Breastfeeding Can Protect Hearts of Mom, Baby Long Term
FRIDAY, Aug. 26, 2022 -- Breastfeeding can deliver long-term heart benefits to both mother and child, a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) says.
The immune systems of newborns and infants can be strengthened by breast milk,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 26, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Heart Failure at Age 30 Brought on By Pregnancy
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Fatima Mathews knew something wasn ' t right. She was more tired than she ' d ever felt in her life. " You just had a baby, " her doctor reminded her. " It ' s normal to be tired. "
She ' d been... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 16, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Nigeria: Medical Feat! Lagos Hospital Performs Successful Open-Heart Surgery On 13-Day-Old Baby
[Vanguard] Lagos-based Tristate Hospital, Lekki, has successfully carried out complicated open heart surgery on a 13-day-old baby. The unnamed baby was born with a rare congenital abnormality of the heart known in medical parlance as "transposition of the great arteries". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 5, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Chrissy Teigen announces pregnancy: ‘I’m feeling hopeful and amazing’
Teigen and her husband John Legend are expecting a baby nearly two years after a stillbirth they documented in heart-wrenching detail #chrissyteigen #stillbirth #johnlegend (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Baby has a heart operation in the same ward where mum was saved 23 years ago
A MUM and baby stayed on the same ward 23 years apart - after both having life-saving surgery. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
STELARA ® (ustekinumab) Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Treat Pediatric Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis
HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, August 1, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved STELARA® (ustekinumab) for the treatment of pediatric patients six years of age and older with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This rare disease that resembles adult PsA affects five to eight percent of children and adolescents with chronic inflammatory arthritis.*1-7 Two of the four indications for STELARA now include pediatric patients, further expanding its treatment profile since the first approval in 2009 for adults living with moderate...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - August 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
How Fetal Viability Is Misunderstood
The fall of Roe v. Wade on June 24 marked the start of a strange era to be a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician. By definition, we take care of anyone with a high-risk pregnancy, which can occur because the pregnant person has a medical condition such as diabetes or breast cancer or because something is wrong with the fetus genetically or anatomically, like a birth defect. As high-risk pregnancy physicians, we share the mantra that we hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Luckily, of the thousands of patients we have cared over the last 12 years, the majority have achieved our hope of the best: a relatively uneventfu...
Source: TIME: Health - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adam Lewkowitz and Nina Ayala Tags: Uncategorized abortion freelance Source Type: news
The Politicization of Fetal Viability
The fall of Roe v. Wade on June 24 marked the start of a strange era to be a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician. By definition, we take care of anyone with a high-risk pregnancy, which can occur because the pregnant person has a medical condition such as diabetes or breast cancer or because something is wrong with the fetus genetically or anatomically, like a birth defect. As high-risk pregnancy physicians, we share the mantra that we hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Luckily, of the thousands of patients we have cared over the last 12 years, the majority have achieved our hope of the best: a relatively uneventfu...
Source: TIME: Health - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adam Lewkowitz and Nina Ayala Tags: Uncategorized abortion freelance Source Type: news
What Future for a World of 8 Billion?
School Opens in Weapons Free Zone East of UNMISS”. Credit: UN Photo/Amanda VoisardBy John WilmothUNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 2022 (IPS) What does a young girl from Juba, in South Sudan, an 8-year-old boy living in the slums of Mumbai, in India, a young mother from the south of Lima, in Peru, and an 83-year-old man enjoying retirement in the suburbs of Stockholm, in Sweden, have in common?
Many things, perhaps, but here is one of the most important: they are all members of the human population, whose size will surpass 8 billion people in mid-November 2022. They are part of a common humanity that aspires to live peacefully and...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: John Wilmoth Tags: Development & Aid Featured Gender Global Headlines Health Inequality Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess Welcome Baby Boy –
"My heart is now forever outside of my body," the dance pro said after giving birth to her first child with the Beverly Hills, 90210 star #brianaustingreen #dancepro #beverlyhills90210 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When stressed, we ‘catastrophize’ – but we can learn to calm our irrational fears | Sophie Brickman
Our primitive brains summon up worst-case scenarios to protect us from danger. In today ’s world, that can be debilitatingThe first day I returned to work after maternity leave, I walked to the office racked with a fear I knew to be highly unlikely: that our new, and loving, caregiver would push the stroller across the street at the precise moment a reckless driver ran the light. I imagined the sound of tires screeching, the sickening crunch. I started to sweat, and my heart rate quickened. And then, when I got to the office, I took a deep breath, told myself to pull it together, and did.What I was doing, I later learned...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Sophie Brickman Tags: Health Psychology Source Type: news
Top Local Changemakers Addressing Health Equity Gaps Across the U.S. Named Johnson & Johnson Health Equity Innovation Challenge Awardees
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 14, 2022 – After an extensive search for the top changemakers in six key U.S. cities, Johnson & Johnson today announced the 14 awardees of its Health Equity Innovation Challenge. The awardees, who possess lived experience and a deep understanding of the communities they serve, were selected for their work in generating solutions to help close racial health and mortality gaps in six cities where Black and Brown individuals experience significant health inequities: Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City and Philadelphia.The Health Equity Innovation Challenge was created by J...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 14, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Premature baby saved by CUDDLES from her mother
Elsie Dutton, who was born just 23 weeks old, is now back with her family in Barnsley, South Yorks in part thanks to a cuddling routine which helped stabilise her tiny heart. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHA News: Tiny Sprouts Provide Big Nutrition
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Move over baby carrots and petite peas. Even tinier vegetables are catching on as go-to healthy foods.
Microscale vegetables, a growing food category that includes sprouted seeds, are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Here ’s What to Know About COVID-19 Booster Shots for Kids
Children were always going to be the toughest group to vaccinate against COVID-19, so it’s no coincidence that they were the last group to receive authorization for the shot; manufacturers and government agencies want to be extra careful to find the right dosing and safety profile for the youngest Americans.
The same is true for boosters. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about boosters for kids.
Which children are eligible for a booster?
On May 19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded eligibility of the Pfizer-BioNTech booster for all Americans as young as age five and...
Source: TIME: Health - June 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
