Saint Thomas Health Services` hospitals, including Baptist Hospital in Nashville and Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn.., deliver a combined total of nearly 10,000 babies each year. These babies and their mothers will benefit from a new therapeutic massage service launched in June at Baptist Hospital and expanded to Middle Tennessee Medical Center this [...]
Magnesium sulfate is found to halt cerebral palsy among early born infants.
A team of researchers from University of Alabama at Birmingham examined 2241 pregnant women, in relation to Magnesium sulfate, who were at risk of preterm labor. The women were from 24 to 31 weeks of gestation and were prescribed to take either magnesium sulfate [...]
Teenagers, minorities and single women in New Jersey all have a higher risk of poor birth outcomes and also are less likely than others to receive early prenatal care, according to a report released on Wednesday by state Health Commissioner Heather Howard, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. In February, Howard appointed the Prenatal Care Task Force [...]
Exercise can help expectant moms in mind as well as body. A new study suggests that women who stay active and are more positive about their changing shapes might protect themselves from depression both during and after pregnancy.
“Our study supports the psychological benefits of exercise to improve body image and lessen depressive symptoms,” said lead [...]
If there’s one thing that everyone knows about newborn babies, it’s that they don’t sleep through the night, and neither do their parents. But in fact, those first six months of life are crucial to developing the regular sleeping and waking patterns, known as circadian rhythms, that a child will need for a healthy future.
Some [...]
No matter where you stand on the abortion issue, the lower rate is good news indeed. Abortion rate hits 30-year low, but overall trends mask growing disparities by race, ethnicity. Abortions are occurring earlier in Pregnancy and fewer teens are obtaining abortions.
The rate of abortion in the United States is at its lowest level since [...]
Couples in which one of the partners is Asian and the other is white have distinct pregnancy-related outcomes when compared with white couples, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters Health reports. The study, by researchers from Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and [...]
New prenatal test is accurate and non-invasive in detecting if the fetus suffers Down’s syndrome or any other chromosomal disorders. The test uses fetal DNA of mother’s blood to identify fetus’s health complications.
Down’s syndrome is a type of chromosomal conditions, which occur because a child has three copies of chromosome 21 instead of two. [...]
Health Minister Michael McGimpsey today announced plans to review maternity services in the Greater Belfast area.
The Eastern Board will take forward the review which will look at existing capacity and the immediate pressures faced by maternity services in Belfast and the surrounding areas.
The board will work with the Belfast and South Eastern trusts to consider [...]
“Our faith requires us to oppose abortion on demand and to provide help to mothers facing challenging pregnancies,” Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., said in an October 21 statement. The bishops urged Catholics to study the teaching of the Church, rather than rely on statements and materials [...]