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Donated Mothers Milk To Hit The Market

...ies. The milk will be collected by donor nursing mothers at a network of hospitals around the US, be frozen...lic relations programme to attract donors. Nursing mothers who agree to donate any amount of milk would receive a free motorized breast pump, a device for siph...

Eating Fried Chips Increases The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer

...for breast cancer stood out to be that women whose mothers who said their daughters ate French fries had a hi...st cancer status was known and it is possible that mothers of women with breast cancer recalled their daughter's diet differently than mothers of healthy women...

Watch out those of you planning for a predetermined Cesarean Section

...as been focused on a caries-causing bacterium that mothers with caries transmit to their newborns. Known as S... a significant finding. The findings suggest that mothers who have dental caries should inform their family dentists if they had a C-section delivery because ...

Dietary supplementation of Folic Acid Requires Critical Evaluation

...991, scientists demonstrated that giving expectant mothers a synthetic version of folic acid could significantly reduce the risk of the birth defects. The natural form of the vitamin is found in green leafy vegetables, whole grains and citrus fruits, although it is less easily absorbed. In addition, folic ac...

Safe Neighborhood Means Less TV For Preschool Children

Research suggests that if mothers feel that their neighborhoods are safe then their ...w-up study collected data from approximately 3,330 mothers when their children were three years old. Almost two-thirds of the children watched more than two ...

Patient Choice Cesarean Section on The Rise

...t is becoming more and more popular among pregnant mothers who opt for C-sections when there is no medical necessity. It is true that the health care delivery has to be based on the patient’s needs. But is it a healthy trend when it comes to patient choice Cesarean section is a question that has to be answ...

Going Down The Social Ladder Increases The Chances Of Male Depression.

...udy, all of whom were born in May and June 1947 to mothers living in Newcastle upon Tyne, north east England. Information on their family’s social class was gathered at their birth. And at the age of 50 participants were asked to describe their own social class at the time and when they were 25, in a bid to...

Risk Of Pre-eclampsia May Be In The Genes Of The Parents.

...ampsia, say the authors. The risk through affected mothers is higher because they carry their mother’s susceptibility genes and also transmit independent genetic risk factors to their unborn child. The risk through affected fathers is lower because fathers transmit only fetal risk genes. Source: Newswis...

Late Pregnancy Women Face The Risk Of Heartbreak, Fertility Problems

...over 35 have risen markedly and the average age of mothers has gone up, reports the online edition of BBC. Writing in the British Medical Journal, the London-based fertility specialists say the best age for pregnancy remains 20 to 35 and women who defy nature risk heartbreak. The specialists are "saddened...

More Women Are Opting For Painless Labor

...than 500). They found that only 6 to 10 percent of mothers had no pain relief (analgesia) during labor in 200...ospitals doing more deliveries generally had fewer mothers going without anesthesia in both years. As women have embraced techniques that can make them more c...

Specialized Clinics For Manipur's AIDS Patients

...o be providing basic health services, including to mothers and children, in four clinics," the statement said. "Treatment and testing facilities are still insufficient and we would like to cover part of that gap as thousands of patients are in need of immediate treatment, which is minimally available here."...

Unwed mothers find it difficult to attract potential life partner

... women aged 18 to 34. The study showed that single mothers were less likely than childless women to marry a m...k do not fare well in the marriage market. Unwed mothers are disadvantaged economically. They are far more likely to live below the poverty line than married...

Women might be at increased risk of HIV during pregnancy

...t implications for HIV prevention, both to protect mothers from primary HIV infection during pregnancy and to potentially avoid mother-to-child HIV transmission, which can be increased by the rise in HIV-1 viraemia associated with recent maternal infection. In a recent study, published in the October issue ...

Increased Monitoring By Parents May Result In Lower BMI In Children

...). Dr. Brann, co-author of the study, interviewed mothers and boys using validated questionnaires and measur...gh BMI group. Results of the study indicated that mothers and fathers of boys with a high BMI saw their sons as more overweight, were more concerned about the...

Female Twins Have More To Share Than Just The Similarity: Risk Of Early Menopause

...so cause pregnancy related complications for their mothers //and are subject to ill health problems as newborns and infants. But this is not all, it has now been revealed that female twins are four times more likely to reach menopause early when compared to other women. The study examined different aspect...

Mom's Stomach Bacteria Can Cause Leukaemia In Children

...hood leukaemia. The cohort study involved 550,000 mothers and their children who resided in Finland or Icela...at in the group from Iceland, children born to the mothers who tested positive for H. pylori were 2.8 times more likely to contract leukemia. The risk was 3....

38 million Americans including 14 million children left to combat hunger

...ory of household during the same time, with single mothers and those living in or near poverty continuing to suffer from severely high rates of both food insecurity and hunger. California, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma and South Carolina all have food insecurity and hunger...

TWO India Doctors Listed in TIME for Contribution to Global Health

...strange habit of starvation among expectant tribal mothers who believe this makes the delivery easier, the couple started working to solve them. They found that simple improvement of skills and education to health workers will effectively reduce the reproductive and child health problems in developing countr...

Time magazine has recognized efforts of two Indian doctors towards reducing infant mortality rate

... which malnutrition and starvation among expectant mothers for ease of delivery were found to be significant. The next step was directed towards reducing the identified burden. The plan was so simple that it could be implemented by a health worker with basic skills and with some rudimentary equipment like ...

Salmon Fish Benefits: Which Kind Is Better?

... of child-bearing age, pregnant women, and nursing mothers should minimize the exposure of environmental pollutants in salmon fish by eating the least contaminated wild salmon or using alternative sources of n-3 fatty acids. Source: Journal of Nutrition, November...

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