some expectant parents will not want to take up an offer of screening because a confirmed positive result means tha...

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