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Support Prematurity Awareness Month

Stacey D. Cunningham wrote 6 days ago: As we close out the month of November, we still have two weeks remaining to promote awareness around … more →

Tags: Executive Director, MCH, c-sections, health, March of Dimes, Pregnancy, prematurity birth, Women's Health

Radical £20m scheme to end health crisis in Sierra Leone

katemitch wrote 1 week ago: EMN News Online Nigeria “Sierra Leone has unveiled a radical new scheme to tackle its spiralin … more →

Tags: Maternal Mortality, maternal health, Sierra Leone, access to health care, Child Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Sierra Leone Investment and Donor Conference

Nursing school at Emory receives $8.1M to improve maternal and neonatal survival in rural Ethiopia

katemitch wrote 1 week ago: The Atlanta Business Chronicle Atlanta, Georgia The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, maternal health, Maternal Mortality, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Chemicals in Everyday Products Making Boys Feminine?

Faye Amaya wrote 1 week ago: Chemicals in Everyday Products are Disrupting Hormones in Boys and Making them More Feminine A new R … more →

Tags: Chemicals in Household Products, Childrens' Health, toxic chemicals, hormone disruptors, chemcials in household products

EPA Announces Reforms for Toxic Chemicals

Faye Amaya wrote 1 week ago: Obama Administration Seeks Legislation to Protect Kids from Toxic Chemicals Lisa Jackson, administra … more →

Tags: Policy, Childrens' Health, EPA, toxic chemicals

Prevent Infant Illness with Health Insurance

stongren wrote 4 weeks ago: Becoming a parent is a huge responsibility. In order to be prepared for when a baby comes, soon to b … more →

Tags: Health Insurance, health, Health Care, Health Insurance Quotes, infant health insurance, infant illness, Insurance Agents, Insurance Quotes, insuranceagents.com

Sunday Ethics: Reproductive Technologies and the NICU35 comments

realityrounds wrote 1 month ago: There is no getting away from ethical issues when it comes to Neonatal Intensive Care and reproducti … more →

Tags: Multiple births, health, Nursing, NICU, ethics, New York Times, reproductive technologies

New NICU Research13 comments

realityrounds wrote 1 month ago: A study out of John Hopkins has just been released that analyzes the survivability of extremely prem … more →

Tags: ethics, health, NICU, Nursing, Controversy, NICU nursing

This Heavy Baby16 comments

realityrounds wrote 2 months ago: THe's going to eat me A 8.7 kg (19 pound) infant was born in Indonesia on Wednesday.  This is th … more →

Tags: Child Birth, health, iddm, Indonesian 19 pound baby, insulin, maternal diabetes, media

New Report Says Breastfeeding is Best

cvurciaga wrote 2 months ago: A new study to be released in the Journal of Human Lactation, indicates the importance of breastfeed … more →

Tags: Alternative Health, Breastfeeding, protect infants, heal body, Natural Living

Is Letting a 21 Week Premature Baby Die, Considered Health Care Rationing?53 comments

realityrounds wrote 2 months ago: No, it is not.  Let me explain.  There is an inflammatory article published in the UK Mail Online;   … more →

Tags: ethics, health, Healthcare Reform, Law, NICU, Nursing, health care rationing, health-care reform, justice for jayden

Omega-3s May Ease Post Partum Depression Symptoms

Meghan wrote 2 months ago: Studies done at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson have shown that a diet high … more →

Tags: MILA, Omega 3, Flax seed, Omega-3 fatty acids, Post Partum Depression, Pregnancy, NEW BORN, Mercury, Fish

Send ACOG Your Successful Hombirth Stories.11 comments

realityrounds wrote 3 months ago: The following was sent to me on Facebook: Tell ACOG your birth story! ACOG has a new database to col … more →

Tags: health, Women's Health, Nursing, Child Birth, Childbirth, homebirth, ACOG

For They Know Not What They Do.30 comments

realityrounds wrote 3 months ago: Our eyes meet briefly.  She is desperate, and scared.  I look away.  The pain is intense.  It makes … more →

Tags: Nursing, Child Birth, NICU, ethics, health, Medicine, extreme prematurity

Cheap Toys for Babies via The Onion

realityrounds wrote 3 months ago: Smoke Rings Delighting Newborn More funny stuff from the Onion.  (*Except, that really does not look … more →

Tags: Onions are Good for Your Health

My Cat Ate My Daughters Umbilical Cord14 comments

realityrounds wrote 3 months ago: Not while it was still attached to her, thank God.  (Because that would be really gross and creepy, … more →

Tags: health, Moms, babies, Motherhood, Umbilical Cord

Bearer of Bad News16 comments

realityrounds wrote 4 months ago: I took care of Baby Colin* as his primary nurse for three months.  He was born almost 3 months early … more →

Tags: ethics, health, NICU, Nursing, Advocacy, bad prognosis, Communication, doctors

Tragic Delivery7 comments

realityrounds wrote 4 months ago: A brief story over on the Huffington Post discusses a news story of a woman who delivered, and aband … more →

Tags: Child Birth, Childbirth, mental illness, baby delivered in toilet, abandoned baby, safe haven laws, Cambridge

The Mile High Breastfeeding Club29 comments

realityrounds wrote 5 months ago: So, what is the weirdest place you have ever breastfed?  Of course, breastfeeding should be encourag … more →

Tags: health, Moms, Breastfeeding, Nursing, Parents, breastfeeding in public


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