Cigerettes unsafe during pregnancy
One-third of SIDS deaths could be prevented if all pregnant women stopped smoking, say Australian researchers, arguing that healthcare providers need much more support and training in helping women quit.They found that smoking doubles the risk of having a low birth weight baby, a miscarriage or a pre-term birth, and triples the rate of SIDS - and if women are not able to give up entirely, the...Imitating celebrity mums may prove unsafe for mom and child
The new generation mums are being plagued by a new type of problem - that of trying to imitate celebrity mums. Experts say that though celebrity mums like Liz Hurley and Victoria Beckham have made// pregnancy more sexy with cropped tops and clingy dresses, it has not helped ordinary women, who have started feeling inadequate and under pressure to look good. In some cases, it has even prompted wom...Unsafe Injections and Unclean Hand hygiene major cause of hospital infections in India
Use of unsafe injection in India is the cause of serious hazards with an estimated 4.2 billion injections are administered in India and the results show that two out of three injections given in India are non-sterile or unsafe and pose serious health hazards//. World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that over 1.4 million people are suffering from nosocomial or hospital acquired i...Lead levels in disturbed soil post-Katrina unsafe
Unsafe levels of lead in soil and sediments left behind in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina could pose a heightened health threat to returning residents, especially children, says a study.// In some soil samples collected from the area, lead levels were as much as two-thirds higher than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers safe, according to researchers at Texa...Studies Report Mammograms Unsafe
High-risk women for breast cancer, who are subject to periodical mammograms, have increased chances of developing the disease, //according to a research report released on Monday. The them to breast cancer. research was carried out on 1,600 European women who carried genetic mutations that predisposedWomen who had a minimum of one chest X-ray taken were 54 percent more...